TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo men's tennis team embarks on its 26th season with head coach Al Wermer this weekend. After graduating one Rocket last spring, eight return from the 2022 MAC Championship runner-up team with the addition of one freshman.

"I think it's going to be wild ride this year," Wermer said. "Our seniors are very motivated and excited. Our non-conference schedule will provide a litany of challenges to help brace us for MAC play. The schedule, as usual, includes a great mix of Power-5 teams including No.2 Ohio State next weekend, with another handful of teams at the top of their respective conferences. Our team knows how to win, and I think the team will love the rocky ride."

Wermer enters the 2022-23 season with an overall record 299-335 record, the winningest men's coach in Toledo history.

About the Rockets
Reigning MAC Player of the Year and First-Team All-MAC honoree Pawit Sornlaksup returns for his junior season at the No.1 position.

Sornlaksup registered a team-best 22-2 singles record with an unblemished 10-0 mark against conference opponents this season, ending the year on a 22-match win streak from the No. 1 court. He also notched a doubles record of 16-2 (8-0 MAC) from the top court with Galic. Sornlaksup collected six weekly MAC Player of the Week honors, four for singles play and two for doubles performances. He was ranked No. 124 in the ITA's fall collegiate tennis rankings of Division I men's singles players.

Toledo's senior class includes MAC All-Tournament Team honoree Marko Galic, Second-Team All-MAC honoree Krzysztof Wetoszka, as well as Luka Jankovic, Luis Kleinschnitz, and Max Skaer.

Galic earned a 17-6 overall singles record from the No. 6 court, 9-1 in conference play, and ended the season on a nine-match win streak. In doubles competition with Sornlaksup, the duo went on a 13-match doubles win streak from Feb. 25 – Apr. 23. He recorded the lone win for the Rockets vs. Indiana, and secured the match point in Toledo's 5-2 victory over Dayton.

Wetoszka earned a 14-9 singles record with a 7-3 mark in MAC play from the No. 3 court, and had a five-match win streak from Mar. 19 – Apr. 8. Wetoszka and doubles partner Cole Shoults went 9-9 (4-3 MAC) from the No. 2 court.

Junior Adam Kovac makes a return to the No.2 court, after receiving Second-Team All-MAC honors with Wetoszka. Kovac produced a 10-13 overall singles record with a 6-3 mark vs. MAC opponents. From the No.3 doubles court, Kovac went 13-9 (5-5 MAC) mostly with Jankovic.

The newest addition to the roster is freshman Matias Olivero from Santiago, Chile.

The Fall Season
In the fall portion of its 2022-23 season, the Rockets went 62-62 through six tournaments. Sornlaksup won the Flight 1 Singles bracket at the MAC Indoors, sustaining his undefeated record against Mid-American Conference opponents in singles play since last March. Sornlaksup was ranked the No. 124 men's singles player according to the ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings.

About Boston University
Boston Univ. had a successful singles and doubles showing at Harvard's Crimson Halloween Invite last semester. Alejandro Licea highlighted the Terriers' group with a 3-0 singles record and a doubles victory with Dion Loutas. BU went 3-18 (2-2 Patriot League) during the 2022 season, and were eliminated by Bucknell in the Patriot League Tournament.  The Terriers are facing Toledo for the first time in program history to open the 2023 season.

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About Indiana
Indiana's duo of Michael Andre and Ilya Tiraspolsky ended the fall season by capturing the BigTen Doubles Title at the BIG Singles & Doubles Championships on Nov. 8, 2022. Tiraspolsky made it to the quarterfinals in singles pay before his run was ended by Wisconsin's Sebastian Vile. During the 2022 season, the Hoosiers went 6-18 overall (0-9 BigTen) and were defeated in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament, 4-2, by Michigan.

Indiana will host Dayton Friday night before going against Toledo on Sunday afternoon.

Follow the Rockets
Be sure to follow Rockets' men's tennis on social media:

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