PARK FOREST, Ill. – The Purdue Northwest men's tennis team was defeated 7-0 by Ferris State, who entered the GLIAC matchup ranked 26th in the latest ITA Division II rankings.
In Singles action,
Bjorgvin Juliusson (Reykjavik, Iceland) and
Jonas Franssen (Deuss, Germany) each forced their respective opponents to a third set. Juliusson took the first set from Ferris State's Benjamin Lortie 7-6 (5) before losing the second and third sets by matching 6-0 scores. Franssen slipped past his No 6 flight opponent Ayush Deswal 7-5 in the first set before Deswal won the second set 6-1. Franssen and Dewal played a single super tiebreaker set that would go to Deswal 10-7.
Levent Evyapan (Istanbul, Turkey) battled Yannic-Alexander Mader, who is the 54th-ranked singles player in the Division II ranks, and nearly took a set from his highly-ranked competitor. Mader took the match in straight sets, but not before Evyapan forced a tiebreaker before falling 7-6 (5) in Set 2.
The Bulldogs claimed all three decisions in the doubles competition. Evyapan and
Luis Alvear (Manacor, Balearic Islands, Spain) fell 6-3 at No. 1 Doubles while Franssen and
Marcos Jose Diaz Gutierrez (Guadalajara, Spain) came up just short at No. 3 Doubles by a 6-4 final.
UP NEXT
The Pride will have next weekend off before making the trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsula for a set of GLIAC matches against Lake Superior State and Michigan Tech. First serve against Lake Superior State in Sault Ste. Marie is scheduled for 8 a.m. CDT on Friday, April 15 before making the trek over to Houghton to take on Michigan Tech on Saturday, April 16 at 9 a.m. CDT.
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