Toledo Edges Cleveland State 4-3 in Men’s Tennis After Third-Set Tiebreaker Clincher at No. 2

A one-point dual decided late in singles

Toledo defeated Cleveland State 4-3 in a tightly contested men’s tennis dual on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, at Shadow Valley Tennis Club in Toledo, Ohio. The match turned on a deciding No. 2 singles contest that went three sets and ended in a tiebreaker, sealing the fourth team point for the Rockets after the dual had been pulled level at 3-3.

The result fit a familiar pattern for Cleveland State during that stretch of the season: the Vikings were involved in multiple 4-3 matches around the same period, including a 4-3 win over Findlay six days earlier and subsequent 4-3 losses to UIC and DePaul later on the schedule.

Doubles point set the early tone

Toledo took the doubles point with commanding wins at No. 2 and No. 3. The Rockets’ teams of Charlie Snow/Matias Olivero and Hanamichi Carvajal/Joshua Mackey each posted 6-1 victories, clinching the point before the No. 1 doubles match could be completed.

That early advantage mattered in a dual where Cleveland State ultimately won three singles matches but needed four total points to take the team result.

Singles split: Toledo’s top half vs. CSU depth

In singles, Toledo built on its doubles lead with straight-set wins at No. 1 and No. 3. Hanamichi Carvajal defeated Lincoln Battle 6-4, 6-2 at the top spot, while Matias Olivero won at No. 3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2, against Nico Jamison. Those results pushed the Rockets ahead 3-0 in the team score.

Cleveland State answered with three victories from the lower half of the lineup. Maxime Aremon won at No. 6 in three sets, and Devin Boyer (No. 4) and Cole Chappell (No. 5) each delivered additional points to erase the deficit and tie the dual at 3-3.

Deciding match: No. 2 singles tiebreaker

The final outcome hinged on No. 2 singles. Toledo’s Poonthong Komolpisut rebounded after dropping the first set to defeat Carl Gedlitschka 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5). The third-set tiebreaker provided the clinching point that separated the teams in a dual otherwise decided by narrow margins across several courts.

• Final score: Toledo 4, Cleveland State 3
• Location/date: Shadow Valley Tennis Club (Toledo, Ohio), Feb. 22, 2025
• Clincher: No. 2 singles, third-set tiebreaker (7-5)

Key swing: Toledo secured the doubles point and two upper-line singles wins, forcing Cleveland State to win four of six singles matches to claim the dual.

Cleveland State continued its weekend the following day at UIC, as the Vikings’ schedule moved deeper into a stretch defined by one-point outcomes.