Bearcat Women's Tennis This Week
Saturday, April 11
Newman vs. No. 34 Northwest Missouri State, 4:30 p.m.
St. Joseph, Mo. (Genesis Indoor Courts)
Sunday, April 12
No. 41 Central Oklahoma vs. No. 34 Northwest Missouri State, 2Â p.m.
St. Joseph, Mo. (Genesis Indoor Courts)
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Bearcat Men's Tennis This Week
Saturday, April 11
Newman vs. No. 47 Northwest Missouri State, 1:30 p.m.
St. Joseph, Mo. (Genesis Indoor Courts)
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The Northwest Missouri State University women's and men's tennis squads have moved their home matches to the Genesis Indoor Courts in St. Joseph, Mo., for duals against Central Oklahoma and Newman.
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The No. 34-ranked Bearcat women (13-2 overall, 4-0 MIAA) will square off Saturday at 4:30 p.m. vs. the Newman Jets (0-3 overall, 0-3 MIAA). The Bearcat women will match up Sunday at 2 p.m. against No. 41-ranked Central Oklahoma (11-2 overall, 3-0 MIAA).
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The No. 47-ranked Northwest men (9-7 overall, 1-1 MIAA) will take on the Newman Jets (0-5 overall, 0-2 MIAA) Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in a conference dual.
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Polina Gontaryk will take a 12-match singles' winning streak into the matches against UCO and Newman. Gontaryk has posted a singles' mark of 13-3 overall. She is 11-1 at No. 5 singles.Â
Majra Djokic is 11-4 at No. 2 singles and 12-5 overall this season.
Chiharu Ito is 12-2 at No. 3 singles.
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The Northwest women have captured the doubles' point in 12 of 15 dual matches this season. The only three times Northwest has failed to win the doubles' point were against No. 8 Midwestern State (Feb. 6), at Henderson State (March 1) and at UMSL (March 21).
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The No. 3 doubles' pairing of
Chiharu Ito and
Miru Nonaka have won five straight matches and are 10-4 on the season.
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The Northwest men are led by
Pavlo Vysotin's 13-4 mark in singles' play. Vysotin is 11-3 at No. 2 singles. Vysotin has won three straight matches entering Saturday's match at Newman.
Bernardo Henriques is in the midst of a five-match winning streak in singles' play. Henriques is 11-7 on the season.
Konstantin Feiel is 12-4 overall and 7-0 at No. 4 singles.
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The pairing of Vyostin and
Gage Foltz are 5-0 at No. 3 doubles. The No. 2 duo of Henriques and
Jules Subra are 7-3 and have won three consecutive matches. The Bearcats have won the doubles' point in three straight matches. Northwest has captured the doubles' point in five matches this season, while the opponent gained it in 11 matches.