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Niklas Karcz 2019 action
Niklas Karcz won his match at No. 3 singles, 6-1, 6-2.

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Zachary Manning, Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Men's Tennis Falls At Northwestern Ohio

Daniel Grey, Niklas Karcz and Ben Lakeman collected singles wins for the Warriors.

LIMA, Ohio -- The Wayne State University men's tennis team (1-1 overall) fell to Northwestern Ohio (5-2 overall), 4-3, on Saturday afternoon.

SINGLES
Daniel Grey (Wiesbaden, Germany) collected win at No. 2 singles, knocking off his opponent, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6). 

At No. 3 singles, Niklas Karcz (Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) was strong, defeating his opponent in two short sets (6-1, 6-2). 

The other winner for the Warriors was Ben Lakeman (Penzance Cornwall, England), who posted a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) victory. 

Dom Spicer (London, England) was defeated at No. 1 singles by a final score of 3-6, 3-6. 

Cedric Drenth (Sulzbach, Germany) fell at No. 5 singles, 5-7, 6-7 (4-7). 

Lastly, at No. 6 singles, David Pluszczyk (White Lake, Mich. / Lakeland) was upended, 3-6, 2-6.

DOUBLES
Spicer and Lakeman paired up to grab the only doubles win of the afternoon for the Green and Gold.  The duo posted a 6-2 victory. 

At No. 1 doubles, the pair of Drenth and Grey was defeated 6-7 (4-7). 

Finally, at No. 3 doubles, Karcz and Luke Laws (Sunderland, England) lost, 1-6. 

FROM COACH MORROW
"Two really good teams playing a really, really good match against one another.  We had a look in doubles.  At No. 1 doubles, we had four match points and we were unable to capitalize on them.  We ended up losing that in a tiebreaker.  Singles, boys fought hard.  Came back and did really well.  Daniel Grey, Niklas Karcz and Ben Lakeman pulled out some nice wins for us," Morrow said.  "Fought hard.  Came up short today, but I'm still proud of the guys.  Still like the progress we're having and we're looking forward to the upcoming matches." 

UP NEXT
The Warriors will be back in action against Lawrence Tech on Feb. 8.  That match is set to begin at 12 PM at Franklin Racquet Club. 

 
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