Winter Park, Fla. -- Wayne State men's tennis opened up Florida play edging Coe College 5-4 in a rain-delayed start Thursday afternoon, and would end up splitting the day after falling 9-0 to #8 Rollins College.

In their first outdoor match of the season, the Warriors (6-5) struggled early at doubles in very warm and humid conditions, dropping the first two matches before senior Matt Fisher (Shelby Twp., Mich./Eisenhower) and junior Jon Groszek (Dearborn Heights, Mich./Divine Child) got WSU on track, defeating the Kohawks (12-3) duo of Sean Stokstad and Michael Janssen.

At singles, sophomore Michael FitzGerald (Grosse Ile, Mich.) had the most dominant win for WSU with a 6-2, 6-2 decision over Stokstad at second singles. Sophomore Melvin Joseph (Northville, Mich.), redshirt freshman Jason Chen (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Adams), and Groszek were the other victors for the Warriors.

In the afternoon match-up against hosting Rollins College, the Tars (6-4) swept the Warriors.

At third doubles, the team of juniors Oscar Gamarra (Guayaquil, Ecuador/Unidad Educativa Javier) and Thomas Ducret (Paris, France) kept things close, falling 8-6 to the Rollins duo Malte Christesen and Lucas Jovita.

At fifth singles, Gamarra won the first game 7-6 (7-2) against, but a minor injury forced him to retire in game two with the score tied at three. Groszek also salvaged a setat sixth singles, winning 6-2, but he fell 6-1 in the second set and lost the third set tiebreaker 10-8.

The Warriors are in action Friday against Vincennes (Ind.) University in Orlando, Fla.