ROCKFORD, ILL. – The IUPUI men’s tennis team opened a busy two-day, four-match stretch with losses to Wisconsin-Green Bay and Northern Illinois Friday evening in Rockford, Ill.

After the Jags dropped a 5-2 decision to the Phoenix early on Friday in Chicago, the Jags moved to Rockford, Ill., to take on the Huskies.

NIU took the doubles point winning the No. 1 and No. 2 matches to jump out to a 1-0 lead.

In singles play, only one match went to a third-set tiebreaker. At the No. 3 slot, Chase Emerson and Roman Turtygin went back and forth with Emerson winning the first set, 7-6, before Turtygin rallied for a 6-1 second-set win. In the tiebreaker, neither player could shake one another until a late break put Emerson over the edge giving him the 15-13 win.

The Jags other win in singles came at the No. 6 spot where Armaan Choudhary stepped in and delivered a 6-1, 6-1, victory.

Unfortunately for the Jags, they dropped straight-set decisions at the No.1 spot, No. 2 spot, No. 4 spot, and No. 5 spot closing out the 5-2 win for Northern Illinois.

Results from the Wisconsin-Green Bay match will be posted at a later time.

NORTHERN ILLINOIS 5, IUPUI 2

DOUBLES
1. Amir/Lagerlof (NIU) def. O'Neill/Bielawski (IUPUI) 8-5
2. Cadieux/Turtygin (NIU) def. Modesitt/Emerson (IUPUI) 8-1
3. Shafer/Gans (IUPUI) def. Phillips/Wei (NIU) 8-1

SINGLES
1. Axel Lagerlof (NIU) def. Nick Volz (IUPUI) 6-0, 6-3
2. Dor Amir (NIU) def. Luke Bielawski (IUPUI) 6-4, 6-0
3. Chase Emerson (IUPUI) def. Roman Turtygin (NIU) 7-6, 1-6, 15-13
4. Frederic Cadieux (NIU) def. Joel Modesitt (IUPUI) 6-2, 6-3
5. Max Phillips (NIU) def. Ivan Mojsejev (IUPUI) 6-4, 6-2
6. Armaan Choudhary (IUPUI) def. Maksym Lagutin (NIU) 6-1, 6-1