Rockets Fall 4-3 to Binghamton

Friday, April 20

Toledo, Ohio

1:00 p.m.

University of Toledo

Binghamton

Junior Juan Carranza's hard-fought win in No. 6 singles gave Toledo its third point of the match against Binghamton.

Photo by: Will Edmonds

4/20/2018 7:22:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Toledo, Ohio - The Toledo men's tennis team fell 4-3 to Binghamton today in the penultimate match of the Mid-American Conference regular season. Toledo's points came from the doubles point and strong play from juniors Vince Anzalone and Juan Carranza.

"It was a tough loss but we saw some good things today," head coach Al Wermer said. "Our normal doubles teams weren't intact but we still won the doubles point, Vince did a nice job in the singles, and I was really proud of the way Juan played in his singles match. Juan hasn't played singles since the fall, but when we threw him in there he did a really nice job."

The match started with Toledo claiming the doubles point. Senior Stephen Miller and sophomore Danilo Vukotic fell 6-2 in the No. 1 spot but UT rebounded in the next two matches. Anzalone and junior Reid Teatsorth won 6-3 playing in No. 2, and the team of Carranza and junior Serjen Olmedo won 6-3 in the No. 3 spot to wrap up doubles.

In singles, Anzalone and Carranza shined for UT. Playing No. 1, Anzalone swept his opponent 6-4, 6-3 to give Toledo a 2-0 lead. The Rockets fell one-by-one in all but one of the remaining singles matches. Playing in the No. 6 spot, Carranza dropped his first set 5-7 but rallied to a 7-6 (7) victory in the second to force a third go around. The Queretaro, Mexico native fought hard and ended his final set 6-1.

The Rockets return to action in the final match of the season tomorrow when Toledo hosts Western Michigan at 2 p.m. on the UT varsity tennis courts..

Binghamton 4, Toledo 3
Singles competition
1. Vince Anzalone (UT) def. Kushaan Nath (BING) 6-4, 6-3
2. Tiago Lourenco (BING) def. Danilo Vukotic (UT) 7-5, 7-5
3. Sebastian Quiros (BING) def. Serjen Olmedo (UT) 7-6, 3-6, 6-0
4. Inigo Saez (BING) def. Reid Teatsorth (UT) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
5. Alejandro Pena (BING) def. Nikola Arsic (UT) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
6. Juan Carranza (UT) def. Josh Druger (BING) 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Kushaan Nath/Tiago Lourenco (BING) def. Stephen Miller/Danilo Vukotic (UT) 6-2
2. Vince Anzalone/Reid Teatsorth (UT) def. Alejandro Pena/Inigo Saez (BING) 6-3
3. Juan Carranza/Serjen Olmedo (UT) def. Valentin Bouchet/Sebastian Quiros (BING) 6-3