The UIC Flames ran in to a red-hot Western Michigan team Tuesday afternoon, and left Kalamazoo on the wrong end of a 7-0 score.

"Western is always a tough matchup, and they proved it today," head coach Hans Neufeld said.  The Broncos have won four in a row and improved to 15-4 on the season.  "Marco and Kailash played solid in doubles" as the Flames' lone pair to win their set.  "Johan and Kailash competed well in singles."

Following last week's loss at Detroit Mercy, and the season opening setback at Michigan State, UIC was outscored 21-0 in three matches in the state of Michigan.

Doubles Results

• Western Michigan won the first two doubles sets.  Johan Hedstrom and William Wale fell 6-2 at #2.
• Shortly after, the Broncos clinched the doubles point with a 6-3 win at #1 over Niko Wasilewicz and Marcelo Dib.
• Marco Nanni and Kailash Panchapakesan were 7-5 winners on the #3 court.  It was their second win of the season.

Singles Results

• Nanni's match on the #4 court was the first to finish.  WMU took a 2-0 lead with a 6-2, 6-2 win.
• Wasilewicz lost his #1 match to a nationally ranked player, 6-1, 6-2.
• Western Michigan got their fourth and clinching point on the #3 court.  Dib was a 6-4, 6-0 victim there.
• Wale, reinserted into the #6 spot in the lineup for the first time in five matches, went down 6-3, 6-1.
• Hedstrom made things interesting on the #2 court but ultimately fell 6-4, 6-3.
• Panchapakesan lost the first set in a tiebreaker in the #6 flight.  He could not keep that momentum through the second set, where he lost 7-5, 6-3.

Up Next

• The Flames will return to Horizon League play with two matches at home this weekend.
• Wright State will visit XS Tennis Friday afternoon, and Northern Kentucky will be in town Saturday.