Results
CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. - The Northern Kentucky University men's tennis team came up on the short side of a close-fought battle against nationally ranked North Florida, with UNF claiming a 6-1 victory in Atlantic Sun Conference action.
The match started with three highly competitive doubles matches all going to UNF (13-7, 7-0 A-Sun), despite NKU holding leads in the No. 1 and No. 3 flights.
The Norse (3-16, 0-7 A-Sun) played tight matches in all six singles flights, with three of them going to a third set.
Jody Maginley claimed his first victory in A-Sun play, coming back from being down a set to defeat Timo Kranz in a 10-8 third-set super tiebreaker.
Andre Correa and
Pierce Kohls each claimed first-set victories in their singles matches, but each fell in three sets.
Guillaume Berman battled hard against UNF's Julien Belair in the top flight, but dropped a 7-5, 6-2 decision.
Christopher Angulo and
Balint Zsidai also dropped tough matches.
The NKU men return to action on Saturday to close out the home half of the schedule against Dayton. First serve from the Joyce Yeager Tennis Complex is scheduled for 11 a.m.
