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Tennis Story Pic following PNW 2026
George Day (top), Tom Wasner (left), and Luis Klaus (right) each posted wins in singles after faltering against PNW a year ago.
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Purdue Northwest PNWM (9-8, 3-2 GLIAC)
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Winner Wayne State University WSUM (11-7, 3-0 GLIAC)
Purdue Northwest PNWM
(9-8, 3-2 GLIAC)
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Final
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Wayne State University WSUM
(11-7, 3-0 GLIAC)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Henry Coyle, Sports Information Graduate Assistant

Men's Tennis Prevails 6-1 over Purdue Northwest

DETROIT -- The No. 18-ranked Wayne State University men's tennis team (11-7, 3-0 GLIAC) posted a 6-1 win over Purdue University Northwest (9-8, 3-2 GLIAC) on Friday in the Duchene Athletic Facility, avenging last season's 4-3 heartbreaking loss.

HOW IT HAPPENED
DOUBLES
The Warriors started producing early, sweeping all three matches in doubles.

At the top flight, the 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]) battled for a 7-5 win over PNW's Samuel Dickson and Dani Chicano Melero, marking the duo's fourth-consecutive win.

George Day (Southampton, United Kingdom / Peter Symonds College) and Thomas Mathys (Grimisuat, Switzerland / ECCG - Martigny) found success as well, defeating their Pride counterparts (Joao Martins and Pedro Diaz Camacho) 6-2 in the N0. 2 position, improving their record together to 11-3 during the spring campaign.

In the No. 3 doubles flight, Benjamin Hill (Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany / Burgau-Gymnasium) and Tom Wasner (Altenholz, Germany / Friedrichsort Community School) handled Raphael Valente and Daniel Sroka by way of a 6-1 triumph.

SINGLES
It was a similar story in singles competition, with the Warriors handling business for the victory.

Day and Dickson occupied the top singles flight, with the Warrior notching a 6-1, 6-2 win over his opponent.

Klaus was dominant in his win at the No. 2 singles position, triumphing 6-0, 6-4 over Chicano Melero.

Wasner, competing in the third singles slot, corralled a 6-1, 7-5 win over PNW's Martins.

Mathys fell behind 2-1 in the opening set at the No. 4 slot to Valente, but stormed ahead for a 6-3, 6-1 win.

Hill triumphed in the No. 5 singles position, as he downed Diaz Camacho 6-4, 6-2.

Forsyth fell at the sixth singles slot 6-2, 6-1 to Sroka.

FROM HEAD COACH BRYAN MORROW
"I was pleased with our team's performance today and thought that we played a clean match in singles and doubles.  It was nice to see some of our guys who lost in matches to this team last year pull out impressive wins today. "

UP NEXT
The Warriors return to the court tomorrow, April 11, to play host to Roosevelt University at 2:00 PM.


 
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