CHICAGO, Ill. - Casey Cullen tied one of the most hallowed records in program history, and the Western Michigan men's tennis team bounced back from a two-match losing streak to take their third straight win in the Mid-American Conference, defeating Midwest region opponent Chicago State 7-0 at the Chicago State Tennis Facility on Friday. With the win, the Broncos improve to 12-10 overall, 3-0 in the MAC.
Cullen teamed with Pablo Olivarez to win the No. 2 doubles match, giving Cullen the 107th doubles win of his career. That ties him with WMU great R.J. Dunkle; Cullen will get his next opportunity to surpass Dunkle on April 16 against Ball State. Cullen and Olivarez registered a perfect 8-0 shutout over the pairing of Michael Chew and Dave Regus.
Elsewhere in doubles play, the pair of Michael Calderone and Kazuya Komada defeated Ankit Chopra and Viet Lam 8-0 in the No. 1 singles match. The win gave Calderone his 208th career overall win, tying him with Jose Orozco on the all-time list.
The Broncos were also perfect in singles play, taking all five singles matches; they picked up the sixth singles match by default. Calderone took the No. 1 singles with a 6-3, 6-4 performance, moving him to 209 career wins. Olivarez opened the proceedings with a 6-1, 6-1 win, and Simon Blomberg followed him with a perfect 6-0, 6-0 performance in the No. 4 singles. Cullen and Komada also added two set wins.
2010-11 Western Michigan Men's Tennis
Western
Michigan vs Chicago State
Apr 08, 2011 at Chicago, Ill.
(Chicago State Tennis
Facility)
FINAL
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Chicago State |
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Western Michigan |
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0 |
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6 |
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| #1 SINGLES |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Notes |
| Michael Calderone, Western
Michigan |
6 |
6 |
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Order of finish: 5 |
| Ankit Chopra, Chicago State |
3 |
4 |
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| #2 SINGLES |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Notes |
| Kazuya Komada, Western Michigan |
6 |
6 |
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Order of finish: 3 |
| Viet Lam, Chicago State |
0 |
1 |
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| #3 SINGLES |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Notes |
| Pablo Olivarez, Western
Michigan |
6 |
6 |
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Order of finish: 1 |
| Dave Regus, Chicago State |
1 |
1 |
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| #4 SINGLES |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Notes |
| Simon Blomberg, Western
Michigan |
6 |
6 |
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Order of finish: 2 |
| Michael Chew, Chicago State |
0 |
0 |
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| #5 SINGLES |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Notes |
| Casey Cullen, Western Michigan |
6 |
6 |
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Order of finish: 4 |
| Armaan Choudhary, Chicago State |
1 |
4 |
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| #2 DOUBLES |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Notes |
| Casey Cullen/Pablo Olivarez, Western
Michigan |
8 |
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Order of finish: 2 |
| Michael Chew/Dave Regus, Chicago
State |
0 |
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