VESTAL, N.Y – The Toledo men's tennis team ended its 2021-22 regular season with a 7-0 sweep over Binghamton on Sunday afternoon. The win improved the Rockets to 14-8 overall with a 7-3 record in MAC play and marks their second sweep over the Bearcats this season.
Binghamton won the first doubles court of the afternoon in a 6-2 decision from No. 3, but Toledo clinched the doubles team point from 6-4 victories on the No. 1 and No. 2 courts.
In singles play, junior
Luka Jankovic got the ball rolling from the No. 4 court in a quick 6-1, 6-0 victory. Junior
Krzysztof Wetoszka also had a two-set win from the No. 3 court, and sophomore
Adam Kovac clinched the match in a three-set comeback from the No. 2 court. Juniors
Luis Kleinschnitz (No. 6) and
Marko Galic (No. 5) swept the bottom two courts, and sophomore
Pawit Sornlaksup ended the match with a comeback 6-7(5), 6-1, 7-6(5) victory on the No. 1 court.
"Today was another very professional episode and we did what we came here for," head coach
Al Wermer said, "Our goal was to get the 'W', secure our No. 2 seed, and grab some momentum for the MAC Tourney."
Sornlaksup ended the season on a 20-match win streak on the No. 1 court and was undefeated vs. conference opponents. Galic ended the season on an eight-match win streak and had one loss (9-1) against MAC opponents. As a doubles team, Sornlaksup and Galic went 15-1 from the top court, won their last 12 matches, and were 8-0 against MAC doubles teams.
Toledo will be the No. 2 seed heading into the MAC Men's Tennis Tournament next weekend. The tournament will be hosted by regular-season champion Western Michigan (13-8, 9-1 MAC) on Saturday-Sunday, April 23-24 in Kalamazoo, Mich.
Toledo 7, Binghamton 0
Doubles
1.
Marko Galic /
Pawit Sornlaksup (TOL) def. Shourya Verma/Kyle Weekes (BU) 6-4
2.
Cole Shoults/
Krzysztof Wetoszka (TOL) def. Anshumat Srivastava/Courage Crawford (BU), 6-4
3. Joshua Roe Flannelly/Adi Ben-Ari (BU) def.
Luka Jankovic/
Adam Kovac (TOL), 6-2
Singles
1.
Pawit Sornlaksup (TOL) def. Shourya Verma (BU) 6-7 (5), 6-1, 7-6 (5)
2.
Adam Kovac (TOL) def. Kyle Weekes (BU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
3.
Krzysztof Wetoszka (TOL) def. Courage Crawford (BU), 6-4, 6-2
4.
Luka Jankovic (TOL) def. Joshua Roe Flannelly (BU), 6-1, 6-0
5.
Marko Galic (TOL) def. Anshumat Srivastava (BU) 6-3, 6-1
6.
Luis Kleinschnitz (TOL) def. Adi Ben Ari (BU) 6-3, 6-1
