IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The Western Michigan men's tennis dropped a road match 6-1 at No. 62 ranked Iowa in its first match against a nationally ranked team this season. The Broncos fell to 4-2 while the Hawkeyes improved to 4-1. 

In singles play, senior Ruben Greiner earned a 7-5, 6-4 win in the No. 5 spot to improve to 9-5 overall and a perfect 5-0 this spring. Jefta Kecic and Maik Steiner each went into the third set in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots respectively, but both ended up falling. 

In doubles play, the duo of Matt Hamilton/Maik Steiner extended their team high win total to 14 with a 6-1 win over Silverstein/Patrick in the No. 2 slot. The two also moved to 2-0 this spring together but the Hawkeyes took the doubles point after winning in the No. 1 and No. 3 spots. 

Singles

No. 1 Patrick (Iowa) def. Jefta Kecic (WMU), 4-6, 6-1, 6-1

No. 2 Theodorou (Iowa) def. Maik Steiner (WMU), 6-0, 3-6, 6-1

No. 3 Silverstein (Iowa) def. Matej Svjetlicic (WMU), 6-1, 6-1

No. 4 Haden (Iowa) def. Matt Hamilton (WMU), 6-4, 6-2

No. 5 Ruben Greiner (WMU) vs. Larsen (Iowa), 7-5, 5-4; Unfinished

No. 6 Jacoby (Iowa) def. Daniel Loebel (WMU), 7-5, 6-2

Order of finish: 3, 4, 6, 2, 1, 

Doubles

No. 1 Theodorou/Jacoby (Iowa) def. Greiner/Loebel (WMU), 6-3

No. 2 Hamilton/Steiner (WMU) def. Silverstein/Patrick (Iowa), 6-1

No. 3 Hallestrand/Haden (Iowa) def. Jimmy Beckwith/Stephen Payne (WMU), 6-2

Order of finish: 2, 3, 1