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Men's Tennis Mike Feld, Sports Information Graduate Intern

Men's Tennis Defeats Tiffin for Second GLIAC Win

Taylor Vane won two contests and clinched the match Saturday.
Box Score TIFFIN, Ohio  – The Wayne State University men's tennis team (9-9 overall, 2-1 GLIAC) returned to GLIAC action on Saturday, defeating host Tiffin 7-2.

Sophomore Mats Westkamp (Bonn, Germany), freshman Niklas Karcz (Bottrop, Germany), junior Taylor Vane (Southampton, England) and junior Griffin Mertz (Farmington Hills, Mich. / North Farmington) all went 2-0 in the matchup.

DOUBLES RESULTS
Westkamp and Karcz earned an 8-5 win in the first flight.

Vane and Mertz played at No. 2, winning 8-5 over Nikita Parfenov and Sorin Navarotchi.

Sophomore Derek Sammons (Coldwater, Mich.) and senior Harvey Reed (Winchester, England) fell 8-1 in the third flight to Toby Cutting and Tom Arias.

SINGLES RESULTS
Westkamp won 6-4, 6-1 over Luis Ludena.

Vane was a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 winner in the second flight over Santiago de la Rosa, which was the match clincher.

At No. 3, Karcz defeated Parfenov (6-2, 6-2).

Mertz defeating Cutting at No. 4 (5-7, 6-0, 10-2).

At No. 5, Harvey defeated Arias, 2-6, 6-4, 10-8.

In the final flight, Sammons lost 6-3, 3-6, 10-3.

UP NEXT
The Warriors will host Grand Valley State on Saturday at the WSU Tennis Courts.
 
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Players Mentioned

Niklas Karcz

Niklas Karcz

5' 9"
Freshman
Griffin Mertz

Griffin Mertz

5' 11"
Junior
Harvey Reed

Harvey Reed

5' 9"
Senior
Derek  Sammons

Derek Sammons

6' 5"
Redshirt Sophomore
Taylor Vane

Taylor Vane

5' 11"
Junior
Mats Westkamp

Mats Westkamp

6' 1"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Niklas Karcz

Niklas Karcz

5' 9"
Freshman
Griffin Mertz

Griffin Mertz

5' 11"
Junior
Harvey Reed

Harvey Reed

5' 9"
Senior
Derek  Sammons

Derek Sammons

6' 5"
Redshirt Sophomore
Taylor Vane

Taylor Vane

5' 11"
Junior
Mats Westkamp

Mats Westkamp

6' 1"
Sophomore