WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. -- The Western Michigan men's tennis team remained unbeaten in the Mid-American Conference by taking out Buffalo, 6-1, on Saturday morning at the Village Glen Tennis Center in Williamsville, N.Y. WMU followed that up with a late evening win over Binghamton (8-8), 5-2, of the America East Conference (complete results below).
The Broncos (14-7, 2-0 MAC) started out fast by winning all three doubles matches over the Bulls (4-14, 0-3 MAC). The freshmen duo of Michael Calderone and Kazuya Komada improved to 13-5 in dual matches with an 8-1 victory at No. 3. Junior Kevin Hayward and freshman Casey Cullen played at the No. 1 position for only the second time and emerged victorious, 8-2, to move to 13-2 in dual matches and 23-2 overall this season.
Seniors Alex Birchmeier and Bryan Norville finished the doubles sweep with an 8-4 win at No. 2 to go to 10-4 in dual matches.
Norville made quick work of Alexis Lluis at No. 5 singles 6-0, 6-2 to put WMU up 2-0 and Calderone was shortly behind with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Juan Carlos Wynter at No. 6 to put WMU on the verge of victory, 3-0.
Hayward moved to 10-5 at No.1 singles this season by knocking off Nikesh Singh Panthlia 6-3, 6-2 for the Broncos' fourth point of the match.
Senior Alejandro Staub tied Calderone with his 25th singles win of the season after his opponent retired at No. 4 singles and Birchmeier rounded out the scoring with a come-from-behind 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (7) win over Octavian Stane at No. 3 singles.
The Broncos are back in action next weekend on Friday in South Bend, Ind., against William & Mary and at Toledo on Sunday.
Tennis Match Results
Western Michigan vs Buffalo
Mar 29, 2008 at Williamsville, N.Y.
Western Michigan 6, Buffalo 1
Singles competition
1. Kevin Hayward (WMU) def. Nikesh Singh Panthli (UB) 6-3, 6-2
2. Marcelo Mazzetto (UB) def. Kazuya Komada (WMU) 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (12-10)
3. Alex Birchmeier (WMU) def. Octavian Stane (UB) 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-7)
4. Alejandro Staub (WMU) def. Kirill Kolomytes (UB) 7-6 (7-5), 2-1, retired
5. Bryan Norville (WMU) def. Alexis Lluis (UB) 6-0, 6-2
6. Michael Calderone (WMU) def. Juan Carlos Wynter (UB) 6-3, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Casey Cullen/Kevin Hayward (WMU) def. Nikesh Singh Panthli/Octavian Stane (UB) 8-2
2. Alex Birchmeier/Bryan Norville (WMU) def. Marcelo Mazzetto/Juan Carlos Wynter (UB) 8-4
3. Michael Calderone/Kazuya Komada (WMU) def. Kirill Kolomytes/Alexis Lluis (UB) 8-1
Match Notes:
Western Michigan 13-7, 2-0
Buffalo 4-14, 0-3 MAC
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (5,6,1,4,3,2)
Tennis Match Results
Western Michigan vs Binghamton
Mar 29, 2008 at Williamsville, N.Y.
Western Michigan 5, Binghamton 2
Singles competition
1. Kevin Hayward (WMU) def. Faisal Mohamed (BING) 6-3, 6-1
2. Moshe Levy (BING) def. Kazuya Komada (WMU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-0
3. Alex Birchmeier (WMU) def. Sebastian Dietz (BING) 6-1, 6-4
4. Alejandro Staub (WMU) def. Sven Vloedgraven (BING) 0-6, 6-1, 6-1
5. Arnav Jain (BING) def. Bryan Norville (WMU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
6. Michael Calderone (WMU) def. Gregoire Berner (BING) 7-5, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Alex Birchmeier/Bryan Norville (WMU) def. Faisal Mohamed/Sebastian Dietz (BING) 8-6
2. Casey Cullen/Kevin Hayward (WMU) def. Arnav Jain/Gregoire Berner (BING) 9-8 (7-4)
3. Kazuya Komada/Michael Calderone (WMU) def. Moshe Levy/Sven Vloedgraven (BING) 8-5
Match Notes:
Western Michigan 14-7
Binghamton 8-8
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (3,1,6,5,4,2)
Exhibition: Cullen (WMU) def. Andreas Danielsson (BING) 8-0
