Box Score The Chicago State men's tennis team closed out the 2023 season with a 4-3 loss to Northern Kentucky Sunday afternoon at the H-F Racquet and Fitness Club in Homewood. The Cougars dropped the doubles point with losses at No. 2 and 3 doubles and lost consecutive singles matches at Nos. 5, 3 and 6 and the match was over before Chicago State could rally. The Cougars did win the final three matches highlighted by
Pedro Alvarez's straight set win at No. 2 which capped a perfect 8-0 conference singles record for the junior who closed out the season with a 13-match win streak.
"Today was pretty disappointing after the fight we showed yesterday," head coach
Jack Barton said. "I thought we could have played much better at the No. 3, 5 & 6 singles positions. I just don't think they were as locked in as they should have been. I'm not sure if it was nerves, but it was not what I was expecting from them. Today's result has kind of been the story of our season. We need to get back to the drawing board and try to have a better level of sustained success going forward."
Compete results listed below.
Northern Kentucky vs Chicago State
April 23, 2023 at Homewood, Illinois
(H-F Racquet and Fitness Club)
Northern Kentucky 4, Chicago State 3
Singles competition
1.
Hugo Hidalgo Vega (CSU-M) def. Nick Nienhaus (NKU) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0
2.
Pedro Alvarez (CSU-M) def. Brandon Ponomarew (NKU) 6-4, 6-3
3. Bartosz Losiak (NKU) def.
Rodrigo Alves (CSU-M) 6-1, 6-2
4.
Max Sandoval (CSU-M) def. Trevor Ball (NKU) 6-4, 7-6
5. Josef Zapletal (NKU) def.
Arhaan Pahwa (CSU-M) 6-1, 6-1
6. Emilio Bravo (NKU) def.
Percy Siercke (CSU-M) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles competition
1.
Pedro Alvarez/
Max Sandoval (CSU-M) vs. Bartosz Losiak/Josef Zapletal (NKU) 5-6, unfinished
2. Santiago Casamayor/Brandon Ponomarew (NKU) def.
Hugo Hidalgo Vega/
Percy Siercke (CSU-M) 6-4
3. Nick Nienhaus/Tom Berry (NKU) def.
Arhaan Pahwa/
Rodrigo Alves (CSU-M) 6-1
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (5,3,6,2,4,1)
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