BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Senior Pawit Sornlaksup continued his two-year singles winning streak in the first match of the season at Indiana on Saturday, but it wasn't enough as the Toledo men's tennis team fell 5-2 in the season-opener.

"We had our chances," head coach Al Wermer said. "We had a lot of chances to turn the corner, but we couldn't. That being said, we can get a lot better and we will."

Sornlaksup, who is ranked as the No. 68 singles player in the country,  took down Facundo Yunis in two very hard-fought games on the No. 1 singles court to win his 44^th-straight dual match, a streak that dates back to January of 2022.

Freshman Cole Cozens trailed a set from the No. 4 court to Ilya Tiraspolsky before winning the second and third sets to secure his first win of the regular-season.

The Hoosiers won the No. 3 court and No. 5 courts to put themselves at match point, and clinched the match with a two-set win from No.70 ranked Sam Landau at the No. 2 court.

IU took the doubles team point following victories from the No.1 and No. 3 courts. Poonthong Komolpisut and Charlie Snow were tied at 4-4 from the No. 2 court before the match was ruled unfinished.

Toledo will continue its road trip next weekend at Illinois on Saturday, Jan. 20 before facing Butler and IUPUI in back-to-back matches on Sunday, Jan. 21.

Indiana 5, Toledo 2
Singles
1. No.68 Pawit Sornlaksup (UT) 7-5, 7-6 (7-4).
2. No.70 Sam Landau (IU) 6-4, 6-4.
3. Michael Andre (IU) 7-5, 6-2.
4. Cole Cozens (UT) 4-6, 6-2, 6-6 (7-5) 
5. Nikola Kolyachev (IU) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6).
6. Deacon Thomas (IU) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
Doubles
1. Ilya Tiraspolsky/Michael Andre (IU) 6-3.
2. Sam Landau/Nikola Kolyachev (IU) vs. Poonthong Komolpisut/Charlie Snow (UT), 4-4, unfinished
3. Facundo Yunis/Carson Haskins (IU) 6-2