Men's Tennis | 2/13/2017 7:42:00 AM

KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The Wayne State University men's tennis team (0-3) was defeated by Western Michigan University (5-5), 7-0, at the Sorensen Courts/West Hills Athletics Club in Kalamazoo, Mich. on Sunday.
 
SINGLES RESULTS 
·       Freshman Mats Westkamp (Born, Germany / Beethoven-Gymnasium Born) (1-6, 4-6), and Griffin Mertz (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington) (0-6, 1-6) both lost their matches against the Broncos No. 1 and No. 2 players, respectively.
·       Junior Luke Ruocco (Lewes, England / Priory) (1-6, 3-6), and senior Clement Charriere (Marseille, France / Chevreul Blancarde) (2-6, 3-6) both lost their No. 3 singles, and No. 4 singles matches.
·       Harvey Reed (Winchester, Hampshire, England / Peter Symonds College) (3-6, 1-6), and senior teammate Ryan Carlson (Armada, Mich. / Armada) (5-7, 4-6, 0-10) were both defeated by the Broncos No. 5 and No. 6 singles players, respectively.

DOUBLES RESULTS 
·       The Reed/Carlson duo were edged the Western Michigan's No. 1 doubles team 6-3.
·       The Westkamp/Mertz team, and the Charriere/Ruocco pair each lost to WMU's No. 2 and No. 3 doubles tandems, 2-6, respectively.

UP NEXT
- The Warriors will compete in their first home match of the spring season, hosting the visiting Lawrence Tech University Blue Devils on Wednesday, February 15, 2017.  The action begins at 3 p.m. inside the Multipurpose Indoor Facility.