Men's Tennis | February 09, 2018
EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Western Michigan men's tennis team improved to 7-1 on the season and picked up its fourth-straight win after defeating Michigan State, on the road, 5-2 on Friday evening.
The Broncos did all of their damage in the singles, after dropping the double's point. Matej Svjetlicic, at No. 5, got the points started for the Brown & Gold after defeating Jasper Koenen 6-1, 6-4 to tie up the match at 1-1. MSU's Mark Dube defeated Kennosuke Nouchi, No. 2, 6-3, 6-3 to give the Spartans a 2-1 lead.
It was all Western Michigan from there. No. 1 Maik Steiner defeated Brett Forman 6-4, 6-3 to tie it up at 2-2. Lenhard Haupt at No. 4 defeated Josh Mukherjee 7-5, 6-3 to give WMU a 3-2 lead. Eric Olivarez at No. 6 beat Josh Carlin 6-3, 6-4 to push the lead to 4-2 before Jannik Opitz, at No. 3, finished off the match by defeating Michigan State's Davis Wong 5-7, 6-4, 7-5.
This is the second win over a Big Ten opponent this season for the team and head coach Dave Morin. Back on Jan. 19, the Broncos defeated Iowa 5-2.
Western Michigan returns home to host William & Mary on Saturday, Feb. 17 at West Hills Athletic Club. First serve is set for 11 a.m.
