Men's Tennis

PNW Men’s Tennis Drops GLIAC Match Against #17 Ferris State

GRIFFITH, Ind. -- The Purdue Northwest men's tennis team put up a fight, but dropped a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) match against the No. 17 team in the country (NCAA Division II), Ferris State University (Mich.) on Friday. The No. 17 ranked Bulldogs (18-2, 8-0 GLIAC) defeated the Pride (7-9, 1-5 GLIAC), 9-0, at Match Point Tennis and Fitness Club in Griffith, Ind.

Ferris State started the match winning all three doubles matches to take the 3-0 advantage going into singles play. Sophomore Ulf Grosseloh (Maximiliansau, Germany) and freshman Leon Kah (Munich, Germany) nearly pulled off the upset at No. 2 doubles, but FSU's Austin DeBruyne and Daniil Tarantinov edged them out, 8-6.

Kah fought hard almost pulling off the upset at No. 3 singles against FSU's Tarantinov, but lost in a three-set thriller, 6-4, 6-3, 1-0 (10-8). Junior Moritz Gisy (Dusseldorf, Germany) lost a tight match at No. 2 singles after getting edged out in the first set, 7-6. Gisy dropped the second set, 6-3.

Sophomore Mauricio Villacres (Guayaquil, Ecuador) almost pulled off a third set at No. 5 singles, but FSU's Pablo Munoz Baroja won in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5.  Grosseloh put up a fight at No. 1 singles winning four games in the second set, but was not enough as FSU's Steward Sell won 6-1, 6-4.

Freshman Carter Moldenhauer (Michigan City, Ind./Marquette) won two games in the first set and three games in the second set, but dropped his match at No. 6 singles against FSU's Mathis Guerre, 6-2, 6-3.

Purdue Northwest has a quick turnaround as the Pride return to action Saturday morning for another GLIAC match taking on Northwood University (Mich.) at 9 a.m. CT at Match Point Tennis and Fitness Club.

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Players Mentioned

Carter Moldenhauer

Carter Moldenhauer

Freshman
Ulf Grosseloh

Ulf Grosseloh

Sophomore
Moritz Gisy

Moritz Gisy

Junior
Mauricio Villacres

Mauricio Villacres

Sophomore
Leon Kah

Leon Kah

Senior

Players Mentioned

Carter Moldenhauer

Carter Moldenhauer

Freshman
Ulf Grosseloh

Ulf Grosseloh

Sophomore
Moritz Gisy

Moritz Gisy

Junior
Mauricio Villacres

Mauricio Villacres

Sophomore
Leon Kah

Leon Kah

Senior