EVANSTON, Ill. - The Western Michigan men's tennis team took a pair of points from their ranked Big Ten opponent, but the Broncos ultimately fell by a 5-2 score to the 62nd-ranked Northwestern Wildcats in Evanston on Saturday. With the loss, the Broncos fall to 4-3 on the season.

The Broncos fell behind quickly to the Wildcats, dropping the doubles point but posting a pair of singles wins against their ranked opposition. Sophomore Nadin Indre recorded an impressive win in the No. 1 singles match, defeating the Wildcats' Sidarth Balaji in a three-set thriller 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Ross VanderPloeg was also victorious, winning the No. 5 singles on a second-set tiebreaker against Alex Pasareanu 6-2, 7-6 (9). Aaron Wong came the closest to making it just a one-point match, falling in three sets to Nikhi Jayashankar 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (4).

The Broncos will be back in action on Sunday when they take on the Illinois State Redbirds. Match time is scheduled for 11:30 a.m.

Singles (Order of Finish: 2, 3, 4*, 5, 1, 6):
1: Nadin Indre (WMU) def. Sidarth Balaji (NU) - 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
2: Josh Graves (NU) def. Simon Blomberg (WMU) - 6-3, 6-0
3: Spencer Wolf (NU) def. Pablo Olivarez (WMU) - 6-3, 6-3
4: Raleigh Smith (NU) def. Zeyad Montasser (WMU) - 6-3, 6-4
5: Ross VanderPloeg (WMU) def. Alex Pasareanu (NU) - 6-2, 7-6 (11-9)
6: Nikhi Jayashankar (NU) def. Aaron Wong (WMU) - 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4)

Doubles (Order of Finish: 3, 2*, 1):
1: Josh Graves/Spencer Wolf (NU) def. Nadin Indre/Ross VanderPloeg (WMU) - 8-4
2: Raleigh Smith/Alex Pasareanu (NU) def. Zeyad Montasser/Aaron Wong (WMU) - 8-3
3: Sidarth Balaji/Tobias Reitz (NU) def. Marc Shideler/Pablo Olivarez (WMU) - 8-2