Men's Tennis

Men's Tennis Drops Match to #25 Wayne State Sunday

DETROIT, Mich. -- The Purdue University Northwest men's tennis team suffered a setback in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match against the No. 25 team in the country Wayne State, 7-0, Sunday.

The Warriors (12-3, 2-0 GLIAC) defeated the Pride (3-7, 0-2 GLIAC) at WSU Tennis Courts, 7-0, Sunday.

Wayne State won two out of the three doubles matches to start the day to go ahead 1-0. Sophomores Leon Kah (Munich, Germany) and Dru Kennedy (LaPorte, Ind./LaPorte) won at No. 2 doubles against Wayne State's Niklas Karcz and Pierre Renaudie, 6-4.

Senior Moritz Gisy (Duesseldorf, Germany) and freshman Gregory Kvint (Philadephia, Penn./Lower Moreland) won two games at No. 1 doubles but WSU's Griffin Mertz and Taylor Vane picked up the victory, 6-2. Derek Sammons and David Solar won at No. 3 doubles against PNW's Mauricio Villacres (Guayaquil, Ecuador) and junior Jonluke Passett (Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandberg), 6-2.

Kah put up a fight at No. 2 singles, nearly forcing a third set but Renaudie won the match, 6-3, 7-5. Gisy won three games in each of his sets at No. 1 singles but Karcz won the match, 6-3, 6-3.

Kennedy won a pair of games in both sets but Solar picked up the victory at No. 6 singles, 6-2, 6-2. Kvint recorded one game in the first set and three in the second but Van picked up the victory at No. 3 singles, 6-1, 6-3.

 

PNW returns to action Sunday, March 31 as the Pride host Davenport starting at 10 a.m. CT. 

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Players Mentioned

Moritz Gisy

Moritz Gisy

Senior
Dru Kennedy

Dru Kennedy

Sophomore
Jonluke Passett

Jonluke Passett

Junior
Mauricio Villacres

Mauricio Villacres

Senior
Gregory Kvint

Gregory Kvint

Freshman
Leon Kah

Leon Kah

Senior

Players Mentioned

Moritz Gisy

Moritz Gisy

Senior
Dru Kennedy

Dru Kennedy

Sophomore
Jonluke Passett

Jonluke Passett

Junior
Mauricio Villacres

Mauricio Villacres

Senior
Gregory Kvint

Gregory Kvint

Freshman
Leon Kah

Leon Kah

Senior