Men's tennis team advances to GLIAC fifth-place match

April 19, 2008

MIDLAND - Lake Superior State defeated Michigan Tech 5-1 in the consolation bracket of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Tournament and advanced to Sunday's fifth-place match.

The Lakers (9-12), who are seeded sixth in the tournament, lost their first-round match 5-0 to No. 3 seed Grand Valley State Saturday at the Midland Tennis Center. They play No. 5 seed Mercyhurst, which advanced after a 5-2 victory over Findlay.

No. 1 seed Northwood plays GVSU for the title.

GLIAC Tournament Results
Grand Valley State 5, LSSU 0
Singles Results
1. Renato Tamashiro (GV) vs. Pawel Wegrzyn, unfinished
2. Patrick Troy (GV) def. Brandon Clayton, 6-1, 6-1
3. Philipp Claus (GV) vs. Robert Nelson, unfinished
4. Alex Switzer (GV) vs. Steve Demps, unfinished
5. Patryk Polus (GV) def. Craig Baas, 6-3, 6-4
6. Matt Globerson (GV) vs. Travis Toth, unfinished

Doubles Results
1. Tony Dang-Polus (GV) def. Clayton-Nelson, 8-4
2. Troy-Tamashiro (GV) def. Wegrzyn-Toth, 8-4
3. Switzer-Globerson (GV) def. Baas-Jack Miller, 8-2

LSSU 5, Michigan Tech 1
Singles Results
1. Wegrzyn vs. Brett Girard, unfinished
2. Clayton (LS) def. Brandon Ellefson, 6-5, 6-4
3. Demps (LS) vs. Alan Parenteau, unfinished
4. Nelson (LS) def. Chris Verhulst, 7-5, 6-2
5. Baas (LS) vs. Justin Foley, unfinished
6. Toth (LS) def. Matt Tronnes, 7-5, 7-5

Doubles Results
1. Clayton-Nelson (LS) def. Girard-Tronnes, 8-3
2. Ellefson-Parenteau (MT) def. Wegrzyn-Toth, 9-8 (7-0)
3. Baas-Miller (LS) def. Foley-Tim Viola, 8-5