COLUMBUS, Ohio – Northern Kentucky University Norse men's tennis battled the number two team in the country, the Ohio State Buckeyes, on Friday morning. The Norse dropped the contest, 7-0.

NKU's first doubles duo of Jackson Poulos and Emilio Bravo battled against the #36 pair in the nation, but fell 6-3. Mateus Ranciaro and Dugan Fowler also took a set against their opponents in third doubles.

In singles play, all Norse fell in two sets. Arnau Puig won three games in the first set in sixth singles, while Emilio Bravo fell 6-1, 6-2 in first singles. All other Norse won two or less games in their singles battles. 

MATCH RESULTS
Singles competition
1. #27 Preston Stearns (OSU) def. Emilio Bravo (NKU) 6-1, 6-2
2. Loren Byers (OSU) def. Joao Pimenta (NKU) 6-0, 6-1
3. #42 Alex Okonkwo (OSU) def. Hector Salvador (NKU) 6-1, 6-0
4. Alexander Bernard (OSU) def. Mateus Vidaller (NKU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Brandon Carpico (OSU) def. Dugan Fowler (NKU) 6-1, 6-1
6. JP Day (OSU) def. Arnau Puig (NKU) 6-3, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. #36 Alex Okonkwo/Alexander Bernard (OSU) def. Jackson Poulos/Emilio Bravo (NKU) 6-3
2. #3 Nikita Filin/Brandon Carpico (OSU) def. Joao Pimenta/Hector Salvador (NKU) 6-0
3. #43 Bryce Nakashima/Aidan Kim (OSU) def. Mateus Vidaller/Dugan Fowler (NKU) 6-1

NEXT UP
Northern Kentucky battles Cleveland State on April 11 in Cleveland.

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