ALLENDALE, Mich. -- The No. 24 Wayne State University men's tennis squad (14-3 overall, 4-0 GLIAC) claimed a 6-1 win at 36th-ranked Grand Valley State (14-6 overall, 4-2 GLIAC) on Saturday evening.
DOUBLES RESULTS
Sophomore
Niklas Karcz (Bottrop, Germany) and junior
Pierre Renaudie (Sathonay-Camp, France) were the first to finish after notching a 6-2 victory at No. 2 doubles vs. Jack Geissler and Martin Matov.
At No. 1 doubles, seniors
Griffin Mertz (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington) and
Taylor Vane (Southampton, England) were next off the courts with a 6-2 win over Sebastien Lescoulie and DJ Colantone.
At No. 3 doubles, redshirt junior
Derek Sammons (Coldwater, Mich.) and freshman
David Solar (Prague, Czech Republic) fell in a tiebreaker (7-6(5)) to Jack Dausman and Nicholas Urban.
SINGLES RESULTS
Renaudie was first to finish his No. 2 singles match, winning versus Geissler (6-4, 6-2).
Freshman
Donovan Nguyen (Troy, Mich. / Utica) tallied a win against Eric Zwemer at No. 6 singles (6-2, 6-3).
At No. 5 singles, freshman
Max Rink (Wetzlar, Germany) notched a victory over Urban (6-4, 6-4).
Karcz won his No. 1 singles match in a super tiebreaker vs. Lescoulie (6-3, 3-6, 10-8).
Vane tallied the final singles point at the third flight in a super tiebreaker against Dausman (6-3, 4-6, 10-6).
Mertz fell in a super tiebreaker in his No. 4 singles match versus Matov (7-6(1), 5-7, 7-10).
UP NEXT
WSU will travel to Ferris State on Sunday, April 7, for a 10:00 a.m. GLIAC matchup.