CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky.- The Northern Kentucky University men's tennis team swept the three doubles matches on their way to a 6-1 final score to beat Tennessee State University.
 
NKU claimed all three doubles matches. The duo of Mate Virag and fellow junior Lukas Clemens blanked the Tennessee State No. 1 doubles competitors, Daniel Bernal and Amir Daniel, 6-0. Blaine Carr and Jody Maginley beat Grant Maddox and Kyle Burton, 6-4. Adrian Isache and Nick Lang picked up the 7-5 doubles victory over Shashank Nautiyal and Jorge Rodriguez.
 
Virag picked up the singles victory over the Tennessee State No. 1, Bernal, 6-0 and 6-3. Isache picked up the victory over Daniel in a 6-0, 6-0 sweep.
 
The lone loss of the night for NKU came in a lengthy match between Carr of Northern Kentucky and Maddox of Tennessee State, where Maddox won 7-6, 1-6, 1-0, (1-0).
 
Senior Jody Maginley defeated the No. 3 player for Tennessee State, Shashank Nautiyal 6-3, 6-4.
 
The team moves to 2-1 on the year as they travel across the Ohio River on Friday, February 26 to face Xavier at 6 p.m. For more information on the men's tennis team, please visit nkunorse.com.
 
Singles
1. VIRAG, Mate (NKU) def. BERNAL, Daniel (TSU) 6-0, 6-3
2. CLEMENS, Lukas (NKU) def. RODRIGUEZ, Jorge (TSU) 6-0, 6-1
3. MAGINLEY, Jody (NKU) def. NAUTIYAL, Shashank (TSU) 6-3, 6-4
4. CLARK, Court (NKU) def. BURTON, Kyle (TSU) 6-4, 6-3
5. MADDOX, Grant (TSU) def. CARR, Blaine (NKU) 7-6, 1-6, 1-0 (1-0)
6. ISACHE, Adrian (NKU) def. DANIEL, Amir (TSU) 6-0, 6-0
 
Doubles
1. VIRAG, Mate/ CLEMENS, Lukas (NKU) def. BERNAL, Daniel/ DANIEL, Amir (TSU) 6-0
2. CARR, Blaine/ MAGINLEY, Jody (NKU) def. MADDOX, Grant/ BURTON, Kyle (TSU) 6-4
3. ISACHE, Adrian/ LANG, Nick (NKU) def. NAUTIYAL, Shashank/ RODRIGUEZ, Jorge (TSU) 7-5