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Pierre Renaudie vs. Northwood 2019
Junior Pierre Renaudie clinched the match for the Green and Gold.
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Grand Valley State GVSUM (16-9)
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Winner Wayne State WSUM (21-3)
Grand Valley State GVSUM
(16-9)
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Final
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Wayne State WSUM
(21-3)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Lauren Bryne, Sports Information Graduate Intern

Men's Tennis Advances in NCAA Midwest Regional

The second-seeded Warriors notched a 4-1 victory over No. 7-GVSU.

CLINTON TWP., Mich. -- The No. 2 seeded-Wayne State University men's tennis squad (21-3 overall) topped seventh-seeded Grand Valley State (16-9 overall), 4-1, in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Regional Tournament at the Peachtree Tennis Club on Saturday afternoon.

DOUBLES RESULTS
At No. 1 doubles, seniors Taylor Vane (Southampton, England) and Griffin Mertz (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington) notched the lone WSU doubles victory (6-4) over Sebastien Lescoulie and Martin Matov.

Sophomore Niklas Karcz (Bottrop, Germany) and junior Pierre Renaudie (Sathonay-Camp, France) fell 6-4 at No. 2 doubles against Jack Geissler and DJ Colantone.

Senior Derek Sammons (Coldwater, Mich.) and freshman Donovan Nguyen (Troy, Mich. / Utica) lost their No. 3 doubles match 6-4 to Nicholas Urban and Jack Dausman.

SINGLES RESULTS
Freshman Max Rink (Wetzlar, Germany) was first off the courts at No. 5 singles after tallying a win against Nicholas Urban (6-1, 6-3).

Nguyen was next to finish at No. 6 singles, winning his match versus Eric Zwemer (6-1, 6-2).

At No. 3 singles, Vane topped Dausman after a close first set (7-5, 6-2).

Renaudie clinched the win at No. 2 singles in a third set vs. Geissler (6-1, 4-6, 6-2).

Karcz and Mertz went unfinished in their No. 1 singles and No. 4 singles matches, respectively.

UP NEXT
Second-seeded WSU will play No. 3-Drury on Sunday (11:30 a.m.) at Peachtree Tennis Club.


 
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