SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The Harding men's tennis team, who had won its previous five matches, put a scare into No. 19 Northwest Missouri State on Friday before losing 7-2 at the Cooper Tennis Center.

Harding (10-6) will take on another nationally-ranked team in No. 44 Washburn on Saturday.

The Bisons picked up their first point at No. 2 doubles. Josh Hurt and Carlos Crisostomo won their fourth straight match with an 8-4 victory over Mauro Tete and Romain Boissinot. Hurt, a sophomore from Fulton, Missouri, opened the season with three doubles losses but has won six straight doubles matches with three different partners. Crisostomo, a freshman from Santiago, Chile, has won five straight doubles matches and seven of his last nine.

Freshman Adrian Torrico, a native of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, gave Harding its second point with his eighth straight singles victory. He defeated Josef Altmann 7-6, 6-4 and has won 16 consecutive sets.

Crisostomo had won six straight singles matches and took Mauro Tete, the 43rd-ranked singles player in NCAA Division II, to three sets before falling 10-5 in a tiebreaker. Sophomore Neto Cacace also went three sets at No. 6 singles.

Tennis Match Results
Northwest Mo. St. vs Harding
Apr 03, 2015 at Springfield, Mo.
(Cooper Tennis Center)

#19 Northwest Mo. St. 7, Harding 2

 Singles competition
1. #34 Romain Boissinot (NWMSU) def. Jon Mark Rowden (HU) 6-1, 6-4
2. #43 Mauro Tete (NWMSU) def. Carlos Crisostomo (HU) 3-6, 6-2, 10-5
3. Alvaro Riveros (NWMSU) def. Brandon Hogland (HU) 6-2, 6-4
4. Hicham Azzaoui (NWMSU) def. Josh Hurt (HU) 6-4, 6-1
5. Adrian Torrico (HU) def. Josef Altmann (NWMSU) 7-6, 6-4
6. Aymeric Autones (NWMSU) def. Neto Cacace (HU) 6-1, 5-7, 10-6

 Doubles competition
1. Aymeric Autones/Alvaro Riveros (NWMSU) def. Jon Mark Rowden/Felipe Carbonari (HU) 8-2
2. Josh Hurt/Carlos Crisostomo (HU) def. Mauro Tete/Romain Boissinot (NWMSU) 8-4
3. Hicham Azzaoui/Josef Altmann (NWMSU) def. Neto Cacace/Adrian Torrico (HU) 9-8

Match Notes:
Northwest Mo. St. 10-5; National ranking #19; Regional ranking #2
Harding 10-6; Regional ranking #9