IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Western Michigan men's tennis gave B1G Iowa a battle Saturday afternoon, but the Broncos ultimately fell 5-2 on the road for the team's first loss of the young season.
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After Iowa won the first doubles match of the day, the duo of Daniel Loebel/Kennosuke Nouchi earned a 6-4 win at No. 2 to improve to 5-1 this season and bring the doubles point down to the final match. The Hawkeyes earned a 6-4 win at No. 1 to claim the point.
Iowa claimed the first two singles matches at No. 6 and No. 4, but junior Maik Steiner put WMU on the board with a 6-0, 6-4 win at No. 2 to bring the score to 3-1. The Hawkeyes clinched the match with a win at No. 5, but following that senior Matt Hamilton earned a comeback win over Robin Haden, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 and Nouchi took the Hawkeyes No. 1 player to a third set, but lost it.
Head coach Dave Morin entered this match tied with Jack Vredevelt for the most wins in school history (348), so the Broncos are looking to get Morin the record next weekend on the road against Minnesota on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 10 a.m. WMU will then stay in Minneapolis to face Green Bay on Sunday, Jan. 29 at 10 a.m.
