NKU left the GLVC slate clean following Saturday's 6-0 victory over Saint Joseph's.
Results
CINCINNATI – The Northern Kentucky University men's tennis team posted its sixth shutout of the season Saturday afternoon with a 6-0 victory over Saint Joseph's College at the Beechmont Racquet Club.
NKU finishes the regular season with a 14-3 overall record after beginning the season 1-2. NKU is also 5-0 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and will begin next week's conference tournament as the No. 1 seed from the East Division.
The Norse began the afternoon by exploding out to a quick 3-0 lead after doubles play.
Pierce Kohls and
Tyler Fraser's doubles victory over Miguel Belnica and Joseph Bomben was a foreshadowing of what was to come for the Pumas as the NKU duo quickly won 8-0.
Andre Correa and
Lee Lonergan shortly followed suit with an 8-2 win over Matt Slawson and Seth Arthur. SJC's Ishan Gohil and Joseph Scott had the closest match of the entire afternoon, but still lost to
Martin Leroy and
Guillaume Berman by an 8-4 final.
Singles play was over just as quickly as the doubles matches were as NKU took flights one, two and four en route to the win. Flights three, five and six were left unfinished once NKU had clinched the dual match.
Kohls increased his team-best singles record to 16-4 with a 6-1, 6-0 shellacking of Bomben in flight No. 4 action.
NKU's French duo of Leroy and Berman also saw little competition as both won in straight sets. Leroy downed Gohil 6-0, 6-2 and Berman took down Arthur 6-0, 6-1.
The Pumas (15-8, 0-5 GLVC) conclude their season after failing to earn a spot in the GLVC tournament.
NKU opens up GLVC Tournament play on Friday morning against Illinois-Springfield, which claimed the No. 4 seed from the West Division. First serve is set for 8:30 a.m. at a site to be determined.
