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Taylor Vane vs. Walsh 2019
Cameron Weidenthaler
Senior Taylor Vane won his No. 1 doubles match with partner Griffin Mertz.
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Wayne State WSUM (7-2)
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Winner Saint Leo SLM (5-3)
Wayne State WSUM
(7-2)
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Final
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Saint Leo SLM
(5-3)
Winner

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

Men's Tennis Upended 6-1 at #6-Saint Leo

The Warriors claimed the doubles point.

SAINT LEO, Fla. -- The Wayne State University men's tennis squad (7-2 overall) fell 6-1 at sixth-ranked Saint Leo (5-3 overall) on Thursday afternoon.

DOUBLES RESULTS
Seniors Griffin Mertz (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington) and Taylor Vane (Southampton, England) won 6-2 at the first flight against Aurel Ciocanu and Willem van den Akker.

At No. 2 doubles, sophomore Niklas Karcz (Bottrop, Germany) and junior Pierre Renaudie (Sathonay-Camp, France) claimed a 6-3 victory versus Bruno Faletto and Leonardo Vega.

At the third flight, redshirt junior Derek Sammons (Coldwater, Mich.) and freshman David Solar (Prague, Czech Republic) lost 6-4 to Ghali Mensour and David Perez.

SINGLES RESULTS
At No. 1 singles, Karcz fell to Faletto (6-2, 6-1).

Renaudie dropped to Mensour in No. 2 singles after playing a third set (4-6, 6-4, 6-4).

Mertz lost his No. 3 singles match to Ciocanu (6-2, 6-4).

At No. 4 singles, Vane lost to Noel Kunz (6-4, 6-4).

Freshman Max Rink (Wetzlar, Germany) was upended by van den Akker at No. 5 singles (6-3, 6-4).

Sammons lost his No. 6 singles match against Perez (6-3, 6-2).

UP NEXT
WSU will travel to Winter Park, Fla., for an 11:00 AM match against Rollins on Saturday, March 9.


 
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