UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. – The No. 39-ranked Western Michigan men's tennis team saw its three-match winning streak come to an end at Penn State with a 4-3 nail-biting loss at University Park on Friday afternoon. Following the loss, the Broncos fall to 11-3 overall and 2-2 against Big Ten opponents this season.
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The Bronco doubles duo of
Jannik Opitz and
Kennosuke Nouchi won the first doubles match at No. 2 but wins at No. 1 and No. 3 for the Nittany Lions sealed the doubles point for Penn State.
PSU would then take a 3-1 advantage through three singles matches as Opitz was the lone Bronco to win his match at No. 3 after he defeated Christos Antonopoulo 6-4, 6-1. The sophomore is now 19-9 overall and 5-2 at No. 3 in dual match play.
WMU evened the match at three apiece as
Lenhard Haupt and
Matej Svjetlicic each earned wins at the four and five spots. Svjetlicic is now tied with senior
Maik Steiner in overall wins with 20 this year. The match would come down to the sixth singles match but junior
Eric Olivarez fell 7-5, 6-4 to Matt Galush.
Western Michigan is back in action on Sunday, March 4 at Princeton for a 3 p.m. start. To watch live
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