Huskers Fall to No. 13 Northwestern

Lincoln - The Nebraska men's tennis team won the doubles point but surrendered four straight singles matches in a 4-1 loss to No. 13 Northwestern Friday at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center.

Nebraska slipped to 11-8 overall and 2-4 in Big Ten competition. 

The Huskers jumped to a 1-0 lead by claiming the doubles points with wins by Dusty and Toby Boyer at No. 1 and a victory by Ford Zitsch and Andrew Dzulynsky at No. 3. The Boyer brothers battled to a 6-4 win over Fedor Beav and Strong Kirchheimer, before Zitsch and Dzulynsky added a 6-4 victory over their own over Alp Horoz and Minir Kumar.

Marc Herrmann and Scott Elsass dropped a 6-4 set at No. 2 doubles to Sam Shropshire and Konrad Zieba, but the Huskers still took an early 1-0 lead in the match.

The Wildcats turned the tide in singles, beginning with Shropshire's 6-3, 6-4 win over Herrmann at the No. 2 position. 

Northwestern took a 2-1 lead with Kirchheimer's 6-2, 6-3 win over Toby Boyer at No. 3 singles. 

The Wildcats took control with a 7-5, 6-1 victory by Zieba over Nebraska's Dusty Boyer, before Ben Vandixon secured the match for Northwestern with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Zitsch at No. 6. 

The Huskers return to the Dillon Tennis Center on Sunday at Noon to take on Illinois. 

Doubles 

No. 1 Dusty Boyer/Toby Boyer (NEB) def. Fedor Beav/Strong Kirchheimer (NU) 6-4

No. 2 Konrad Zieba/Sam Shropshire (NU) def. Marc Herrmann/Scott Elsass (NEB) 6-4

No. 3 Ford Zitsch/Andrew Dzulynsky (NEB) def. Alp Horoz/Mihir Kumar (NU) 6-4

Order of Finish: 2,1,3 

Singles 

No. 1 Konrad Zieba (NU) def. No. 122 Dusty Boyer (NEB) 7-5, 6-1

No. 2 Sam Shropshire (NU) def. Marc Herrmann (NEB) 6-3, 6-4

No. 3 Strong Kirchheimer (NU) def. Toby Boyer (NEB) 6-2, 6-4

No. 4 Fedor Baev (NU) vs. Andrew Dzulynsky (NEB) 7-6, 3-3, unfinished

No. 5 Alp Horoz (NU) vs. Tomislav Antoljak (NEB) 6-3, 4-4, unfinished

No. 6 Ben Vandixon (NU) def. Ford Zitsch (NEB) 6-4, 7-5

Order of Finish: 2,3,1,6