Men’s tennis opened its season against the University of Wisconsin on Friday, taking a 5-2 loss and dropping a second consecutive season opener.

The Huskies weren’t able to get any momentum going from the beginning, falling behind early and making any comeback attempts pretty tough. Both of their wins on the day came in singles matches as they lost all three of their doubles matchups.

The match began with back-to-back 6-2 doubles match losses for NIU. The losses came from the teams of sophomore Kevin Daun/sophomore Georg Lundkvist and sophomore Louis-Philippe Hamel/sophomore Tom Hjertonsson. The two defeats set the tempo for the rest of the game.

Hjertonsson was able to pick up a victory over Wisconsin sophomore Lamar Remy in three sets (6-2, 7-6, and 7-4) and Lundkvist defeated sophomore Jakhongir Jalalov in straight sets (6-1, 6-4).

Doubles matches

1. (UW) Josef Dodridge/Lamar Remy def. (NIU) Kevin Daun/Georg Lundkvist (6-2).

2. (UW) Jakhongir Jalalov/Jose Carranza def. (NIU) Louis-Philippe Hamel/Tom Hjertonsson (6-2).

3. (UW) Alexander Kokorev/Darius Mackenzie def. (NIU) Carlos Manzanas/Erich Schuette DNF (5-4).

Singles matches

1. (UW) Josef Dodridge def. (NIU) Louis-Phillippe Hamel (6-3,6-3).

2. (UW) Alexander Kokorev def. (NIU) Carlos Manzanas (6-1,6-3).

3. (NIU) Tom Hjertonsson def. (UW) Lamar Remy (2-6,7-6, 7-4).

4. (NIU) Georg Lundkvist def. (UW) Jakhongir Jalolov (6-1,6-4).

5. (UW) Darius Mackenzie def. (NIU) Kevin Daun (7-5,6-1).

6. (UW) Osgar O’hoisin def. (NIU) Erich Schuette (6-1,6-0).

The Huskies also played matches against Detroit, taking a 4-3 victory for their first win of the year.

“You’re not going to always perform at the highest level,” said head coach Patrick Fisher. “But to win when you aren’t playing your best shows a lot about the toughness of the team . I’m proud of the way Louis fought back in his match and I like how Georg and Kevin prevailed the team to a win in the doubles match.”

Doubles matches

1. (DET) Chance Conley/Griffin Mertz def. (NIU) Erich Schuette/ Carlos Manzanas (6-3).

2. (NIU) Tom Hjertonsson /Louis-Philippe Hamel def. (DET) Ismail Kadyrov/Rafael Orantes (6-2).

3. (NIU) Kevin Daun/Georg Lundkvist def. (DET) Patryk Koscielski/Nathan Ponton (7-6).

Singles matches

1. (DET) Patryk Koscielski def. (NIU) Carlos Manzanas (6-7, 4-6).

2. (NIU) Louis-Philippe Hamel def. (DET) Nathan Ponton (6-4, 7-5).

3. (NIU) Tom Hjertonsson def. (DET) Rafael Orantes (6-4, 7-6).

4. (NIU) Georg Lundkvist def. (DET) Kacper Stelmaszak (6-0, 6-4).

5. (DET) Nicholas Solarewicz def. Kevin Daun (6-4, 3-6, 12-10).

6. (DET) Adam Zychowicz def. (NIU) Erich Schuette (6-1, 7-5).

The Huskies will attempt to stay on track this week as they are set to go toe-to-toe with UIC at 4 p.m. on Friday in Aurora.