MARYVILLE, Mo. – The No. 14 Ichabods dropped their first conference match of the season at No. 32 Northwest Missouri, 5-2. 
 
The Ichabods (14-4) started strong by taking the doubles point. Raul-Alin Dicu and Noah Neideck were the first to finish with a 6-2 win over Fabien Calloud and Franco Oliva at No. 3 doubles. Northwest Missouri (11-4) evened doubles when they defeated No. 24 Matthew Earle and Sebastian Pjontek at No. 1 doubles.
 
Santiago Rendon and Miquel Perez moved up to No. 2 doubles and still topped their opponents, Simon Birgerson and Mason Meier, 7-6 (7-3).
 
The Ichabods lost four straight-set singles matches to drop just their first conference match of the season. Both No. 44 Dicu and No. 30 Tim Hammes fell to ranked opponents, No. 12 Andrea Zammuri and No. 32 Franco Oliva, in two sets.
 
Despite the loss, Rendon and Daniel Bird battled in matches that went to a third-set super tiebreaker. Unfortunately, both men fell in the third set.
 
Washburn travels for another conference match at Newman on Thursday, April 14, at 1 p.m.
 
Doubles Competition

1. Andrea Zamurri/Fillippo Piranomonte (NWMSU) def. #24 Pjontek,Sebastian/Earle,Matthew (WU) 7-5

2. Santiago Rendon/Perez,Miquel (WU) def. Simon Birgerson/Mason Meier (NWMSU) 7-6 (7-3)

3. Dicu,Raul-Alin/Neideck,Noah (WU) def. Fabien Calloud/Franco Oliva (NWMSU) 6-2

Order of Finish: 3,1,2
 
Singles Competition

1. #12 Andrea Zamurri (NWMSU) def. #44 Dicu,Raul-Alin (WU) 6-2, 6-4

2. #32 Franco Oliva (NWMSU) def. #30 Hammes,Tim (WU) 7-6 (8-6), 7-5

3. Fabien Calloud (NWMSU) def. Perez,Miquel (WU) 7-5, 6-1

4. Mason Meier (NWMSU) def. Pjontek,Sebastian (WU) 6-1, 6-3

5. Simon Birgerson (NWMSU) def. Santiago Rendon (WU) 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-4)

6. Fillippo Piranomonte (NWMSU) def. Bird,Daniel (WU) 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-6)

 
Order of Finish: 3,1,2,4,5,6