TOLEDO, Ohio – The Western Michigan men's tennis team opened up play at the Toledo Rocket Invite in day two with a 4-2 record in singles and 0-2 in doubles. The Broncos sent four individuals including Andrew Cahn, Matej Svjetlicic, Nick Schnobel and Stephen Payne to compete in the three-day event with 11 opposing teams.
In singles play, Svjetlicic went 2-0 to improve his season record to 7-1 and push his winning streak to five matches while Cahn also went 2-0 with wins over Kevin Goth of Cleveland State and Tim Cane of Duquesne to improve to 5-3 this season. Schnobel earned his first career victory for the Broncos with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Matt Bouggy of Purdue.
Singles
Cahn (WMU) def. Kevin Goth (Cleveland St), 6-2, 6-4
Cahn (WMU) def. Tim Cane (Duquesne), 6-0, 6-1
Svjetlicic (WMU) def. Dylan Foo-Kune (St. Francis), 7-5, 6-2
Schnobel (WMU) def. Matt Bouggy (Purdue), 6-0, 6-1
Svjetlicic (WMU) def. Adam Bkisinsky, 6-4, 6-4
Chris Carrao (Duquesne) def. Schnobel (WMU), 6-4, 7-6 (3)
Andrew Ong (Duquesne) def. Stephen Payne (WMU), 6-2, 3-6, 13-11
Doubles
Arthur Dobradan/Renan Hanayama (Purdue) def. Cahn/Payne (WMU), 4-6, 6-3 10-7
Krimbill/Fgtasek (Case Western) def. Payne/Schnobel (WMU), 6-3, 6-3
WMU continues play on Sunday, Oct. 11th at the Toledo Rocket Invite with singles and doubles play.
