Men's Tennis | March 10

Kalamazoo, Mich. - The Northern Illinois University men's tennis team saw its nine-match winning streak brought to an end against Western Michigan (10-3, 2-0 MAC) on Sunday.

"To win big on the road requires a unique form of focus and endurance," head coach René Vidal said. "Our guys understand that, but unfortunately we didn't bring those skills to the table today as a team. We have more opportunities and won't take anything for granted."
 
NIU (11-3, 1-1 MAC) took home the doubles point as they took two of the three doubles matches. The pair of Cheng En Tsai (Taipei, Taiwan) and Mikael Vollbach (Rothis, Austria) won at No. 1 doubles 6-4. Iker Gaztambide Arrastia and Christopher Norlin secured a 6-1 win at No. 3 doubles to win the point.
 
Freshman Saul Berdullas picked up a win at No. 3 singles 6-2, 6-4 over WMU's Ashton Adesoro to account for the Huskies second point.  Both Gaztambide Arrastia and Armin Koschtojan at No. 4 and No. 5 singles, respectively, dropped tight first sets by a 7-5 score.
 
NIU returns home at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 15 to take on Judson at the Nelson Tennis Center.
 
 
Western Michigan 5, Northern Illinois 2
 
Singles competition
 
1. Anton Arzhankin (WMUM) def. Cheng En Tsai (NIU) 6-4, 6-0
2. Benjamin George (WMUM) def. Mikael Vollbach (NIU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Saul Berdullas (NIU) def. Ashton Adesoro (WMUM) 6-2, 6-4
4. Jackson Boone (WMUM) def. Iker Gaztambide (NIU) 7-5, 6-1
5. Matej Kajzer (WMUM) def. Armin Koschtojan (NIU) 7-5, 6-4
6. Dimitri Moriarty (WMUM) def. Christopher Norlin (NIU) 6-4, 6-3
 
Doubles competition
 
1. Cheng En Tsai/Mikael Vollbach (NIU) def. Jackson Boone/Anton Arzhankin (WMUM) 6-4
2. Benjamin George/Drew Evans (WMUM) def. Saul Berdullas/Armin Koschtojan (NIU) 6-2
3. Iker Gaztambide/Christopher Norlin (NIU) def. Ferdinand Schlueter/Adrian Quiros (WMUM) 6-1
 
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,2,4,3,6,5)
 
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