MUNCIE, Ind. - The Western Michigan men's tennis team improved to 2-0 during Mid-American Conference competition following a 7-0 victory over Northern Illinois University on Saturday afternoon. 

WMU clinched the doubles point with wins on courts two and three for the second consecutive match, duplicating yesterday's doubles results at Ball State. After a 6-2 win from the Broncos' No. 2 doubles pair of juniors Jannik Opitz and Kennosuke Nouchi, seniors Nick Schnobel and Lenhard Haupt won 7-5 at the third spot to put the Brown & Gold up 1-0. 

The Broncos won all six singles matches to seal the win over NIU. Jack Randall's three-set victory over the Huskies' Muzar stood as the match-clinching fourth point. 

Western Michigan 7, Northern Illinois 0
 
Singles competition
1. Jannik Opitz (MTENWMU) def. Eric Marbach (NIU) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
2. Matej Svjetlicic (MTENWMU) def. David Pata (NIU) 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5
3. Jack Randall (MTENWMU) def. Bor Schweiger Muzar (NIU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
4. Peter Kuszynski (MTENWMU) def. Mikko Malinen (NIU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
5. Nick Schnobel (MTENWMU) def. Victor Spolidorio (NIU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Kennosuke Nouchi (MTENWMU) def. Erich Schuette (NIU) 6-0, 6-1
 
Doubles competition
1. Mikko Malinen/Victor Spolidorio (NIU) def. Peter Kuszynski/Jack Randall (MTENWMU) 6-3
2. Jannik Opitz/Kennosuke Nouchi (MTENWMU) def. David Pata/Bor Schweiger Muzar (NIU) 6-2
3. Lenhard Haupt/Nick Schnobel (MTENWMU) def. Eric Marbach/Erich Schuette (NIU) 7-5

Up Next
Western Michigan, now 10-7 overall and 2-0 in the MAC, returns home and continues MAC play March 22-23 versus Buffalo and Binghamton. 

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