CHARLESTON, WV -- The No. 23-ranked Wayne State University men's tennis team (4-1 overall) posted a 5-2 win at No. 20-ranked University of Charleston (WV) (2-2 overall) on Saturday, at the Charleston Tennis Club.

HOW IT HAPPENED
DOUBLES
WSU was able to nab the doubles point, after prevailing in the top two positions.

It was a battle of ranked pairings in the the No. 1 spot, as the duo of Harry Forsyth (Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia / The McDonald College [Mississippi College]) and Luis Klaus (Brühl, Germany / Archbishop's St. Ursula gymnasium [TH Köln]) (ranked 15th) faced off against tenth-ranked Omar Elsamahy and Vicente Garcia.  The Green and Gold team came out on top, besting the UC squad 6-4.

In the No. 2 position, sophomore George Day (Southampton, United Kingdom / Peter Symonds College) and freshman Thomas Mathys (Grimisuat, Switzerland / ECCG - Martigny) downed Marcelo Mafino Pinto and Elias Lagger 6-3.

The pairing of Sam Knowles (North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England / King's Priory School) and Tom Wasner (Altenholz, Germany / Friedrichsort Community School) was bested 6-4 by Alberto Nordio and Nils Potterbeck in the third doubles.

SINGLES
In the top flight, Day earned his fourth win in singles of the 2026 spring season, besting Ryan Abell in impressive fashion, 6-0, 6-3.

Klaus continued his strong campaign, defeating Elsamahy 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) in the No. 2 singles slot.

Benjamin Hill (Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany / Burgau-Gymnasium), was resilient in the No. 4 singles position, falling 6-2 in the opening set before rallying to win the second and third 6-4, 6-2.

Freshman Mathys nabbed a 6-1, 7-6 triumph over Charleston's Potterbeck in the fifth spot.

Wasner fell in a highly-contested singles match to Lagger, 6-4, 5-7, 12-14, in the No. 3 position.

Forsyth was bested 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) by Nordio in the sixth singles.

FROM HEAD COACH BRYAN MORROW
"It was a really close and tough match, Charleston is a strong team that is deservingly ranked in the top-25.  We played very clean in doubles, George (Day) and Thomas (Mathys) were the first pair to finish, Harry (Forsyth) and Luis (Klaus) had an early lead in their match before the UC duo started to storm back, but they did a nice job closing out for the win.  I was very proud of Harry and Luis, beating a strong, nationally-ranked doubles team, and it was important to get the doubles point in this match."

"George started really hot in singles, the energy within the building was incredible.  The support from the team as a whole was absolutely outstanding.  George played a very smart and very solid match.  Luis started well and was in a very competitive match all around, neither had a true lead as it was very back-and-forth, but he ended up gutting it out and that eventually clinched the match for us.  Tom (Wasner) fell in a really tough and hard-fought match.  Ben (Hill) was really impressive in coming back in his match."

"The resilience that everyone showed on every court was outstanding. Our team's ability to battle through adversity and continue to fight no matter the circumstance was very impressive. I am proud of the entire team, from the guys that competed on the court to the guys that were giving support from off of the court."

UP NEXT
The men's tennis team will return home to the Doris J. and Donald L. Duchene, Sr. Athletic Facility on Wednesday, February 25, to play host to Tiffin University at 1:00 PM.