April 19, 2008

Western Michigan 7, Northern Illinois 0 in PDF Format

Kalamazoo, Mich. - The Western Michigan men's tennis team earned its second-consecutive Mid-American Conference regular-season championship on Saturday afternoon with the 7-0 home victory over Northern Illinois at the Sorensen Courts.  

"We made some very basic mistakes today," NIU head men's tennis coach Pontus Hiort said. "We just didn't perform well at all."

With the victory, Western Michigan improves to 18-7 overall and 5-0 in conference play, while the Huskies fall to 10-7 on the campaign and 2-3 in conference action.

NIU junior Brian Livingston (Skokie, Ill./Niles North) dropped a 6-1, 6-2 decision at the hands of Kevin Hayward at No. 1 singles, ending the Skokie, Ill., native's 14-match winning streak.

NIU is back in action on Thursday (April 24) to open up and host the Mid-American Conference Men's Tennis Tournament. Opponent and time of the Huskies' next match has yet to be determined.

Men's Tennis

Western Michigan 7, Northern Illinois 0

April 19, 2008 * Kalamazoo, Michigan

Sorensen Courts

Singles:
1. Kevin Hayward (WMU) def. Brian Livingston (NIU) 6-1, 6-2

2. Alex Birchmeier (WMU) def. Alex Friesen (NIU) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-2)

3. Alejandro Staub (WMU) def. Adam Ford (NIU) 6-2, 6-2

4. Kazuya Komada (WMU) def. Jimmy Chu (NIU) 6-3, 6-1

5. Bryan Norville (WMU) def. Matt Hansen (NIU) 6-0, 6-1

6. Michael Calderone (WMU) def. Javier Bernabe (NIU) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles:

1. Alex Birchmeier/Bryan Norville (WMU) def. Brian Livingston/Adam Ford (NIU) 8-6

2. Casey Cullen/Kevin Hayward (WMU) def. Alex Friesen/Jimmy Chu (NIU) 8-4

3. Michael Calderone/Kazuya Komada (WMU) def. Matt Hansen/Diego Zegarra-Ballon (NIU) 8-5

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