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Dom Spicer 2019 action

Men's Tennis Lauren Bryne, Sports Information Graduate Intern

Men's Tennis Plays at Northwestern Ohio Racer Invite

Four Warriors won in the final round.

Freshman Dom Spicer went 3-0 in B Singles matches.
LIMA, Ohio -- The Wayne State University men's tennis squad competed at the Northwestern Ohio Racer Invitational over the weekend, with four WSU players winning matches in the finals.

A DOUBLES RESULTS

Senior Pierre Renaudie (Sathonay-Camp, France) and freshman Luke Laws (Sunderland, England) swept Clemens Wagner and Filipp Kulynych from Walsh in the first round (6-0).  The duo dropped their semifinals match 6-4 to Hillsdale's Ivanhoe Lissanevitch and Charlie Adams.

Junior Niklas Karcz (Bottrop, Germany) and freshman Dom Spicer (London, United Kingdom) fell 6-4 in the quarterfinals to Tiffin's Hugo Chatras and Gabe Oliveira.

Karcz and Renaudie partnered for the consolation final, winning 6-4 versus Northwestern Ohio's Lars Kaplusch and Diogo Lamy.

Laws and Spicer joined forces to take down Filipp Kulynych and Clemens Wagner from Walsh, 6-2, in the consolation final.

B DOUBLES RESULTS

Sophomores Max Rink (Wetzlar, Germany) and Donovan Nguyen (Troy, Mich. / Utica) lost 7-5 in a close first-round match against Hillsdale's Tyler Conrad and Gabriel Katz.  The pair won their quarterfinal consolation match 6-4 vs. Guilherme Carneiro and Dawson Drummond.

Rink partnered with freshman Ryan Okonski (Stevensville, Mich. / St. Joseph) to tally a 6-2 win in the consolation final versus Lawrence Tech's Lukas Obel and Nicolas Damotta.

A SINGLES RESULTS

Karcz nearly blanked Lawrence Tech's Alex Tamarro in the first round (6-1, 6-0).  He moved on to win his semifinals match versus Ivanhoe Lissanevitch from Hillsdale (6-1, 6-4).  Karcz earned the A Singles Champion title after tallying a tight win against Northwestern Ohio's Marcos Salazar in the finals (7-5, 6-4).

Rink notched a victory over Charlie Adams from Hillsdale in the quarterfinals (6-1, 6-4).  He advanced to the semifinals to tally a super-tiebreak win vs. Northwestern Ohio's Marcos Salazar (4-6, 6-4, 10-5).

B SINGLES RESULTS

Spicer edged Walsh's Clemens Wagner in the first round (6-1, 6-3).  In the semifinals, he claimed a victory against David Ayguavives from Northwestern Ohio (6-3, 6-4).  Spicer was named B Singles Champion after winning his finals match vs. Northwestern Ohio's Lars Kaplusch (6-2, 6-4).

In the quarterfinals, Renaudie fell in a super tiebreaker to Hugo Chatras from Tiffin (4-6, 6-2, 10-2).  He notched a super-tiebreak victory over Hilldale's Tyler Conrad in the consolation round (3-6, 7-5, 10-6), before sweeping Clemens Wagner from Walsh in the consolation finals (6-0, 6-0).

C SINGLES RESULTS

Nguyen topped Northwestern Ohio's Alex De Vilar in the first round (6-4, 7-5).  In the semifinals, he edged Alex Medina Puigmarti from Walsh after a first-set tibreaker (7-6(5), 6-1).  Nguyen tallied a super-tiebreak win in the finals against Walsh's Filipp Kulynych (3-6, 6-3, 10-7).

Laws notched a quarterfinals victory over Gabe Oliveira from Tiffin (6-3, 6-2).  He advanced to the semifinals, tallying a win against Walsh's Filipp Kulynych (6-3, 6-1).  Laws won his finals match in a second-set tiebreaker versus Alex Medina Puigmarti from Walsh (6-1, 7-6(6)).

E SINGLES RESULTS

Okonski fell in a super tiebreaker to Lawrence Tech's Lukas Obel in the first round (6-4, 2-6, 10-5).  In the first round of consolation matches, the freshman Warrior blanked Benjamin Szarek from Tiffin (6-0, 6-0).  Okonski won his consolation final match vs. Tiffin's Timothy RIchardson (6-2, 6-0).



 
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Players Mentioned

Niklas Karcz

Niklas Karcz

5' 9"
Junior
Luke Laws

Luke Laws

5' 10"
Freshman
Donovan Nguyen

Donovan Nguyen

5' 7"
Sophomore
Ryan Okonski

Ryan Okonski

5' 10"
Freshman
Pierre Renaudie

Pierre Renaudie

5' 10"
Senior
Max Rink

Max Rink

6' 3"
Sophomore
Dom Spicer

Dom Spicer

5' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Niklas Karcz

Niklas Karcz

5' 9"
Junior
Luke Laws

Luke Laws

5' 10"
Freshman
Donovan Nguyen

Donovan Nguyen

5' 7"
Sophomore
Ryan Okonski

Ryan Okonski

5' 10"
Freshman
Pierre Renaudie

Pierre Renaudie

5' 10"
Senior
Max Rink

Max Rink

6' 3"
Sophomore
Dom Spicer

Dom Spicer

5' 11"
Freshman