Friday, February 22
Kalamazoo, Mich.
1 p.m.
Michigan State University
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Western Michigan
Men's Tennis Topped by Western Michigan
2/22/2019 5:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan State men's tennis team fell to intrastate rival Western Michigan on Friday afternoon by a final tally of 7-0 from the West Hills Athletic Club in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
The Spartans are now 2-3 in their last five matches and their record falls to 5-7 in the dual meet season. Western Michigan is now 6-6 in the dual meet season and remains undefeated at home.
"A tough loss for the Spartans," said Michigan State head coach Gene Orlando. " We were unable to take advantage of the opportunities when they presented themselves and Western Michigan capitalized. WMU is a good team, but we can play better than we did."
Western Michigan took the doubles point from the Spartans taking 6-3 and 6-2 sets over the Spartans No. 2 and No. 3 doubles teams.
On the singles side, Michigan State found themselves in a number of close sets, losing the tiebreaker on four occasions. Sophomore Jack Winkler dropped a 7-6 (10-8) second set to fall to Jannik Opitz at No. 1 singles and sophomore John Carlin was defeated 7-6 (8-6) in his first set against Lenhard Haupt at No. 3.
At No. 5 singles, freshman Carson Gates lost 7-6 (7-5) in his first set against Peter Kuszynski. Freshman Nick Williams came away victorious in his first set, 6-4, but lost a 7-6 (8-6) tiebreaker in the third set to finish off the sweep for Western Michigan.
UP NEXT
The Spartans return home for another rivalry match on Wednesday, February 27 when they face the No. 18-ranked Michigan Wolverines from the Michigan State Indoor Tennis Facility at 6:00 p.m. ET.
The Spartans are now 2-3 in their last five matches and their record falls to 5-7 in the dual meet season. Western Michigan is now 6-6 in the dual meet season and remains undefeated at home.
"A tough loss for the Spartans," said Michigan State head coach Gene Orlando. " We were unable to take advantage of the opportunities when they presented themselves and Western Michigan capitalized. WMU is a good team, but we can play better than we did."
Western Michigan took the doubles point from the Spartans taking 6-3 and 6-2 sets over the Spartans No. 2 and No. 3 doubles teams.
On the singles side, Michigan State found themselves in a number of close sets, losing the tiebreaker on four occasions. Sophomore Jack Winkler dropped a 7-6 (10-8) second set to fall to Jannik Opitz at No. 1 singles and sophomore John Carlin was defeated 7-6 (8-6) in his first set against Lenhard Haupt at No. 3.
At No. 5 singles, freshman Carson Gates lost 7-6 (7-5) in his first set against Peter Kuszynski. Freshman Nick Williams came away victorious in his first set, 6-4, but lost a 7-6 (8-6) tiebreaker in the third set to finish off the sweep for Western Michigan.
UP NEXT
The Spartans return home for another rivalry match on Wednesday, February 27 when they face the No. 18-ranked Michigan Wolverines from the Michigan State Indoor Tennis Facility at 6:00 p.m. ET.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
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#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2
#1 Singles Match
12
26
Jannik Opitz / 0 [MTENWMU]
67
#2 Singles Match
12
45
Matej Svjetlicic / 0 [MTENWMU]
67
#3 Singles Match
12
60
Lenhard Haupt / 0 [MTENWMU]
76
#4 Singles Match
12
14
Jack Randall / 0 [MTENWMU]
66
#5 Singles Match
12
61
Peter Kuszynski / 0 [MTENWMU]
76
#6 Singles Match
123
626
Nick Schnobel / 0 [MTENWMU]
467
Order of Finish:
4,3,1,5,2,6
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