OMAHA, Neb. – The University of North Dakota men's tennis team fell to the Creighton Bluejays on Friday, March 7 by a score of 6-1 at the Hanscom Indoor Tennis Center.

The Bluejays earned the doubles point competition match, defeating North Dakota in each of the three matches.

Creighton continued to play strong throughout the match and won five of the six singles competitions.

The lone singles winner for UND was freshman Dustin Britton (Plymouth, Minn.) who defeated Harrison Lang with a score of 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 (11-9) in No. 4 singles.

North Dakota will return to action on Sunday, March 9 at 9:00 a.m. when it plays Nebraska.

Creighton 6, North Dakota 1

Singles competition

1. PALUCH, Billy (CU) def. McGuigan, Ryan (UND) 6-2, 6-0

2. BAKER, Elliot (CU) def. Oothoudt, Josh (UND) 6-2, 6-1

3. NORMAN, Jake (CU) def. Oberle, Connor (UND) 7-6, 6-7, 1-0 (10-7)

4. Britton, Dustin (UND) def. LANG, Harrison (CU) 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 (11-9)

5. DIPPEL, Quinn (CU) def. Bakke, Grant (UND) 6-0, 6-2

6. CHALSTROM, Aaron (CU) def. Vigen, Jared (UND) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles competition

1. PALUCH, Billy/NORMAN, Jake (CU) def. Bakke, Grant/Oothoudt, Josh (UND) 8-6

2. BAKER, Elliot/NYSTED, August (CU) def. McGuigan, Ryan/Oberle, Connor (UND) 8-6

3. THOMPSON, Nick/LANG, Harrison (CU) def. Britton, Dustin/Vigen, Jared (UND) 8-0