ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Northern Kentucky men's tennis bowed out of the Horizon League Championship on Friday afternoon, falling to No. 4-seeded Youngstown State in the first round, 4-0. NKU ends its season with a 7-9 record, while the Penguins move on to the semifinals.
Match Notables
- Youngstown State took the doubles point with wins on courts 1 and 2. In the top flight, Mitch Maroshcer and Thomas Rodrigues downed Adrian Isache and Lukas Clemens, 6-1. The point was clinched with a 6-3 victory from Danylo Veremeichuk and Joao Garretto over Mate Virag and Court Clark.
- Clemens was the first Norse to fall in singles play, dropping the No. 2 singles match to Veremeichuk, 6-2, 6-0.
- YSU went up 3-0 with a 6-4, 6-4 win from Rodrigues over Javier Araya in the No. 3 singles match.
- The Penguins clinched the win on court 6, as Yossi Dahan defeated Adrian Isache, 6-3, 6-2.
- The Norse claimed two set wins in the abandoned singles matches. On the top court, Mate Virag won a tight set over Maroscher, 7-6, and led 3-0 at the time of YSU's clinch. In No. 4 singles, Court Clark dropped the first set to Garretto, but had pushed a third set with a 6-3 victory in the second set.
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Agate
Youngstown State 4, NKU 0
Singles (Order of Finish: 2,3,6*)
1.
Mate Virag (NKU) vs. Mitche Maroscher (YSU) 7-6, 3-0, abandoned
2. Danylo Veremeichuk (YSU) def.
Lukas Clemens (NKU) 6-2, 6-2
3. Thomas Rodrigues (YSU) def.
Javier Araya (NKU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Joao Garretto (YSU) vs.
Court Clark (NKU) 6-3, 3-6, abandoned
5. Luke Purser (YSU) vs.
Andrew Niehaus (NKU) 7-5, 1-1, abandoned
6. Yossi Dahan (YSU) def.
Adrian Isache (NKU) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles (Order of Finish: 1,2*)
1. Mitch Maroscher/Thomas Rodrigues (YSU) def.
Adrian Isache/
Lukas Clemens (NKU) 6-1
2. Danylo Veremeichuk/Joao Garretto (YSU) def.
Mate Virag/
Court Clark (NKU) 6-3
3.
Nick Lang/
Blaine Carr (NKU) vs. Yossi Dahan/Luke Purser (YSU) 5-4, abandoned
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