MIDLAND, Mich. -- The Wayne State University men's tennis team (5-0) triumphed at Northwood University (3-5) 4-3 Saturday afternoon.  The Green and Gold improve to 5-0 on the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED
DOUBLES
The Warriors went 2-1 to secure the doubles point.

In the No. 1 doubles position, George Day (Southampton, United Kingdom / Peter Symonds College) and Cedric Drenth (Sulzbach, Germany / Altkönigschule Kronberg) fell 6-3 to Sergio Lopez Guillen and Alessandro Parigi.  

Competing in the No. 2 slot, Sam Knowles (North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England / King's Priory School) and Tom Wasner (Altenholz, Germany / Friedrichsort Community School) earned a victory over Juan Perez Garcia and Max Wild 7-5.

Benjamin Hill (Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany / Burgau-Gymnasium) and Luis Klaus (Brühl, Germany / Archbishop's St. Ursula gymnasium [TH Köln]) had an impressive showing in the No. 3 doubles spot.  The duo topped Finn Buschmaas and Luis Adrian Gomez Tinoco 6-0.

SINGLES
Each of the Green and Gold's top-three singles players were defeated as Drenth (6-2, 4-6, 0-1 [7-10]), Day (3-6, 6-7 [2-7]), and Klaus (5-7, 0-6) all fell.

Wasner earned a 6-1, 6-1 win in the No. 4 position, prevailing over Finn Buschmaas.

In the No. 5 singles spot, Benjamin Hill triumphed over Juan Perez Garcia 6-1, 6-4, while Knowles topped Luis Adrian Gomez Tinoco 6-3, 6-0 competing in the No. 6 position.

UP NEXT
The Wayne State men's tennis squad is next in action on Sunday, February 22 in Kalamazoo, Mich. as the Warriors are set to face Western Michigan University at the Sorensen Courts with the first match beginning at 4:30 PM.