KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The Western Michigan men's tennis team stayed perfect through the first Mid-American Conference (MAC) weekend, moving to 11-6 overall this season and 2-0 in the MAC with a 6-1 win over Toledo Sunday afternoon at West Hills.
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Same as Friday's win over Ball State, the doubles teams of Matt Hamilton/Billy Heckman and Jannik Opitz/Eric Olivarez each earned wins at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, to give the Broncos the doubles point and a 1-0 lead. Hamilton/Heckman moved to a perfect 4-0 together this season while Opitz/Olivarez moved to 5-0.
In singles, the Broncos earned wins everywhere but No. 3 and had the match clinched before Toledo got on the scoreboard. Maik Steiner moved to 2-0 in MAC play with a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 4 and Opitz earned a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 6 to put WMU up 3-0. Senior Daniel Loebel served as the match clincher, defeating Teatsworth at No. 5. Later in the match, No. 120 ranked freshman Kennosuke Nouchi earned a win at No. 2 and Hamilton defeated one of the best the MAC has to offer at No. 1, the Rockets' Stjepan Sisko. Hamilton now needs one more win to hit 100 for his singles career.
The Broncos have one match next weekend, hosting Buffalo on Friday, March 31 at 5:30 p.m.
