KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Defending Mid-American Conference champion Western Michigan (12-7, 4-0 MAC) showed its strength with a 7-0 win over visiting Binghamton men's tennis (8-11, 0-4 MAC) Saturday afternoon at West Hills Athletic Club.

The league-leading Broncos captured the doubles point and then rattled off wins at all six singles slots. 

"We had a window in the first sets when we were getting great traction and controlling play on 2-5 singles," head coach Nick Zieziula said. "We showed great fight, focus and heart to string together breaks and holds but we weren't tough enough to maintain that against a very strong team from Western." 

Binghamton returns to the courts on March 30 when the Bearcats host Toledo.

Western Michigan 7, Binghamton Men's Tennis 0
DOUBLES
1. Peter Kuszynski/Jack Randall (WMU) led Alejandro Pena/Ludovico Cestarollo (BING) 5-3, unfinished
2. Jannik Opitz/Kennosuke Nouchi (WMU) def. Dylan Friedman/Tiago Lourenco (BING) 6-2
3. Lenhard Haupt/Nick Schnobel (WMU) def. Inigo Saez/Josh Druger (BING) 6-2

Order of Finish: 2,3

SINGLES
1. Jannik Opitz (WMU) def. Ludovico Cestarollo (BING) 5-0, retired
2. Matej Svjetlicic (WMU) def. Tiago Lourenco (BING) 7-6 (7-5), 6-0
3. Lenhard Haupt (WMU) def. Dylan Friedman (BING) 6-4, 6-1
4. Peter Kuszynski (WMU) def. Alejandro Pena (BING) 4-6, 6-3, 10-5
5. Nick Schnobel (WMU) def. Inigo Saez (BING) 7-5, 6-1
6. Kennosuke Nouchi (WMU) def. Sebastian Quiros (BING) 6-3, 6-3

Order of finish: 1,3,6,4,2,5