DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Santiago Lobelo got a Senior Day victory as Bethune-Cookman downed Northern Kentucky 4-3 to snap a five-match losing streak Saturday.
The lone senior, Lobelo's win at No. 3 singles helped the Wildcats recover (5-17) after Northern Kentucky (4-14) won the double points.
Alvaro Barrera, Diego Garavito and Greg Almeida also posted singles win for B-CU in its regular season finale. Barrera and Garavito improved to 13-8 and 11-8 in singles, respectively.
B-CU will compete in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament next week at the fourth seed from the Southern Division.
Singles competition
1. VIRAG, Mate (NKU) def. GTARI,Walid (BCUM) 7-5, 3-6, 7-5
2. KOHLS, Pierce (NKU) def. ROTICH,Gilbert (BCUM) 7-5, 6-0
3. LOBELO,Santiago (BCUM) def. MAGINLEY, Jody (NKU) 6-0, 6-4
4. BARRERA,Alvaro (BCUM) def. ANGULO, Christopher (NKU) 7-5, 6-1
5. GARAVITO,Diego (BCUM) def. ZSIDAI, Balint (NKU) 6-2, 6-2
6. ALMEIDA,Greg (BCUM) def. LANG, Nick (NKU) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. VIRAG, Mate/KOHLS, Pierce (NKU) def. ROTICH,Gilbert/ALMEIDA,Greg (BCUM) 8-2
2. BARRERA,Alvaro/GTARI,Walid (BCUM) def. ZSIDAI, Balint/CARNEY, Jack (NKU) 8-3
3. ANGULO, Christopher/MAGINLEY, Jody (NKU) def. LOBELO,Santiago/GARAVITO,Diego (BCUM) 8-4