In last weekends loss to Indiana, the Bowling Green men’s tennis team managed to keep the match close, only faltering late after an exhaustive comeback. Over the weekend in Toledo, against three separate teams, it was the Falcons that wore out the opposition. BG dominated Dayton, Chicago State and Youngstown State en route to a three match sweep Saturday.

Coach Jay Harris was impressed with his teams ability to stay sharp through the entire day of matches.

“It was really good to see as we increased our intensity throughout the day,” Harris said. “It was also good to see the team continue to support each other as the match went on.”

In the first match against Dayton, the Falcons split the first two sets of the doubles matches, but senior Ed Kuresman and junior Peter Gardonyi prevailed in their set against Dayton 8-6. Harris believed this to be a crucial point in the day.

“We were a game from victory, but had struggled a bit and were a point away from being tied in the match,” Harris said. “Peter and Ed stepped up to take the match and it really took someone to step up like that and win the point when their backs were up against the wall.”

The tennis team used this momentum to defeat first Chicago State 7-0, and then Youngstown State 6-1. Yet, despite the success of this past weekend, the Falcons are already looking forward to their match Wednesday against Ohio State, a team ranked 4th in the region and 24th in the country. Harris knows that this will be a greater challenge than the ones encountered in Toledo.

“The difference is probably night and day,” Harris said. “Against teams like Dayton, you can have plenty of opportunities to win, whereas against Ohio State, there will be opportunities to take advantage of, but not nearly as many.”

The team has a stretch of several matches in the upcoming days. After the match against Ohio State on Wednesday, the men?s team plays Northern Iowa on Friday, then Illinois State and Kalamazoo College on Saturday. While Harris believed the match against Iowa State may be difficult because of the team’s stamina, he did not believe their match against Ohio State would be a problem, despite playing three matches Saturday.

“If you’re tired when you play Ohio State, you shouldn’t be going to play at all.”