LAWTON -- The Aggies couldn't close a 2-1 gap out of doubles play and were stunned by Northwest Missouri State 5-4 on Tuesday afternoon.

#31 Cameron who opened the season with four straight wins have dropped the four of their last six matches and are now 6-4 overall.

The unranked Bearcats nearly took all three double slots but Samantha Wood and Dejana Veljic won a 9-8 (4) tiebreaker to win the number-3 slot.

Singles play proved to keep match closer with wins in the one, three, and four slots.  However, the Aggies couldn't get close on a fourth singles win to edge the visiting Bearcats.  Paula Gutierrez took the top singles slot, 6-3, 6-4, Wood won in the three slot, 6-2, 6-2, and Magdalena Kovinic came from behind to win in three set, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Cameron will play their three regional matches in Colorado in the coming days starting with Metropolitan State of Denver on Friday, March 27.

NW Missouri St. 5, #31 Cameron 4
 Singles competition
1. Paula Gutierrez (CU) def. Quesada,Camila (NWMSU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Jarolim,Lorena Rivas (NWMSU) def. Angie Torres (CU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Samantha Wood (CU) def. Jaquet,Margaux (NWMSU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Magdalena Kovinic (CU) def. Kolen,Aniek (NWMSU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
5. Mannix,Stephanie (NWMSU) def. Eugenia Sanchez (CU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Hull,Marianne (NWMSU) def. Dejana Veljic (CU) 7-5, 6-4
 
 Doubles competition
1. Quesada,Camila/Jarolim,Lorena Rivas (NWMSU) def. Paula Gutierrez/Eugenia Sanchez (CU) 8-2
2. Jaquet,Margaux/Sestokaite,Vilune (NWMSU) def. Angie Torres/Magdalena Kovinic (CU) 8-3
3. Samantha Wood/Dejana Veljic (CU) def. Kolen,Aniek/Mannix,Stephanie (NWMSU) 9-8 (4-0)
 
Match Notes:
NW Missouri St. 6-3; Regional ranking #6
Cameron 6-4; National ranking #31; Regional ranking #3
Cameron is ranked #3 in the South Central Region
NW Missouri St. is ranked #6 in the Central Region