HAMMOND, Ind. – The Wayne State University men's tennis team (8-8 overall, 1-1 GLIAC) earned its first conference victory Sunday, defeating host Purdue Northwest (6-5 overall, 0-2 GLIAC) 7-2.

Junior Griffin Mertz (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington), senior Harvey Reed (Winchester, England), and sophomore Jason Potter (Sterling Heights, Mich. / International Academy East) all earned two wins in the afternoon's contest.  

Mertz paired with junior Taylor Vane (Southampton, England) at the first doubles flight, earning an 8-2 win over Mortiz Gisy and Mauricio Villacres.  In singles, he played at No. 3 and won 7-5, 6-2 over Leon Kah.

Reed and Potter paired up at the third doubles flight, winning 9-7 over Carter Moldenhaler and Dru Kennedy.  Reed played the fourth flight, winning 6-1, 6-2 over Diego Pimentel.  Potter was a 6-1, 7-6 champion over Moldenhauer at the sixth flight.

DOUBLES RESULTS
The Pride took the second flight, as freshman Niklas Karcz (Bottrop, Germany) and sophomore Derek Sammons (Coldwater, Mich.) were defeated 8-3 by Kah and Ulf Grosseloh.

SINGLES RESULTS
Karcz was a 6-3, 6-1 winner over Gisy in the second flight.

Sammons earned a 6-2, 6-3 win over Villacres at the fifth flight.

At the first flight, Vane fell 6-3, 6-2 to Grosseloh.

UP NEXT
The Green & Gold will return to action on Tuesday, traveling to Kalamazoo to compete with Western Michigan at 7 p.m.