Rockets Conclude Weekend at MAC Indoor Invite

Friday, October 30

Kalamazoo, MI

All Day

University of Toledo

MAC Indoor at WMU

11/1/2015 4:08:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Kalamazoo, MI – The Toledo men's tennis team concluded its weekend at the Mid-American Conference Invite in Kalamazoo on Sunday, with a strong performance from the reigning MAC Player of the Year, junior Stjepan Sisko.

Sisko won three-straight matches to capture the Flight A singles title. He won a tough three-set battle in this first-round match against Eliott Hureau from Binghamton (6-7 (7), 7-6 (6), 10-7). Sisko went on to win a two-set match against WMU's Maik Steiner and a three-set match versus Buffalo's Amat Hromic.

"Some guys showed a lot of progress this weekend, though it may not have shown in the W-L records," said head coach Al Wermer. "Omar and Reid have improved immensely and Stjepan is continuously getting better and responding well to his opponents."

Sophomore Omar Espinosa lost his first-round Flight B singles match (7-5, 7-6 (9-7)) to WMU's Matt Hamilton but went on to win the consolation bracket. Espinosa defeated Ludovico Cestarollo from Binghamton in a lengthy three-set battle (6-3, 5-7, 15-13) and won the championship match 6-1, 6-4 against Buffalo's Ethan Nittolo.

Freshman Luka Vitosevic downed Ball State's Conner Anderson 6-1, 6-1 in his first match of Flight C singles but dropped his second-round match in two sets to WMU's Andrew Cahn. Vitosevic defeated Daniel Loebel of WMU 6-1, 3-6, 10-4 to notch third place in his flight bracket.

Freshman Reid Teatsorth fought through three sets to down Marko Guzina of Ball State (7-5 (5), 0-6, 10-8) but fell in two sets to Buffalo's Akhil Mehta. Teatsorth beat NIU's Erich Schuette in two sets to claim third place in Flight E.

In doubles play, Sisko and Espinosa paired up to win their first two matches in Flight A but dropped a 6-4 decision to a WMU duo in the semifinals.

The Rockets close out their fall schedule on Friday-Sunday, Nov. 6-8 at the USTA Futures tournament in Niceville, FL.