Box Score MIAMISBURG, Ohio – The University of Dayton men's tennis team took down Northern Kentucky 6-1 at South Regency Tennis Center in Miamisburg on Saturday night.

"Another tough match today," head coach Ryan Meyer said. "Our doubles wasn't up to our standard tonight but we showed a lot of toughness in singles. For us to win five out of five three setters says a lot about our mental toughness."

As Meyer hinted, the Flyers opened the evening dropping the doubles point losing both No. 1 and No. 3 doubles.

This would be the only point the Flyers would allow the Norse to win. Dayton won all six singles matches, with five of them going to a decisive third set. Will Harper took the lone two-set victory over Felipe Hidalgo. Matt DeMarco finished next with a win in No. 3 singles. Connor Bruce continued his impressive season with another win in the No. 1 singles flight.

Joe DeMarco clinched the match for the Flyers in the No. 5 flight roaring back after dropping the first set with two consecutive set wins to take the point and the match for Dayton. Steven Karl and Georgi Mavrodiev finished the evening for Dayton with wins in No. 2 and No. 4 singles.

Results: Dayton 6, Northern Kentucky 1
Singles
1. Connor Bruce (Dayton) def. Nathan Schwartz (Northern Kentucky) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
2. Steven Karl (Dayton) def. Emilien Burnel (Northern Kentucky) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
3. Matt DeMarco (Dayton) def. Andrew Niehaus (Northern Kentucky) 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
4. Georgi Mavrodiev (Dayton) def. Jorge Rodriguez (Northern Kentucky) 7-6, 4-6, 10-3
5. Joe DeMarco (Dayton) def. Brandon Ponomarew (Northern Kentucky) 5-7, 7-5, 6-1
6. Will Harper (Dayton) def. Felipe Hidalgo (Northern Kentucky) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles
1. Emilien Burnel/Nathan Schwartz (Northern Kentucky) def. Connor Bruce/Joe DeMarco (Dayton) 6-4
2. Matt DeMarco/Georgi Mavrodiev (Dayton) unf. Felipe Hidalgo/Brandon Ponomarew (Northern Kentucky) 6-5
3. Jorge Rodriguez/Andrew Niehaus (Northern Kentucky) def. Steven Karl/Jayman Jhattu (Dayton) 6-3

Up Next
The Flyers will hit the road heading to Bellarmine next Friday for a 2 p.m. CST matchup with the Knights. It will be the first of three matches for Dayton as they will take on Belmont on Saturday and Austin Peay on Sunday.