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 Antoine Marenaud won his team-high 15th consecutive singles defeating #8 regionally ranked Bertrand Vigouroux, 6-1, 6-4, for the second time this season |
April 19, 2008
Midland, Mich. - Sophomore Antoine Marenaud (Bordeaux, France/Camille Jullian) won his team-high 15th consecutive singles match but it was not enough as the #4 Wayne State men's tennis team dropped a 5-1 decision to #1 Northwood in the semifinal round of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) tournament held at the Midland Tennis Center Saturday afternoon. The Warriors will take on #2 Ferris State in the third place match on Sunday, April 20 at 10:00 a.m.
WSU (8-9) could duplicate its regular season success in doubles competition against Northwood (11-2) in tournament play. Earlier this month, the Warriors took 2-of-3 doubles matches over NU's top-two regionally-ranked pairings. However, the Timberwolves made sure it would not happen again as they swept all three matches to take a commanding 3-0 lead. At the No. 1 position, freshman Johan Maubacq (Bussy St. Georges, France) and senior Donavon Mitchell (Detroit, Mich./Mumford) fell to #2 Peter Kazianschuetz and Pierre Martiner Bot , 8-1, while Marenaud and senior Alejandro Gomez (Comitan Chiapas, Mexico/Instituto Moderno Comitan) lost, 8-2, to #4 ranked Bertrand Vigouroux and Olivier Brignoli at the No. 2 position. For the second consecutive match, the No. 3 squad of sophomore Kevin Turnbull (Shelby Twp., Mich./Warren DeLaSalle) freshman Felipe Fonseca (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Hope) lost a close decision falling, 9-7, to Kyle Kinga and Ronald Heurich.
During singles play, WSU was unable to rally from the 3-0 deficit. Marenaud defeated #8 regionally ranked Vigouroux in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, at the No 2 position for the second time this season. However, Northwood only needed two wins to lock up the match as Kazianschuetz downed Maubacq in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 1 while Canudas rolled past freshman Eric Szydlowski (Canton, Mich./Canton), 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 6 slot.