TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo men's tennis team opened the weekend with its second win over UIC on Friday evening, with freshman
Poonthong Komolpisut clinching match point in the 6-1 final from Shadow Valley Tennis Club.
The Rockets (10-10, 5-3 MAC) defeated the Flames 4-3 on March 22.
UT took a 1-0 match lead after winning the doubles point from the No. 1 and 3 courts, and senior
Pawit Sornlaksup secured UT's first singles win in two sets from the top court. Freshman
Cole Cozens took two sets from Edoardo Bottino at the No. 4 spot to set up Komolpisut's clincher at the No. 5 court.
Artem Iermolov won in three sets at the No.6 spot, which would be UIC's only win of the afternoon. Junior
Hanamichi Carvajal dropped his first set 7-6(5) to Edoardo Bottino, fought back in the second set 7-6(5) to force a super tiebreaker, and took the match 10-7 from the No. 3 court.
In the longest match of the afternoon, senior
Marko Galic went to three tiebreakers with Robinson Le Meur at the No. 2 court. Galic won the opening set 7-6(7), fell 7-6(6) in the second, and ended the match with a 10-7 super tiebreaker in a match that took over two-and-half hours.
After tonight, Sornlaksup takes over the No. 3 spot in program history with his 73
rd career singles win and also moves up to No. 5 all-time with 121 combined wins.
Toledo will play conference leader Northern Illinois (17-3, 6-1 MAC) on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
Toledo 6, UIC 1
Singles
1. #84
Pawit Sornlaksup (TOL) def. Randy Wilson (UIC) 6-2, 6-1
2.
Marko Galic (TOL) Robinson Le Meur (UIC) def. 7-6 (9-7), 6-7 (6-8), 10-6
3.
Hanamichi Carvajal (TOL) def. Edoardo Bottino (UIC) 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-5), 10-7
4.
Cole Cozens (TOL) def. Gustavo Schwbel (UIC) 6-2, 6-2
5.
Poonthong Komolpisut (TOL) def. Mihilo Savic (UIC) 6-3, 6-4
6. Artem Iermolov (UIC) def.
Charlie Snow (TOL) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
1.
Pawit Sornlaksup/
Marko Galic (TOL) def. Edoardo Bottino/ Gustavo Schwbel (UIC) 6-4
2.
Hanamichi Carvajal/
Poonthong Komolpisut (TOL) def. Mihilo Savic/ Robinson Le Meur (UIC) 6-3
3.
Adam Kovac/
Charlie Snow (TOL) vs. Artem Iermolov/ Randy Wilson (UIC) 4-4, unfinished
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