HOUGHTON, Mich. – Michigan Tech men's tennis fell 7-0 to No. 14 Wayne State Saturday at Gates Tennis Center. Last year's National Division II runner-up Warriors took 23 minutes to seize the team doubles point before handling the short-handed Huskies in singles.
Senior Vitor Jordao (Recife, Brazil) played well at No. 1 singles for Tech, but was unable to absorb the big left-handed serve and baseline power of [#24] Cedric Drenth, falling 6-3, 6-0.
Adam Fenjiro was on his way to playing one of his best matches of the season at No. 3, matching Niklas Karcz shot for shot at the baseline and grabbing a 5-3 lead in the first set. However, Fenjiro was unable to convert a pair of set points, and an injury forced his retirement from the match at the mid-point of the second set.
With the absence of Eli Pinnoo and Nikolai Prosjanykov in the lineup, Ricardo Nunez played two spots up and fell to Denali Kitayama 6-0, 6-3 at No. 4. The Warriors also prevailed in straight sets at No. 5 and No. 6.
"Credit to Wayne State for playing a strong match today," said head coach Kristin D'Agostini-Yep. "They are always at the top of our league. I thought we competed well, especially Adam (Fenjiro) in his first set."
Michigan Tech (0-12, 0-4 GLIAC) No. 47 Grand Valley State next on Thursday, April 13 at 2 p.m.
SCORES
Doubles
- WSU (Cedric Drenth/Daniel Grey) def. MTU (Vitor Jordao/Leon Sell) 6-2
- WSU (Joe Kelt/Luke Laws) def. MTU (Ricardo Nunez/Ambarish Rao) 6-1
- WSU (Niklas Karcz/Joe Steele) def. MTU (Artem Sharkota/Adam Fenjiro) 6-0
Order of finish: 3,2,1
Singles
- WSU ([24] Cedric Drenth) def. MTU (Vitor Jordao) 6-3, 6-0
- WSU (Daniel Grey) def. MTU (Leon Sell) 6-1, 6-2
- WSU (Niklas Karcz) def. MTU (Adam Fenjiro) 7-6(5), 3-0 ret.
- WSU (Denali Kitayama) def. MTU (Ricardo Nunez) 6-0, 6-3
- WSU (Joe Steele) def. MTU (Ambarish Rao) 6-0, 6-1
- WSU (Ryan Okonski) def. MTU (Artem Sharkota) 6-1, 6-3
Order of finish:4,2,1,3,5,6
