BIG RAPIDS, Mich. -- The No. 18-ranked Wayne State University men's tennis team (12-9 overall, 4-2 GLIAC) dropped a 4-3 heart breaker at No. 26-ranked Ferris State University (15-3 overall, 6-0 GLIAC) on Saturday, April 18.

HOW IT HAPPENED
DOUBLES
The Warriors got the early advantage after winning two-of-three matches in doubles.

At the No. 2 doubles position, George Day (Southampton, United Kingdom / Peter Symonds College) and Thomas Mathys (Grimisuat, Switzerland / ECCG - Martigny) downed FSU's Felipe Iser and Kevin Kovacs 6-4.

Benjamin Hill (Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany / Burgau-Gymnasium) and Tom Wasner (Altenholz, Germany / Friedrichsort Community School) posted a 7-5 win over Milo Leuenberger and Praneel Pichika at the No. 3 doubles slot.

Luis Klaus (Brühl, Germany / Archbishop's St. Ursula gymnasium [TH Köln]) and Harry Forsyth (Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia / The McDonald College [Mississippi College]) fell at the top flight, 6-4 to Adrian Catahan and Erik Kovacs.

SINGLES
After falling in the first set 7-6, Klaus battled back in the second for a 6-1 win.  The WSU student-athlete bested Jose Andres Perez Alarcon 6-4 in the third set for the singles win.

Wasner flourished in the No. 3 position, besting Felipe Iser 6-4, 6-3, in straight sets.

Day competed against Kevin Kovacs at the top singles position, falling 6-4, 6-1.

Mathys grabbed an early advantage over Pichika, claiming the first set 7-6 (8-6).  Pichika bounced back however, defeating the WSU student-athlete 6-3, 6-4.

Forsyth, in the No. 6 singles slot, fell to Erik Kovacs 6-3, 6-3.

With the match tied at 3-3, Hill was matched with Catahan in the No. 5 singles position.  He earned a 7-5 win in his first set against the Bulldog, but dropped the second 6-2.  The junior built a 4-1 lead in the final set before his opponent rallied to win 7-5.  

UP NEXT
Postseason action for the Warriors will start with the GLIAC Tournament on Thursday, April 23.