Kansas City
Northwest Missouri St.
UMKC Jumps Out Early, Knocks Off Northwest Missouri State
3/9/2016 7:37:00 PM | Men's Tennis
(Kansas City, Mo.) - UMKC men's tennis rolled in doubles play, and took that momentum to a 5-2 victory on Wednesday at the Plaza Tennis Center against Northwest Missouri State.
The Roos (7-6) won at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles comfortably, before taking a tiebreak victory at the No. 3 position to sweep the Bearcats and head to singles play with a 1-0 lead.
UMKC jumped out fast in singles as well, winning the first set in five of the six matches, before clinching at both No. 2 and No. 4 by Andrey Smirnov and Mike Psarros, respectively, making it 3-0. Northwest Missouri closed it to 3-1 after a win at No. 6, while winning the second set at Nos. 1, 3 and 5.
Fortunately for the Roos, Airam Castellano and Uldis Gaismins each won the third sets at 1 and 3. Castellano took his 6-0, while Gaismins won in a tiebreaker. The Bearcats (3-1) kept fighting though, and took a second singles win at No. 5 in the third set.
UMKC will be off until next Saturday when they head to Omaha for a dual against Creighton.
UMKC 5, Northwest Missouri 2
3/9/2016 at Kansas City, Mo. (Plaza Tennis Center)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Airam Castellano (UMKC) def. Boissinot,Romain (NWMSU) 6-2, 6-7, 6-0 |
| 2. Andrey Smirnov (UMKC) def. Riveros,Alvaro (NWMSU) 6-4, 6-2 |
| 3. Uldis Gaismins (UMKC) def. Fontcuberta,Sergi (NWMSU) 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5) |
| 4. Mike Psarros (UMKC) def. Tete,Mauro (NWMSU) 6-3, 6-1 |
| 5. Glowick,Fin (NWMSU) def. Vinh Pham (UMKC) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 6. Autones,Aymeric (NWMSU) def. Amaury Navette (UMKC) 6-3, 6-1 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Airam Castellano/Mike Psarros (UMKC) def. Riveros,Alvaro/Fontcuberta,Sergi (NWMSU) 6-4 |
| 2. Amaury Navette/Uldis Gaismins (UMKC) def. Boissinot,Romain/Autones,Aymeric (NWMSU) 6-2 |
| 3. Andrey Smirnov/Vinh Pham (UMKC) def. Tete,Mauro/Altmann,Josef (NWMSU) 6-5 (10-8) |
| Match Notes |
| Northwest Missouri 3-1 |
| UMKC 7-6 |
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