The Wayne State University men's tennis team, ranked No. 25, secured a 5-2 victory against Purdue Northwest on Friday at the Match Point Tennis Facility in Griffith, Indiana. This win keeps Wayne State in contention for a share of the GLIAC Regular-Season Championship. However, Ferris State's 6-1 win over Michigan Tech on the same day means they could clinch the title with another victory against Lake Superior State.
In doubles play, Purdue Northwest took an early lead by winning two out of three matches. Wayne State's Cedric Drenth and Daniel Grey achieved a 7-5 win at the top flight against Joao Martins and Francisco Lanusse. Meanwhile, Luke Laws and Dom Spicer lost 7-5 to Samuel Dickson and Alex Van Lumich, and Benjamin Hill alongside Denali Kitayama were defeated 6-2 by Daniel Chicano Melero and Daniel Sroka.
Wayne State bounced back in singles competition, winning five out of six matches. Daniel Grey claimed a straight-set victory (6-3, 6-1) over Dickson at the No. 1 position. Cedric Drenth continued his strong performance with set wins of 6-1 and 7-6 (8-6) against Van Lumich at the second flight.
Dom Spicer triumphed over Chicano Melero with scores of 6-3 and 6-4 at No. 3 singles, while Denali Kitayama defeated Martins with scores of 7-6 (6-4), 6-3 at No. 4 singles. Emil Mikkelsen secured another point for Wayne State by beating Lanusse with a scoreline of 6-2, 6-4 at the sixth flight.
Purdue Northwest's sole singles victory came from Pedro Diaz who overcame Benjamin Hill after splitting the first two sets (Diaz won the first set 6-3; Hill took the second set 6-4) before winning a super tiebreaker by a margin of 10-7.
Wayne State will conclude its regular season on Saturday when they face Davenport in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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