CLEVELAND – Nicole Soutar defeated Cleveland State's Morgan Nix at No. 6 singles on Saturday afternoon, but the Northern Kentucky University women's tennis team fell, 6-1, at the Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion.

Soutar earned her victory after fighting through a super tiebreaker to win 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (3).

The duo of Sydney Power and Sierra Nellessen also picked up a victory. The pair took down the team of Victoria Bensimon and Nix, 6-4, but CSU came away with the doubles point after victories in the first and second flights.

The Norse dip to 5-7 overall and 0-2 in the Horizon League as the Vikings move to 6-7 overall and 2-0 in League play.

The Norse close out their seven-match road swing the weekend of Saturday, April 2 when they take on League foes Valparaiso and UIC.

Cleveland State 6, Northern Kentucky 1
Singles results
1. SPINDLER, Isabella (CSU-W) def. SKOPAC, Klara (NKU) 6-2, 6-3
2. ORANGE, Mathilde (CSU-W) def. POWER, Sydney (NKU) 6-4, 6-1
3. GBADAMOSI, Princess (CSU-W) def. DONAHUE, Danielle (NKU) 6-2, 6-1
4. GOLAWSKA, Aleksandra (CSU-W) def. SHANAHAN, Hailey (NKU) 0-3, retired
5. BENSIMON, Victoria (CSU-W) def. NELLESSEN, Sierra (NKU) 6-0, 6-0
6. SOUTAR, Nicole (NKU) def. NIX, Morgan (CSU-W) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-3)
Doubles results
1. SPINDLER, Isabella/GOLAWSKA, Aleksandra (CSU-W) def. SKOPAC, Klara/DONAHUE, Danielle (NKU) 6-3
2. ORANGE, Mathilde/GBADAMOSI, Princess (CSU-W) def. SHANAHAN, Hailey/SOUTAR, Nicole (NKU) 7-5
3. NELLESSEN, Sierra/POWER, Sydney (NKU) def. BENSIMON, Victoria/NIX, Morgan (CSU-W) 6-4