DAYTON, Ohio – The Northern Kentucky University men's tennis team defeated Dayton, 4-2, on Friday night with the help of four singles wins.

The Norse (3-3) ended a streak of eight-straight wins for the Flyers, who dipped to 12-4 on the year.

At No. 1 singles, Mate Virag defeated UD's Jordan Benjamin, 7-6, 6-3, while NKU's singles flights 2, 3 and 4 closed out three-set victories.

Jody Maginley captured a 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 win at No. 2 singles over Carsten Fisher as Lukas Clemens followed with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 3.

Court Clark turned in a 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 victory against Bernardo Sanson at No. 4 to round out the Norse singles victories.

Dayton came away with the doubles point despite a 6-4 victory from Adrian Isache and Clark.

The Norse return to action for a pair of Horizon League matches beginning on Friday, March 25 at Youngstown State. NKU then takes on Cleveland State on Saturday, March 26.

Northern Kentucky 4, Dayton 2
Singles results
1. VIRAG, Mate (NKU) def. Benjamin,Jordan (UD) 7-6 (6), 6-3
2. MAGINLEY, Jody (NKU) def. Fisher,Carsten (UD) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
3. CLEMENS, Lukas (NKU) def. Berry,Zach (UD) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
4. CLARK, Court (NKU) def. Sanson,Bernardo (UD) 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
5. Rollhauser,Lorenzo (UD) vs. ISACHE, Adrian (NKU) 5-5, unfinished
6. Jayaram,Simon (UDMT) def. CARR, Blaine (NKU) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles results
1. Berry,Zach/Fisher,Carsten (UD) def. VIRAG, Mate/CLEMENS, Lukas (NKU) 6-4
2. Benjamin,Jordan/Rollhauser,Lorenzo (UD) def. LANG, Nick/MAGINLEY, Jody (NKU) 7-5
3. CLARK, Court/ISACHE, Adrian (NKU) def. Druffel,Andy/Sanson,Bernardo (UD) 6-4