KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Western Michigan men's tennis team hosted the University at Buffalo during its Mid-American Conference home opener Friday evening at West Hills Athletic Club, prevailing 4-3. 

WMU improves to 11-7 overall and 3-0 in the MAC, as well as 8-1 on its home court. 

After the Broncos and Bulls traded wins at courts one and two, Western Michigan clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win at No. 1 from the freshman duo of Peter Kuszynski and Jack Randall. WMU's No. 2 pair of Jannik Opitz and Kennosuke Nouchi earned their sixth-straight win to improve to 10-1 on the season.

Buffalo responded, opening singles action with wins on courts two and three to take a 2-1 lead. However, the Broncos had an answer, taking a pair of three-set victories to claim a 3-2 advantage.

Following a 6-1 loss in his first set, Kuszynski forced a third set versus Nickolas Frisk on court four and eventually won 7-5 in the third set to give the Brown & Gold the match-clinching point.

Western Michigan 4, Buffalo 3
 
Singles competition
1. Jannik Opitz (MTENWMU) def. Ethan Nitttolo (UB) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
2. Vilhelm Fridell (UB) def. Matej Svjetlicic (MTENWMU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
3. Hao Sheng Koay (UB) def. Jack Randall (MTENWMU) 7-5, 6-3
4. Peter Kuszynski (MTENWMU) def. Nickolas Frisk (UB) 1-6, 6-3, 7-5
5. Matthew Johnson (UB) def. Nick Schnobel (MTENWMU) 6-2, 6-7 (8-10), 6-4
6. Kennosuke Nouchi (MTENWMU) def. Simon Wibler (UB) 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
 
Doubles competition
1. Peter Kuszynski/Jack Randall (MTENWMU) def. Ethan Nitttolo/Hao Sheng Koay (UB) 6-4
2. Jannik Opitz/Kennosuke Nouchi (MTENWMU) def. Vilhelm Fridell/Nickolas Frisk (UB) 6-2
3. Matthew Johnson/Valdemar Holm (UB) def. Lenhard Haupt/Nick Schnobel (MTENWMU) 6-4

Up Next
Western Michigan has a quick turnaround, hosting another MAC contest tomorrow afternoon versus Binghamton University at 1 p.m. inside West Hills Athletic Club. 

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