Toledo Earns 5-1 Win Over Buffalo In MAC Men's Tennis First Round Action :: Rockets advance to semifinals against No. 2 seeded Ball State on Friday afternoon (2 p.m.)

Rockets advance to semifinals against No. 2 seeded Ball State on Friday afternoon (2 p.m.)

April 24, 2008

Rockford, Ill. - The University of Toledo got off on the right foot at the 2008 Mid-American Conference Men's Tennis Championship with the 5-1 opening-round victory over the University at Buffalo at the Clock Tower Racquet Club on Thursday morning.

With the victory, Toledo improves to 16-12, while the Bulls end their season with a mark of 6-17. Toledo will be back in action on Friday at 2 p.m., as the Rockets square off with No. 2 seeded Ball State.

Toledo took an early 1-0 lead over Buffalo as they picked up the doubles point with victories at both No. 2 and No. 3 doubles. The Rockets' tandem of Jared Miller and Nutthavit Likitkumchorn blanked Octavian Stane and Juan Carlos Wynter, 8-0, at No. 2 doubles. Toledo's Wade Ward and Tyler Sonkin picked up the 8-3 triumph over Alexis Lluis and Nikesh Singh Panthlia at No. 3 doubles.

The Rockets picked up four more victories in singles action, as Jared Miller claimed the 6-1, 6-3 win over Marcelo Mazzeto at No. 1, while his brother Jay upended Lluis at No. 6 singles, 6-3, 6-4. Likitkumchorn picked up the 6-2, 6-2 victory over Stane at No. 4 singles, while Sonkin defeated Wynter, 6-4, 6-4 at No. 5 singles.

Men's Tennis

Toledo 5, Buffalo 1

Mid-American Conference Tournament

April 24, 2008 * Rockford, Illinois

Clock Tower Racquet Club

Singles:
1. Jared Miller (TOLEDO) def. Marcelo Mazzeto (BUFFALO) 6-1, 6-3

2. N. Singh Panthlia (BUFFALO) def. Chris Clark (TOLEDO) 6-4, 6-3

3. Sven Burus (TOLEDO) vs. Kirill Kolomyts (BUFFALO) 6-2, 6-6, unfinished

4. N. Likitkumchorn (TOLEDO) def. Octavian Stane (BUFFALO) 6-2, 6-2

5. Tyler Sonkin (TOLEDO) def. Juan Carlos Wynter (BUFFALO) 6-4, 6-4

6. Jay Miller (TOLEDO) def. Alexis Lluis (BUFFALO) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles:

1. Sven Burus/Chris Clark (TOLEDO) vs. Kirill Kolomyts/Marcelo Mazzeto (BUFFALO) 6-7, unfinished

2. Jared Miller/N. Likitkumchorn (TOLEDO) def. Octavian Stane/Juan Carlos Wynter (BUFFALO) 8-0

3. Wade Ward/Tyler Sonkin (TOLEDO) def. Alexis Lluis/N. Singh Panthlia (BUFFALO) 8-3

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