WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Northern Kentucky men's tennis ended its season at the 2019 Horizon League Championship, falling in a 4-2 decision to No. 3 seed UIC. The Norse end their season at 5-12 overall while the Flames advance to the semifinal against No. 2 seed Youngstown State.
Match Notables
- UIC won the doubles point with wins in the No. 1 and 3 spots. In No. 2 doubles, Jorge Rodriguez Agudo and Aleksander Sadal notched a 6-3 win over Niko Wasilewicz and William Wale.
- The Flames went up 2-0 as Pelle Strandbert defeated Chris Murray in No. 6 singles, 6-0, 6-1.
- Rodriguez Agudo posted NKU's lone point of the match, surrendering just one game to Anthony Nguyen in the No. 4 spot, 6-1, 6-0.
- A 6-2, 6-1 setback to Kasper Parlklo in No. 3 singles by Blaine Carr and a 6-1, 6-4 match to Kailash Panchapakesan over Felipe Hidalgo in No. 5 singles sealed the win for the Flames.
- In the abandoned matches, the Norse won both of the first sets. Nathan Schwartz defeated Johan Hedstrom in the top flight's opening set, 6-3, and trailed by a slim 5-4 margin in the second when the match was halted.
- In the No. 2 singles match, Sadal posted a 7-6 win over Wasilewicz and was down 4-2 when the match was abandoned.
Agate
UIC 4, Northern Kentucky 1
Singles (Order of Finish: 6,4,3,5*)
1.
Nathan Schwartz (NKU) vs. Johan Hedstrom (UIC) 6-3, 4-5, abandoned
2.
Aleksander Sadal (NKU) vs. Nico Wasilewicz (UIC) 7-6, 2-4, abandoned
3. Kasper Parlklo (UIC) def.
Blaine Carr (NKU) 6-2, 6-1
4.
Jorge Rodriguez Agudo (NKU) def. Anthony Nguyen (UIC) 6-1, 6-0
5. Kailash Panchapakesan (UIC) def.
Felipe Hidalgo (NKU) 6-1, 6-4
6. Pelle Strandbert (UIC) def.
Chris Murray (NKU) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles (Order of Finish: 2,1,3*)
1. Johan Hedstrom/Kasper Parlklo (UIC) def.
Blaine Carr/
Nathan Schwartz (NKU) 6-4
2.
Aleksander Sadal/
Jorge Rodriguez Agudo (NKU) def. Niko Wasilewicz/William Wale (UIC) 6-3
3. Marcelo Dib/Pelle Strandberg (UIC) def.
Anthony Bosch/
Nick Elleman (NKU) 6-3
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