KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The Western Michigan men's tennis team took down Mid-American Conference leaders Buffalo, 4-3, at Sorensen Courts on Thursday afternoon.
The Broncos (11-9, 4-2 MAC) started off earning the doubles point. UB took the advantage with a win at No. 3, but WMU responded with a 6-4 win by
Alex Antonopoulos and
Oscar Corwin at No. 1 against Theodoris Mistakos and Clement Mainguy.
Ashton Adesoro and
Jack Davison clinched the point shortly after with a 6-4 win at No. 2 over Michael Malkin and Onder Balci.
Buffalo tied it up with a 6-3, 6-3 win by Balci over Antonopoulos at No. 2 and then took a 2-1 lead 6-1, 6-2 win by Faiz Nasyam over Davison at No. 6. The remaining four matches had to be decided in three sets. Corwin tied the match up at 2-2 with a 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 4 over Minjae Kim. The Broncos pushed ahead, 3-2, after
Chen-Hui Ho picked up a 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 win over Emiliano Jorquera at No. 5. Adesoro then clinched the match victory for the Broncos in a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 1 over Mistakos.
Western Michigan returns to action on Saturday, hosting Toledo at 1 p.m.