Valpo's Brian Hickey: Champion, Graduate, Mentor

ANN ARBOR, MICH. – Valparaiso defended their Horizon League title in dramatic fashion with Kyle Dunn winning the deciding tie break 7-4 to win the match 4-3.

Northern Kentucky men’s tennis student-athlete Nick Lang is using his platform as the only NCAA Division I student-athlete with cystic fibrosis to raise awareness and remember his sister.

For the second consecutive year and third time in the last four, Green Bay is the champions of Horizon League men’s tennis, this time outlasting Valparaiso, 4-0, at the Schwartz Tennis Center.

2014 Horizon League Tennis Championships Recap

In one of the most competitive Horizon League Men’s Tennis Championships in recent memory, it was the Green Bay Phoenix knocking off four-time defending champion Cleveland State, 4-1, to capture the program’s first tennis title at the Barbara Wynne Tennis Center on the campus of North Central High School.

The 2010 Horizon League Tennis Championships concluded Sunday, as the Cleveland State men and UIC women won League titles. For the third year in a row the Viking men defeated UIC, with the match being decided by the No. 1 singles match. On the women’s side, UIC defeated Detroit, 4-0, in the Titan’s second-straight finals appearance.

The 2009 Horizon League Tennis Championships concluded Sunday, as the Cleveland State men and UIC women won League titles. In a rematch of the 2008 final, the Viking men defeated UIC in a thriller, with the match being decided by the No. 1 singles match. Phil Orno edged Sebastian Lystad (6-7(5), 6-3, 6-3), to clinch the second-straight title for the Vikings.

The 2008 Horizon League Tennis Championship concluded Sunday afternoon as the Cleveland State University men and University of Illinois at Chicago women were crowned champions. It was the Vikings first appearance in the finals and their first title in school history, while the Flames claimed the League title for 12th-consecutive year.