GRIFFITH, Ind. -- The No. 19-ranked Wayne State University men's tennis team (13-6 overall, 4-2 GLIAC) was bested 4-3 by No. 29-ranked Purdue University Northwest (16-7 overall, 3-3 GLIAC) on Saturday.

HOW IT HAPPENED
DOUBLES
Cedric Drenth (Sulzbach, Germany / Altkönigschule Kronberg) and Tom Wasner (Altenholz, Germany / Friedrichsort Community School) handled business in the No. 1 doubles position, defeating Alex Miguel van Lumich Lozano and Samuel Dickson 7-6 (7-2).

Sam Knowles (North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England / King's Priory School) and Benjamin Hill (Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany / Burgau-Gymnasium) competed in the No. 2 doubles spot, where the pair fell 6-1 to Francisco Lanusse and Joao Martins.

In the No. 3 slot, George Day (Southampton, United Kingdom / Peter Symonds College) and Luis Klaus (Brühl, Germany / Archbishop's St. Ursula gymnasium [TH Köln]) were defeated by the PNW duo of Daniel Sroka and Daniel Chicano Melero 7-5.

SINGLES
Drenth, in the No. 1 singles position, downed Lozano 6-4, 6-2, to tie the match at one point apiece.  Along with aiding the squad, Drenth is now tied-for-first in program history for career singles matches won (104) with former teammate Niklas Karcz.

After grabbing the first set 6-4, Day fell in the ensuing two sets 4-6, 1-6, as the freshman was thwarted by Dickson in the No. 2 slot.

While battling in the No. 3 singles spot, Wasner was bested 5-7, 4-6 by PNW's Chicano Melero.

Knowles and Hill both collected wins, as the freshman topped Martins 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 7-5 in the No. 4 spot, with the sophomore prevailed 6-2, 6-2 over Sroka while competing in the No. 6 position.

Klaus fell in a hard-fought match with Lanusse 7-5, 5-7, 3-6 in the No. 5 singles spot.

UP NEXT
The Wayne State men's tennis squad will next be in action on Friday, April 18, as the Green and Gold will play host to Ferris State University.