Box Score
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The UNO men's tennis team fell 5-0 to the No. 18 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats on Friday in the semifinals of the MIAA Conference Championship at Hilltop.
The Bearcats (18-4, 4-0) won all three doubles matches to take control.
Eric McKnight and
Anthony Forcucci put up the best fight at No. 2 doubles, falling 8-3 to Malcolm Harrison and Daniel Quesada.
Only two singles matches finished. Philip Hultquist defeated Forcucci 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4 singles, and Quesada beat
Brandon Otoski, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5 singles, as the Bearcats won the first five decisions to clinch the win and advance to the final on Saturday.
The Mavs ended the season with a 9-9 record and a 2-2 mark in conference play.
Nebraska Omaha vs Northwest Missouri
April 22, 2011 at Kansas City, Mo.
Northwest Missouri 5, Nebraska Omaha 0
Singles competition
1. Mercier,Drew (UNO) vs. Harrison,Malcolm (NWMSU) no result
2. Frost,Matt (UNO) vs. Patterson,Calvin (NWMSU) no result
3. McKnight,Eric (UNO) vs. Sehgal,Vijit (NWMSU) no result
4. Hultquist,Philip (NWMSU) def. Forcucci,Anthony (UNO) 6-0, 6-1
5. Quesada,Daniel (NWMSU) def. Otoski,Brandon (UNO) 6-1, 6-1
6. Lescelius,Andrew (UNO) vs. Auricchio,Giovanni (NWMSU) no result
Doubles competition
1. Patterson,Calvin/Sehgal,Vijit (NWMSU) def. Mercier,Drew/Frost,Matt (UNO) 8-1
2. Harrison,Malcolm/Quesada,Daniel (NWMSU) def. McKnight,Eric/Forcucci,Anthony (UNO) 8-3
3. Hultquist,Philip/Auricchio,Giovanni (NWMSU) def. Lescelius,Andrew/Banker,Decature (UNO) 8-0