Broncos Return to Action, Sweep Home Twinbill
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Western Michigan men's tennis team returned to action after a two-week layoff with a pair of dominant victories, defeating the Kalamazoo College Hornets and the Ferris State Bulldogs each by 7-0 scores. With the wins, the Broncos improve to 12-7 on the season.
The Broncos' day began with the defeat of the Hornets, as WMU made quick work of their cross-town rivals with a sterling performance. The doubles pairing of Ruben Greiner and Nadin Indre earned the first win of the day for WMU, downing Steve Hanselman and and Peter Rothstein 8-3. Stephen Payne and Ross VanderPloeg clinched the doubles point with a win in No. 2 doubles, beating Max Manley and Robert Hudson 8-3, and Jim Beckwith and Aaron Wong wrapped the doubles session with an 8-1 win in No. 3 doubles over Alan Faber and Mike Korn.
Wong provided the first singles win of the day, beating Korn 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 4 singles match, and VanderPloeg made it a 3-0 affair with a 6-3, 6-0 win in the No. 1 singles match over Rothstein. The match victory was clinched literally seconds later, when Indre completed a dominant second set over Hanselman in claiming a 7-5, 6-2 win over Hanselman at No. 2 singles.
Pablo Mora outlasted Robert Hudson in a close first set to win 6-4, 6-2 at No. 5 singles, Greiner defeated David DeSimone at No. 3 singles, and Cahn wrapped the match with a win at No. 6 singles, cruising past Faber to the tune of a 6-2, 6-1 score.
The match against the Bulldogs started in similar fashion, as Western Michigan swept through the doubles session to again take the early point; however, the Bulldogs put up a fight, nearly taking the No. 1 doubles match and challenging in another. Wong and Beckwith fought off a worthy challenge from Otto Keresztes and Aaron Dial, winning 8-6 at the No. 3 doubles, and Payne and VanderPloeg clinched the point for the Broncos with an 8-2 win over Sergiu Laza and Tyler Marengo at No. 2. Indre and Greiner completed the session with a comeback win, downing Laurent Galarneau and Razvan Mag 9-7 in the No. 1 match.
Greiner would be the first to strike in singles play, cruising past Merengo 6-0, 6-4 in the No. 3 singles match to give the Broncos a 2-0 lead. Mora was next, defeating Mag 6-2, 6-2 in the No. 4 singles match to put the Broncos in position to clinch the victory. VanderPloeg did just that, pulling away from Galarneau in a tight match to win 6-3, 6-2 at No. 1 singles. Cahn picked up his second singles win of the day with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Andrew Dial at No. 6 singles, Wong came back from a set down to win a super tiebreaker against Keresztes, and Indre wrapped the scoring with a full three-set victory over Laza at No. 2 singles.
Western Michigan University 7, Kalamazoo College 0
Mar 21, 2013 at Kalamazoo, Mich. (West Hills Athletic Club)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Ross VanderPloeg (WMU) def. Peter Rothstein (KZO-M) 6-3, 6-0 |
| 2. Nadin Indre (WMU) def. Steve Hanselman (KZO-M) 7-5, 6-2 |
| 3. Ruben Greiner (WMU) def. David DeSimone (KZO-M) 6-3, 6-0 |
| 4. Aaron Wong (WMU) def. Mike Korn (KZO-M) 6-1, 6-1 |
| 5. Pablo Mora (WMU) def. Robert Hudson (KZO-M) 6-4, 6-2 |
| 6. Andrew Cahn (WMU) def. Alan Faber (KZO-M) 6-2, 6-1 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Ruben Greiner/Nadin Indre (WMU) def. Steve Hanselman/Peter Rothstein (KZO-M) 8-3 |
| 2. Stephen Payne/Ross VanderPloeg (WMU) def. Max Manley/Robert Hudson (KZO-M) 8-3 |
| 3. Jim Beckwith/Aaron Wong (WMU) def. Alan Faber/Mike Korn (KZO-M) 8-1 |
| Match Notes |
| Kalamazoo College 2-3 |
| Western Michigan University 10-7 |
| Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (,4,1,2,5,3,6) |
Western Michigan University 7, Ferris State 0
Mar 21, 2013 at Kalamazoo, Mich. (West Hills Athletic Club)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Ross VanderPloeg (WMU) def. Laurent Galarneau (FS) 6-3, 6-2 |
| 2. Nadin Indre (WMU) def. Sergiu Laza (FS) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 3. Ruben Greiner (WMU) def. Tyler Marengo (FS) 6-0, 6-4 |
| 4. Pablo Mora (WMU) def. Razvan Mag (FS) 6-2, 6-2 |
| 5. Aaron Wong (WMU) def. Otto Keresztes (FS) 6-7, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7) |
| 6. Andrew Cahn (WMU) def. Aaron Dial (FS) 6-4, 6-2 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Nadin Indre/Ruben Greiner (WMU) def. Laurent Galarneau/Razvan Mag (FS) 9-7 |
| 2. Stephen Payne/Ross VanderPloeg (WMU) def. Sergiu Laza/Tyler Marengo (FS) 8-2 |
| 3. Aaron Wong/Jim Beckwith (WMU) def. Otto Keresztes/Aaron Dial (FS) 8-6 |
| Match Notes |
| Ferris State 6-1 |
| Western Michigan University 11-7 |
| Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (3,4,1,6,5,2) |
