TOLEDO, Ohio/ TULSA, Okla. – The Western Michigan men's tennis team stayed busy this weekend, as a large part of the team was sent to the Toledo Rocket Invitational and four players were sent to compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-American in Tulsa, Okla.

At the ITA All-American, which features the best of the best tennis players from around the country, senior Matt Hamilton, junior Maik Steiner and sophomore Matej Svjetlicic all earned a win in the Pre-Qualifying round to advance to the round of 128, but all three were defeated in their second match. Senior Daniel Loebel dropped his first match of the day.

Here is a link to the full bracket: http://www.itatennis.com/Assets/2016+Men$!27s+All+American+-+PQ+Draw+-+Saturday+Night.pdf

At the Toledo Rocket Invitational, sophomore Eric Olivarez and freshman Jannik Opitz each improved to a perfect 6-0 on the season in singles. Freshman Kennosuke Nouchi suffered his first loss of the season, but avenged the loss with win later in the day to improve to 5-1. Sophomore Kris Knof went 2-1 on the day, thus improving to 5-2 this season.

In doubles play, the duo of Nick Schnobel and Billy Heckman earned a win to improve to 5-0 this season while the team of Opitz/Nouchi went 2-0 on the day to move to 3-1 overall.

The Broncos will finish up the Toledo Rocket Invitational on Sunday, while the duo of Hamilton/Steiner will represent WMU in the ITA All-American doubles draw on Monday. Loebel will get his second match of the tournament in on Sunday at 10 a.m. Follow the team on Twitter @WMUMensTennis for all updates!