Rockets Suffer 6-1 Setback to Michigan State

Monday, January 18

East Lansing, MI

11:00 a.m.

University of Toledo

Michigan State

1/18/2016 3:07:00 PM | Men's Tennis

East Lansing, MI – Toledo men's tennis was defeated 6-1 by the Michigan State Spartans on Monday afternoon in East Lansing. The Rockets drop to 0-2 on the season, while MSU improves to a record of 1-1.

The only Rocket victory came from one of the six Toledo freshmen. Luka Vitosevic defeated Mac Roy 6-7, 6-4, 10-4 at No. 2 singles.

Freshmen Vince Anzalone, Serjen Olmedo and Juan Carranza were all defeated in tie-breaking sets. Anzalone lost 6-7, 3-6 at the No. 3 spot, Olmedo lost 2-6, 6-7 at No. 5 and Carranza fell 6-7, 3-6 in the No. 6 slot.

"We lost three singles tie-breakers simultaneously and I think we could have had a big momentum flip if they had gone differently," said head coach Al Wermer. "Other than that, I think we played much more relaxed and competed far better than we did two days ago against Purdue."

Sophomores Omar Espinosa and Stephen Miller were defeated at No. 1 and No. 4 singles, respectively.

In doubles action, Anzalone and freshman Reid Teatsorth fought a hard battle at the No. 3 spot but were eventually defeated 6-5.

The two other Rocket doubles teams both lost by a margin of 6-3.

UT travels to Indiana for a match against Valparaiso on Jan. 23 at 2:00 p.m. The following day, the Rockets will match up against Big Ten's Ohio State in Columbus, OH at 6:00 p.m.