WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Northern Kentucky men's tennis program saw its storybook season end in the Horizon League Quarterfinals as Tennessee Tech knocked off the Norse by a 5-1 margin on Friday.

It was a record-setting year for NKU in 2023-24 as the team set the school record for most conference wins in Northern Kentucky's NCAA Division I era (six) to go with tying the NCAA DI mark for most victories overall during a single campaign (12).
 
THE FACTS
FINAL SCORE: No. 2N Northern Kentucky – 1, No. 3S Tennessee Tech – 5
LOCATION: Schwartz Tennis Center at Purdue University – West Lafayette, Indiana
RECORDS: NKU 12-8 (6-2 HL) – TTU 4-12 (3-2 HL)
 
MATCH BREAKDOWN
Singles Competition (Order of Finish: 6, 1, 2, 4, 5)
1 Alex Alvarez (TTU) def. Nick Nienhaus (NKU): 6-3, 6-3
2. Josef Zapletal (NKU) def. Murilo Burckhardt (TTU): 7-5, 7-5
3. Brandon Ponomarew (NKU) vs. Davids Spaks (TTU): 5-7, 6-5 (unfinished)
4. Paulo Ramos Martin (TTU) def. Tom Berry (NKU): 7-6,7-6
5. Trevor Ball (NKU) vs. Lucas Bitzer (TTU): 6-2, 4-6, 1-6
6. Darek Kuczynski (TTU) def. Santiago Casamayor (NKU): 6-2, 6-2
 
Doubles Competition (Order of Finish: 3, 2)
1. Nick Nienhaus and Brandon Ponomarew (NKU) vs. Davids Spaks and Lucas Bitzer (TTU): Unfinished
2. Murilo Burckhardt and Paulo Ramos Martin (TTU) def. Josef Zapletal and Trevor Ball (NKU): 6-3
3. Alex Alvarez and Darek Kuczynski (TTU) def. Santiago Casamayor and Emilio Bravo (NKU): 6-1
 

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