KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Western Michigan men's tennis team opened the 2022 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kickoff Weekend with a hard-fought 4-2 loss to Memphis at the University of Tennessee on Friday afternoon.

The Broncos (2-2) earned the doubles point in a thriller. Senior Peter Kuszynski and sophomore Joaquin Caballer gave WMU the lead with a 6-4 win at No. 2. The duo of Harry Rock and Pablo Alemany Malea took Anton Arzhankin and Ferdinand Schlueter the distance to tie it up at 1-1, winning 7-6 (7-2). It all came down to No. 1 with senior Fynn Lohse and junior Arjun Honnappa against the 30th-ranked doubles team in the nation David Stevenson and Jeremy Taylor for Memphis. Lohse and Honnappa earned the win 7-6 (7-5) to secure the point for the Broncos.

Arzhankin was WMU's lone single competitor to earn a point, winning at No. 2 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Kuszynski, Honnappa and George all took their competitors to three sets, with Brogan Pierce's match going unfinished once Memphis reached its fourth point.

Western Michigan is back at it again on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. ET against Old Dominion.