TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo men's tennis team saw its first fall action of the 2024-25 season in its annual Everybody vs. Cancer Rocket Invite. Five Rockets combined in singles and doubles play for a 25-7 record, led by sophomore
Poonthong Komolpisut (7-1 overall record) and junior
Joshua Mackey (6-1). Mackey picked up his first win on the court as a Rocket.
"Overall, this was quite a competitive tournament, and our level was pretty strong," said head coach
Al Wermer. "Our team had a lot of bright spots but certainly we have some things to improve on."
Komolpisut and Mackey paired up for doubles competition and won the Doubles A draw, going 3-0 against the competition. The duo took down Rohan Bhat/ Derek Shiffer from Case Western Reserve and Saul Berdullas/Sam Klein from Northern Illinois on their way to the championship. Both Komolpisut and Mackey finished the weekend going 3-1 in singles play.
Sophomores
Cole Cozens and
Charlie Snow teamed up in doubles play, recording an 2-1 record. Cozens also went 3-1 in singles play, earning wins over CWRU's Rohan Bhat and Rowan Matorin to conclude the weekend with a 6-2 overall record.
Senior
Hanamichi Carvajal tallied an overall record of 3-1 in singles, defeating Mihailo Savic and Simon Knezevic from UIC and NIU's Chao Bu Suo Nan before falling to UIC's Artem Alekseychuk.
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A selected group of players will head to the M15 ITF World Tour. Competition is set to begin on Sept. 29 in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Everybody vs. Cancer Rocket Invite
Toledo, Ohio | Friday-Sunday, Sept. 20-22
UT Varsity Tennis Courts & Shadow Valley Tennis Club
Toledo Records
Hanamichi Carvajal (3-1)
Cole Cozens (6-2)
Poonthong Komolpisut (7-1)
Joshua Mackey (6-1)
Charlie Snow (2-2)