Rockets Defeat Wayne State In Friday Showdown

Friday, February 23

6:00 p.m.

University of Toledo

Wayne State

Luka Vitosevic and the Rockets topped Wayne State 4-3

2/23/2018 11:41:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Toledo, Ohio - The Toledo men's tennis team registered its first victory of the season with a 4-3 win over Wayne State on Friday evening.

"Today was a highly competitive match and I think the final score showed that," Head Coach Al Wermer said. "We have areas we need to improve in, but we saw a lot of progress in others. We need to get ready to have a great match at Notre Dame on Sunday."

UT's victory started with a sweep in the doubles competition. Luka Vitosevic and Danilo Vukotic combined to win 6-3 at the No. 1 doubles spot. Thawin Suksathaporn and Reid Teatsorth also won 6-3 while playing in the No. 2 doubles spot. The pairing of Vince Anzalone and Serjen Olmedo didn't finish their set, but they led 5-3 when play was stopped.

Play was neck-and-neck throughout singles competition. Vitosevic, Suksathaporn and Teatsorth each won their matches to provide Toledo wins in the respective No. 3, 4 and 5 spots.

UT is back in action on Sunday, Feb. 25 when it travels to Notre Dame for a 5:00 p.m. match against the Fighting Irish.

Toledo 4, Wayne State 3

Singles
1. Mats Westkamp (WS) def. Vince Anzalone (UT) 6-3, 6-3
2. Taylor Vane (WS) def. Danilo Vukotic (UT) 6-3, 6-7, 6-1
3. Luka Vitosevic (UT) def. Griffin Mertz (WS) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
4. Thawin Suksathaporn (UT) def. Niklas Karcz (WS) 6-1, 7-6
5. Reid Teatsorth (UT) def. Harvey Reed (WS) 6-2, 6-2
6. Derek Sammons (WS) def. Nikola Arsic (UT) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4

Doubles
1. Luka Vitosevic/Danilo Vukotic (UT) def. Mats Westkamp/Taylor Vane (WS) 6-3
2. Thawin Suksathaporn/Reid Teatsorth (UT) def. Griffin Mertz/Harvey Reed (WS) 6-3
3. Vince Anzalone/Serjen Olmedo (UT), Derek Sammons/Niklas Karcz (WS) unfinished, UT led 5-3