Rockets Fall to Huskies at Home, 4-3, Ending Home Winning Streak

Friday, March 17

Toledo, Ohio

2:00 pm

University of Toledo

Northern Illinois

Freshman Matias Olivero won his first MAC singles match from the No. 5 court vs. Northern Illinois on Friday.

Photo by: Daniel Miller/University of Toledo

Rockets Fall to Huskies at Home, 4-3, Ending Home Winning Streak

3/17/2023 8:35:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

Pawit Sornlaksup extends singles winning streak to 33 matches and MAC record to 12-0 in Friday’s loss to NIU.

TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo men's tennis team saw its home winning streak snapped on Friday afternoon with a 4-3 defeat to Northern Illinois at Shadow Valley Tennis Club.

"A tiebreaker decider for the doubles point and five-of-six singles matches went to three-sets," head coach Al Wermer said. "That explains how intense this match was."

Northern Illinois started fast in doubles play, winning the No. 1 court before Marko Galic and Adam Kovac tied the match at 1-1 with a win at the No. 2 court. The doubles team point was decided by a 7-6(4) intense match won by the Huskies to take a 1-0 match lead into singles play.

The Rockets stayed with the Huskies through singles play, picking up wins from Pawit Sornlaksup, Krzysztof Wetoszka and Matias Olivero. Sornlaksup's No. 1 court victory kept his winning streak alive at 33 matches and 12-0 against conference opponents. Wetoszka picked up his fifth singles win and second consecutive MAC win from the No. 2 court, while Olivero's victory from the No. 5 court was his first in conference play. NIU won the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 6 courts to clinch the match and give Toledo its first conference loss this season.

Toledo (9-4, 1-1 MAC) has a tough home opponent on deck when it faces reigning MAC Champion Western Michigan on Sunday, March 19 at 2:00 p.m.

Northern Illinois 4, Toledo 3
Doubles
1. Pawit Mikael Vollback/ Cheng En Tsai (NIU) 6-3
2. Marko Galic/ Adam Kovac (TOL) 6-4
3. Christopher Norlin/ Gaztambide, Arrastia (NIU) 7-6(4)
Singles
1. Pawit Sornlaksup (TOL) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
2. Krzysztof Wetoszka (TOL) 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
3. Mikael Vollbach (NIU) 6-1, 7-6(6)
4. Gaztambide, Arrastia (NIU) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(6)
5. Matias Olivero (TOL) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
6. Christopher Norlin (NIU) 2-6, 6-1, 6-4