Wabash opened the 2016 North Coast Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Tournament with a 5-2 loss to Oberlin, sending the Little Giants into the fifth-place match Saturday versus Allegheny.

Michael Makio and William Reifeis scored their 19th doubles win of the season with an 8-6 victory in the first flight. Reifeis scored a straight sets 6-1, 6-0 win at second singles. Oberlin claimed the final two doubles wins and picked up victories at one, five, and six singles to earn the team victory.

Allegheny lost 5-0 to Denison in its first-round match. The tournament's fifth-place event begins at 9 a.m. at Denison University, the 2016 tournament host.