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Huskies Close Regular Season at Wayne State

DETROIT, Mich. – The Michigan Tech men's tennis team fell in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match on the road at Wayne State University 9-0 Saturday afternoon. The Huskies opened the two match road trip on Friday afternoon at Tiffin University.

Wayne State (12-10, 5-2 GLIAC) jumped in front 3-0 through doubles competition with quick starts in the each of the three contests. The Warriors were able to prevail with final scores of 8-2 in No.1 and No. 2 doubles followed by an 8-1 triumph in No.3 doubles.

Michigan Tech (0-12, 0-8 GLIAC) battled hard in singles, but were unable to pull through for points. Senior Illiya Chibirev had a solid singles match in the No.5 spot on Saturday against Harvey Reed of Wayne State. Reed though was able to pull away late in each set with final scores of 6-2, 6-4 in his favor.

The full results are below or can be viewed by clicking on the box score link above.

Wayne State 9, Michigan Tech 0
Apr 14, 2018 at Clinton Twp., Mich. (Peachtree Tennis Club)

Singles competition
1. Mats Westkamp (WSM) def. Nico Caviglia (MTUM) 6-0, 6-0
2. Niklas Karcz (WSM) def. Ignacio Carbajosa (MTUM) 6-0, 6-2
3. Taylor Vane (WSM) def. Simon Xiong (MTUM) 6-0, 6-1
4. Griffin Mertz (WSM) def. Juan Felipe Chica (MTUM) 6-0, 6-1
5. Harvey Reed (WSM) def. Illiya Chibirev (MTUM) 6-2, 6-4
6. Derek Sammons (WSM) def. No player (MTUM), by default

Doubles competition
1. Mats Westkamp/Niklas Karcz (WSM) def. Mario Neto/Ignacio Carbajosa (MTUM) 8-2
2. Taylor Vane/Griffin Mertz (WSM) def. Juan Felipe Chica/Nico Caviglia (MTUM) 8-2
3. Harvey Reed/Derek Sammons (WSM) def. Simon Xiong/Illiya Chibirev (MTUM) 8-1

Match Notes
Michigan Tech 0-12, 0-8
Wayne State 12-10, 5-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (4,3,1,5,2)

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Players Mentioned

Ignacio Carbajosa

Ignacio Carbajosa

Freshman
Nico Caviglia

Nico Caviglia

Freshman
Illiya Chibirev

Illiya Chibirev

Senior
Juan Felipe Chica

Juan Felipe Chica

Junior
Mario Neto

Mario Neto

Junior
Simon Xiong

Simon Xiong

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Ignacio Carbajosa

Ignacio Carbajosa

Freshman
Nico Caviglia

Nico Caviglia

Freshman
Illiya Chibirev

Illiya Chibirev

Senior
Juan Felipe Chica

Juan Felipe Chica

Junior
Mario Neto

Mario Neto

Junior
Simon Xiong

Simon Xiong

Freshman
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