TOLEDO, Ohio – Toledo men's tennis opened its three-match homestand Wednesday morning with a 4-3 win over Northwestern Ohio at Shadow Valley Tennis Club in Maumee.

The Rockets secured the doubles point with big wins on the No. 2 court from Cole Shoults and Krzysztof Wetoszka and the No. 3 court from Adam Kovac and Luka Jankovic. Toledo's No. 1 court featuring Pawit Sornlaksup and Marko Galic were down 4-3 when the game was ruled unfinished.

Sornlaksup and Kovac won the No. 1 and No. 2 courts respectively in two sets, while the visiting Racers put up a bigger fight to stay in the match. UNOH won two close three-set matches on the No. 3 and No. 4 courts, and then tied the match 3-3 with a victory on the No. 5. Jankovic swept Nile Messin (6-0, 7-5) on the No. 6 court to clinch the final point for the Rockets.

"This is a very solid NAIA team," head coach Al Wermer said of his opponents.  "Today they helped us because they challenged us and put our guys in tough situations."

Toledo (4-4) will be back on the court on Friday, Feb. 25 when it welcomes IUPUI to Shadow Valley Tennis Club. First serve is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

Toledo Results
Toledo 4, Northwestern Ohio 3
Doubles
1. Marko Galic/ Pawit Sornlaksup (TOL) vs Malik Omarkhanov/ Martin Stanchev (UNOH) 4-3 unfinished
2. Cole Shoults/ Krzysztof Wetoszka (TOL) def. Marcos Salazar/ Hugo Car (UNOH) 6-2
3. Adam Kovac/ Luka Jankovic (TOL) def. Nils Messin/ Sergio Conde (UNOH) 6-3

Singles
1. Pawit Sornlaksup (TOL) def. Sergio Conde (UNOH) 6-4, 6-4
2. Adam Kovac (TOL) def. Marcos Salazar (UNOH) 7-5, 6-3
3. Martin Stanchev (UNOH) def. Krzysztof Wetoszka (TOL) 6-7(6), 6-2, 7-5
4. Malik Omarkhanov (UNOH) def. Cole Soults (TOL) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
5. Hugo Car (UNOH) def. Marko Galic (TOL) 6-1, 7(4)-6
6. Luka Jankovic (TOL) vs. Nils Messin (UNOH) 6-0, 7-5