KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The Western Michigan men's tennis team went 1-2 over the weekend with a win over Marquette before falling to Ferris State and Michigan State.
The Broncos split a double-header with the Golden Eagles and the Bulldogs on Friday. WMU opened the day with a 6-1 victory over MU. Western Michigan took all three doubles matches to take the early advantage.
Drew Evans and
Tim Riedel took down Hugh Perrill and Luke Coppage, 6-0, at No. 2. The point was secured by
Oscar Corwin and
Jonas Keck with a 6-3 win at No. 3 against Kristian Blagov and Ivan Vazquez. Shortly after,
Ashton Adesoro and
Jack Davison picked up a 6-4 win at No. 1 against Blake Roegner and Remi St. Laurent.
Keck pushed the lead to 2-0 with a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 6 over Evan Glebov. Davison took down Coppage 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5 to make it 3-0.
Chen-Hui Ho clinched the match win after a 6-1, 6-2 victory against St. Laurent at No. 4. Adesoro defeated Reogner 6-3, 6-3 at No. 1 before Corwin picked up the sixth and final point.
Ferris State took the doubles point and the early lead. Ho and Adesoro picked up WMU's two points. Adesoro beat Kevin Kovacs 6-0, 7-6 (7-3) at No. 1. Ho picked up a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 win at No. 4 over Praneel Pichiki.
On Sunday, the Broncos fell to the Spartans 7-0. Four of the six singles matches were settled in two sets. Corwin pushed Taym Alazmeh to three sets at No. 3 but fell 6-4, 0-6, 2-6. Davison also pushed his opponent, Mitchel Sheldon, to three sets but lost 5-7, 6-1, 3-6.
Western Michigan is off next week before opening Mid-American Conference play on Friday, March 6 at Buffalo.
