University of Toledo
NORTHERN ILLINOIS
Toledo Prevails 4-3 at Northern Illinois
4/16/2006 12:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis
April 16, 2006
DeKalb, IL - Toledo continued its winning ways with a tightly contested 4-3 win at Northern Illinois on Saturday. The Rockets improve to 15-8 with the win, 3-1 in the Mid-American Conference.
The Rockets got off to a solid start taking two of three in doubles to pick up the point. Tony Tran began his undefeated day winning at first doubles with Mohammed Al Nabhani 8-6.
The singles matches were tightly contested, with each team taking three. Despite losing his first doubles match of the MAC season and seeing his overall 10-game winning streak snapped, Jared Miller came right back in singles and remained unbeaten in the MAC with a 6-3, 6-2 fourth singles win.
After Travis Curran picked up a 6-0, 6-2 win at sixth singles, the match outcome came down to Tran with the score tied 3-3. The senior clinched the win for the Rockets and continued his hot streak with a thrilling 7-6, 6-7, 6-2 victory at No.2 singles.
"The conditions were sloppy today, but we battled through it," Head Coach Al Wermer said. "I wasn't as happy with our play as I have been but we battled and prevailed. Tony picked up a nice win and continues to improve as he closes out his career."
The Rockets return to action on Saturday with a 1 p.m. match at UT Varsity Courts against Western Michigan.
Toledo 4, Northern Illinois 3
Doubles
No. 1 -- Al Nabhani / Tran (UT) def. Livingston / Friesen 8-6
No. 2 -- Curran / Brian Rager (UT) def. Katz / Monroy 8-1
No. 3 -- Zegarra-Ballon / Ford (NIU) def. Wade Ward / Miller 8-4
Singles
No. 1 -- Brian Livingston (NIU) def. Mohammed Al Nabhani 6-2, 7-5
No. 2 -- Tony Tran (UT) def. Alex Friesen 7-6, 6-7, 6-2
No. 3 -- Adam Ford (NIU) def. Chris Clark 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 -- Jared Miller (UT) def. David Katz 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 -- Diego Zegarra-Ballon (NIU) def. Josh Moran 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 -- Travis Curran (UT) def. Alfonso Monroy, 6-0, 6-2
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