The Wayne State University men’s tennis team, ranked No. 23 nationally, secured a 6-1 victory over the University of Findlay on Saturday evening at the Doris J. and Donald L. Duchene, Sr. Athletic Facility in Detroit.
Wayne State started strong by winning all three doubles matches to claim the opening point. In the top doubles match, Luis Klaus and Harry Forsyth defeated Clement Andrieu and Grant Hawkins 6-3. The duo of Tom Wasner and Sam Knowles won their match 6-1 against Aleksander Ivancevic and Nicolo Lippolis, while George Day and Thomas Mathys earned a 7-5 win in the third doubles position over Soh Kuyama and Runa Kagoshima.
In singles play, George Day came from behind after losing his first set to secure a win against Andrieu with scores of 3-6, 6-0, 6-3. Klaus continued his strong season for Wayne State by beating Soh Kuyama 6-4, 6-1 in the second singles slot. Wasner prevailed in three sets over Matthis Veniard with scores of 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), and 10-7.
Banjamin Hill improved his singles record to 14-3 for the season after defeating Ivancevic in straight sets (6-3, 7-5) at No. 4 singles. Mathys also won his match against Lippolis (6-2, 6-2) in fifth singles.
Knowles was defeated by Kagoshima in a close three-set contest (4-6, 7-6 [7-5], 7-10).
Following the match, head coach Bryan Morrow said: “Nice win today over a good Findlay team. I was very happy with the energy that the entire team brought during the match and thought that we did a good job of supporting our teammates. Luis (Klaus) had a really nice win over a very good opponent (Soh Kuyama). I have been very impressed with his game so far this year. George (Day) picked up a good win after being a little under the weather and missing our last match. We were able to fight through some adversity and win some tie-break sets against a good in-region team and are all excited for the upcoming West Virginia trip.”
Wayne State Warriors Men’s Tennis is part of Wayne State University’s intercollegiate athletics program based in Detroit, Michigan (official website). The team competes at NCAA Division II level as members of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (official website). The program focuses on competitive excellence and athlete development within conference and national competitions (official website).
The team’s next matches are scheduled for February 20 against Fairmont State and February 21 against Charleston during an upcoming trip to West Virginia.
