TOLEDO, Ohio – The Northern Illinois University men's tennis team closed its 10-match road trip with a 5-2 setback at Toledo on Saturday afternoon. The defeat drops the Huskies to 12-9 overall, 1-3 in Mid-American Conference play. 

"It was a rough day for us," said NIU head coach Patrick Fisher. "We missed our chances in doubles and didn't help ourselves with slow starts in singles; that was the difference, we got outplayed today. We need a big performance on Wednesday against Binghamton."

The Huskies fell behind early as they dropped the doubles point for the first time in six matches. Toledo neared a pair of narrow doubles victories as Serjen Olmedo and Vince Anzalone edged junior Louis-Philippe Hamel (Drummondville, Quebec, Canada) and junior Tom Hjertonsson (Gothenburg, Sweden/Akademi Båstad Gymnasium) at two, 6-4, while Thawin Suksathaporn and Reid Teatsorth topped freshman Bor Schweiger Muzar (Crnomelj, Slovenia/Gimnm) and senior Carlos Manzanas (Madrid, Spain/IES Principe Felipe), 7-6, at three. 

In singles play, Hamel won his third-straight match, and 10th dual match win of the season, with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Teatsorth at number five. Manzanas also claimed a singles victory, downing Suksathaporn, 6-4, 6-4, at number six. Toledo (11-11, 2-3 MAC) was victorious in each of the top-four singles matches however to clinch the match. 

NIU will return home on Wednesday, April 12, when it hosts Binghamton in the first home conference match of the spring. 

Toledo 5, NIU 2

Doubles
1. Eric Marbach/Georg Lundkvist (NIU) vs. Stjepan Sisko/Omar Espinosa (UT), 6-6, unfinished
2. Serjen Olmedo/Vince Anzalone (UT) def. Louis-Philippe Hamel/Tom Hjertonsson (NIU), 6-4
3. Thawin Suksathaporn/Reid Teatsorth (UT) def. Bor Schweiger Muzar/Carlos Manzanas (NIU), 7-6

Singles
1. Stjepan Sisko (UT) def. Bor Schweiger Muzar (NIU), 6-3, 6-2
2. Vince Anzalone (UT) def. Georg Lundkvist (NIU), 6-4, 6-2
3. Luka Vitosevic (UT) def. Eric Marbach (NIU), 6-1, 7-6
4. Omar Espinosa (UT) def. Tom Hjertonsson (NIU), 6-3, 6-3
5. Louis-Philippe Hamel (NIU) def. Reid Teatsorth (UT), 6-4, 6-4
6. Carlos Manzanas (NIU) def. Thawin Suksathaporn (UT), 6-3, 6-1