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Men's Tennis Tom Ritter, Sports Information Intern

Northwood Defeats Wayne State 9-0 to End GLIAC Regular Season

Warriors take third in the GLIAC with the loss to the nation's 13th-ranked team


DETROIT -- The nation's 13th-ranked Northwood Timberwolves handed the Wayne State men's tennis team (13-9, 7-2 GLIAC) a 9-0 setback, the Warrirors' second conference loss of the season.

Despite the loss, the Warriors finish third in the GLIAC regular season.

NU (12-0, 9-0 GLIAC) edged WSU in three close doubles flights. Junior duo Thomas Ducret and Oscar Gamarra were edged 9-8 after the tying the pro-set match at eight all.

At singles, Ducret rallied to force a third set super tie-breaker, but the Timberwolves' Teddy Mebounou edged Ducret 6-3, 5-7, 10-5 to give NU the 9-0 sweep.

Michael FitzGerald and Gamarra lost their matches 6-4, 6-4. Jason Chen fell in an extremely close 7-6, 7-6 contest against Hugo Lasserre.

The Warriors will head to Northwood this weekend for the GLIAC tournament, beginning Friday.

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