DePaul University Athletics
Men's Tennis Falls to Western Michigan
3/6/2010 12:00:00 AM | MEN'S TENNIS
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The DePaul men's tennis team closed out the HEB Team Tournament with a 4-0 loss to No. 64 Western Michigan on Saturday at the HEB Courts on the campus of Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
Playing the singles portion of the dual first, DePaul battled with Broncos and had two matches in the third set, when Western Michigan clinched the match.
The Broncos took the number six, five, first and second matches to claim the victory. Bartosz Jozwiak again gave the opponents number one player all he could. Jozwiak won the second set, 6-4, but was unable to sustain as Michael Calderone won the final set 6-3.
When WMU clinched the match both Alasdair Graetz and Ben Hartman had battled to a third set.
DePaul returns to action on March 23 at Stetson.
No. 64 Western Michigan 4, DePaul 0
Singles
No. 1 Michael Calderone (WMU) def. Bartosz Jozwiak (DU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
No. 2 Kazuya Komada (WMU) def. Matija Palinic (DU) 7-6 (8-6), 6-4
No. 3 Simon Blomberg (WMU) vs. Alasdair Graetz (DU) 4-6, 7-5, 1-2, unfinished
No. 4 Pablo Olivarez (WMU) vs. Ben Hartman (DU) 6-4, 4-6, 1-1, unfinished
No. 5 Casey Cullen (WMU) def. Vanja Grgec (DU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 Brad Noel (WMU) def. Mathias Hambach (DU) 6-0, 6-2
Order of finish: 6, 5, 1, 2
