KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The Western Michigan men's tennis team picked up its fourth-straight win and improved to 5-2 in Mid-American Conference play after a 4-3 win over Toledo on Saturday at West Hills Athletic Club.
The Broncos quickly picked up the doubles point after wins at No. 3 by
Tim Riedel and
Drew Evans and No. 1 by
Oscar Corwin and
Alex Antonopoulos. Riedel and Evans gave WMU the early advantage with a 6-1 win over Alejandro Gonzalez and Joshua Mackey. Corwin and Antonopoulos then clinched the point with a 6-3 win over Cole Cozens and Charlie Snow.
The Rockets took the first point in singles to tie it up at 1-1 after Poonthong Komolpisut defeated Antonopoulos at No. 2, 6-2, 6-0. Western Michigan retook the lead when Riedel picked up a 6-2, 6-2 win over Matias Olivero. UT responded with Cozens defeating
Jack Davison 6-3, 6-2 at No. 6 to tie it back up at 2-2.
Chen-Hui Ho gave the lead back to the Broncos with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 5 over Snow, but Lucas Britez snapped Corwin's six-match winning streak, beating him 6-4, 6-2 at No. 4.
All squared at 3-3, the match-deciding point came down to the No. 1 match between Western Michigan's
Ashton Adesoro and Toledo's Hanamichi Carvajal. Adesoro won the first set via tie-breaker, 7-6 (7-1). Carvajal picked up the second set with a 6-1 win, but Adesoro bested him by the same score in the third set to hand the match victory to the Broncos.
Western Michigan is back in action on Thursday, hosting Ball State at 1 p.m.