DETROIT -- The No. 23-ranked Wayne State University men's tennis squad (2-1 overall) defeated the University of Findlay (1-3 overall) 6-1 on Saturday evening in the Doris J. and Donald L. Duchene, Sr. Athletic Facility.

HOW IT HAPPENED
DOUBLES
WSU struck first by nabbing the doubles point after sweeping all three matches.

In the first flight, the top pairing of Luis Klaus (Brühl, Germany / Archbishop's St. Ursula gymnasium [TH Köln]) and Harry Forsyth (Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia / The McDonald College [Mississippi College]) posted a 6-3 win over Clement Andrieu and Grant Hawkins.

Tom Wasner (Altenholz, Germany / Friedrichsort Community School) and Sam Knowles (North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England / King's Priory School) downed Aleksander Ivancevic and Nicolo Lippolis 6-1 in No. 2 doubles.

In the No. 3 position, George Day (Southampton, United Kingdom / Peter Symonds College) and Thomas Mathys (Grimisuat, Switzerland / ECCG - Martigny) earned a hard-fought 7-5 win over UF's Soh Kuyama and Runa Kagoshima.

SINGLES
After falling 6-3 in the first set, Day bounced back in the second, posting a 6-0 win and forcing a third set.  The WSU student-athlete corralled a 6-3 win in the final set for the win over Andrieu.

Klaus continued his impressive second season with the Warriors, defeating Soh Kuyama 6-4, 6-1 in the No. 2 position.

Wasner competed in No. 3 singles, splitting the first two sets against Matthis Veniard 6-3, 6-7 (6-8).  The sophomore downed his opponent 10-7 in the third to post the win.

Banjamin Hill (Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany / Burgau-Gymnasium) bested Ivancevic 6-3, 7-5 in the No. 4 slot, improving his singles record this season to 14-3 overall (including fall matches).

Mathys notched a 6-2, 6-2 victory in the fifth singles position, defeating UF's Lippolis.

Knowles fell in three sets to Kagoshima in the No. 6 position, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-10.

FROM HEAD COACH BRYAN MORROW
"Nice win today over a good Findlay team.  I was very happy with the energy that the entire team brought during the match and thought that we did a good job of supporting our teammates.  Luis (Klaus) had a really nice win over a very good opponent (Soh Kuyama).  I have been very impressed with his game so far this year.  George (Day) picked up a good win after being a little under the weather and missing our last match.  We were able to fight through some adversity and win some tie-break sets against a good in-region team and are all excited for the upcoming West Virginia trip."

UP NEXT
The men's tennis team will travel to West Virginia to face Fairmont State on Friday, February 20, and Charleston on Saturday, February 21.