CHICAGO, Ill. - The Western Michigan men's tennis team hosted a neutral site matchup with Harvard University on Sunday, Feb. 10, falling by a score of 5-2 to drop its overall record to 4-5 in 2019. 

The Brown & Gold started out with the first doubles win with Schnobel and Kuszynski winning 6-2 at the No. 3 spot. However, the Crimson answered with wins at courts one and two to secure the doubles point. 

In singles play, Harvard went up 4-0 with victories at six, two, and three to seal the win. WMU seniors Opitz and Svjetlicic earned two points for the Broncos with wins at the No. 1 and No. 4 positions. 

Harvard 5, Western Michigan 2
 
Singles competition
1. Jannik Opitz (MTENWMU) def. Zhou, Andy (HARV) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
2. Wrzesinski, Robert (HARV) def. Lenhard Haupt (MTENWMU) 6-3, 6-4
3. Shi, Brian (HARV) def. Jack Randall (MTENWMU) 6-2, 7-5
4. Matej Svjetlicic (MTENWMU) def. Walker, Harris (HARV) 7-5, 7-6 (7-2)
5. Sun, Steven (HARV) def. Peter Kuszynski (MTENWMU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
6. Koelle, Lucas (HARV) def. Nick Schnobel (MTENWMU) 6-2, 6-1
 
Doubles competition
1. Zhou, Andy/Weber, Logan (HARV) def. Jannik Opitz/Kennosuke Nouchi (MTENWMU) 6-4
2. Wrzesinski, Robert/Shi, Brian (HARV) def. Lenhard Haupt/Jack Randall (MTENWMU) 7-5
3. Nick Schnobel/Peter Kuszynski (MTENWMU) def. Morrow, Christopher/Koelle, Lucas (HARV) 6-2

Up Next
Western Michigan heads to Minneapolis, Minn. Feb. 16-17, set for matches against Wichita State University and the University of Minnesota. 

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