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DETROIT -- The Wayne State University men's tennis team dropped its regular-season finale Monday, falling to No. 37-ranked Northwood University at the WSU Tennis Courts, 6-3. The Warriors (9-8 overall, 8-3 GLIAC) entered the match in sole possession of second place and had an opportunity to earn a share of the conference title with a victory over the Timberwolves (14-3 overall, 10-1 GLIAC). The match at the WSU Tennis Courts was played in front of a crowd of better than 50 people.

Wayne State finished the regular-season in a four-way tie for second place, marking the second-straight year that the Warriors have placed second in the GLIAC standings. Ferris State University, Tiffin University and Ohio Dominican University were the other three teams to finish the conference schedule with a mark of 8-3. The Warriors will play as the No. 4 seed in the upcoming GLIAC Tournament after a series of tiebreakers, including head-to-head meetings and flight wins. Northwood, which had already clinched a share of the GLIAC title prior to the match, earned its 20th straight GLIAC championship this season.

WSU led 2-1 after doubles play on Monday. The Warriors earned convincing wins at both No. 2 and No. 3 doubles to take the lead heading into the singles matches. The Wayne State doubles team of freshman Clement Charriere (Marseille, France) and senior Michael FitzGerald (Grosse, Ile, Mich. / Grosse Ile) won 8-3 at the No. 2 flight, while senior Melvin Joseph (Northville, Mich. / Northville) and Mohamed Fazyl Kecahi (Paris, France) earned an 8-4 victory at No. 3 doubles.

Wayne State entered singles play needing to win three matches for the win. The Warriors got a victory at No. 6 singles, as junior Trey Keating (Troy, Mich. / Troy) posted a straight-sets, 6-3, 6-4 win to provide WSU with a 3-2 lead.

Northwood tallied straight-set wins at the top two flights to take a 4-3 lead, bringing the match down to the No. 3 and No. 5 flights.

At No. 3 singles, FitzGerald won the first set before falling in the final two sets to Northwood's Salikh Gilmutdinov, who won 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Joseph rallied in the second set at the fifth flight to push his match to a deciding final set, but NU's Austin Woody earned the victory, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2.

The Warriors will gear up for their sixth-straight GLIAC Tournament under head coach Bryan Morrow. Wayne State, which has finished fourth in the past two seasons at the tournament, opens play Friday, April 25 at the Midland Community Tennis Center in Midland, Mich.