DeKALB, ILL. - Northern Illinois won the doubles point and took four of the six singles matches to defeat Binghamton men's tennis (5-14, 0-4 MAC) 5-2 Wednesday afternoon at the West Tennis Courts. 

Sophomore Ludovico Cestarollo and freshman Kushaan Nath teamed for a win at No. 1 doubles but the Huskies won at the second and third spots to grab the opening point. Then Cestarollo and Nath won their respective singles matches at No. 1 and No. 3 but it wasn't enough to keep pace. 

The Bearcats host Toledo on Saturday.

NIU 5, Binghamton 2
 
DOUBLES
1. Kushaan Nath/Ludovico Cestarollo (Bing) def. Eric Marbach/Georg Lundkvist (NIU), 6-3
2. Louis-Philippe Hamel/Tom Hjertonsson (NIU) def. Thomas Caputo/Vihar Shah (Bing), 7-6
3. Carlos Manzanas/Bor Schweiger Muzar (NIU) def. Frenk Kote/Inigo Saez (Bing), 6-1
 
SINGLES
1. Ludovico Cestarollo (Bing) def. Bor Schweiger Muzar (NIU), 6-4, 6-3
2. Georg Lundkvist (NIU) def. Tiago Lourenco (Bing), 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
3. Kushaan Nath (Bing) def. Eric Marbach (NIU), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
4. Tom Hjertonsson (NIU) def. Thomas Caputo (Bing), 6-4, 6-4
5. Louis-Philippe Hamel (NIU) def. Valentin Bouchet (Bing), 6-0, 6-1
6. Carlos Manzanas (NIU) def. Inigo Saez (Bing), 4-6, 6-1, 6-0