INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis men's tennis team dropped a 7–0 decision to Toledo on Friday afternoon at the West Indy Racquet Club.
Doubles play opened with Toledo claiming the first two completed matches. The Jaguars' pairing of
Eli Mercer and
Pumiphat Sukkho was leading 4-3 in the third doubles match before it went unfinished.
Despite the final score, the Jaguars were competitive throughout the lineup, pushing four singles matches to three sets and multiple tiebreakers. At the top of the order,
Konner Gunwall battled Toledo's Poonthong Komilpisut in a tightly contested match, taking the second set before falling 7-5, 1-6, 6-3.
Owen Nguyen also went toe-to-toe at No. 2 singles, with both sets decided by tiebreakers in a 7-6, 7-6 loss.
Eli Mercer turned in one of the strongest efforts of the day for the Jaguars, claiming the opening set 6-1 at No. 3 singles before Toledo's Cole Cozens rallied to win the final two sets.
Cameron Kryscio also forced a third set at No. 4 singles after evening the match in the second but ultimately came up short.
At No. 5 singles,
Brandon Pham and Toledo's Alejandro Gonzalez traded tiebreak sets before Gonzalez edged out a 10-6 win in the match tiebreak.
Pumiphat Sukkho rounded out singles play at No. 6 with a two-set loss.
IU Indianapolis will look to build on the competitive performances as the Jaguars continue their spring schedule when they travel to Dayton on Friday, January 6.
