KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Western Michigan men's tennis team wrapped up non-conference play Sunday, March 31 inside West Hills Athletic Club, falling 4-2 versus the University of Dayton prior to winning 4-1 against the University of Indianapolis. 

The loss to the Flyers snapped the Broncos' five-match winning streak while the win over the Greyhounds improved WMU's record to 14-8 overall on the season. 

WMU opened the day claiming the doubles point with wins on courts one and three versus Dayton. The duo of German seniors Kris Knof and Lenhard Haupt combined for the first time this season and won 6-1 at court three prior to Opitz and Nouchi winning 6-4 and the No. 1 spot to give WMU the 1-0 advantage.

The Broncos opened singles play with a win from Nouchi at court five, but the Flyers answered with three-straight wins to take a 3-2 lead.

Haupt and Kuszynski were both in third sets at courts one and two with the deciding point(s) on the line. Dayton's Jordan Benjamin defeated Haupt 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 to earn the match-clinching fourth point.

Dayton 4, Western Michigan 2
 
Singles competition
1. Jordan Benjamin (UD) def. Lenhard Haupt (MTENWMU) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
2. Peter Kuszynski (MTENWMU) vs. Langford Hills (UD) 6-3, 5-7, 5-4, unfinished
3. Steven Karl (UD) def. Jack Randall (MTENWMU) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
4. Joe Demarco (UD) def. Nick Schnobel (MTENWMU) 6-4, 6-2
5. Kennosuke Nouchi (MTENWMU) def. Lorenzo Rollhauser (UD) 6-1, 6-1
6. Parker Banning (UD) def. Eric Olivarez (MTENWMU) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
 
Doubles competition
1. Jannik Opitz/Kennosuke Nouchi (MTENWMU) def. Langford Hills/Joe Demarco (UD) 6-4
2. Jack Randall/Peter Kuszynski (MTENWMU) vs. Jordan Benjamin/Steven Karl (UD) 5-5, unfinished
3. Kris Knof/Lenhard Haupt (MTENWMU) def. Parker Banning/Lorenzo Rollhauser (UD) 6-1

WMU hosted UIndy, ranked No. 20 in ITA's Division II national rankings, in the second match of the day the and final non-conference test of the year.  

The Broncos swept doubles to take a 1-0 lead and won at courts one, four, and five to clinch the win. Kennosuke Nouchi won 7-6 (2), 6-2 to give the Brown & Gold the 4-1 victory with his seventh consecutive singles triumph. 

Western Michigan 4, University of Indianapolis 1
 
Singles competition
1. Jannik Opitz (MTENWMU) def. Renato Lima (UINDY) 6-3, 6-2
2. Lenhard Haupt (MTENWMU) vs. Nils Hoffacker (UINDY) 5-7, 5-2, unfinished
3. Dario Huber (UINDY) def. Peter Kuszynski (MTENWMU) 6-4, 6-2
4. Kennosuke Nouchi (MTENWMU) def. Magnus Mueller (UINDY) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2
5. Jack Randall (MTENWMU) def. Max Witthaus (UINDY) 6-1, 6-2
6. Zac Faveri (MTENWMU) vs. Matej Kostadinov (UINDY) 6-4, 4-2, unfinished
 
Doubles competition
1. Jack Randall/Peter Kuszynski (MTENWMU) def. Matej Kostadinov/Dario Huber (UINDY) 6-3
2. Jannik Opitz/Kennosuke Nouchi (MTENWMU) def. Renato Lima/Magnus Mueller (UINDY) 6-4
3. Nick Schnobel/Lenhard Haupt (MTENWMU) def. Nils Hoffacker/Max Witthaus (UINDY) 6-2

Up Next
Western Michigan heads back into Mid-American Conference action next weekend, traveling to Muncie, Ind. on Saturday, April 6 for its final regular season road match at Ball State University. Doubles are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.

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