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 Antoine Marenaud won his 16th consecutive singles match helping WSU to a third place finish at the GLIAC Tournament |
April 20, 2008
Midland, Mich. - The #4 Wayne State men's tennis team upset #2 Ferris State in the third place match of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) tournament held at the Midland Tennis Center Sunday morning. The Warriors were led by sophomore Antoine Marenaud (Bordeaux, France/Camille Jullian) who won his team-high 16th consecutive singles match finishing a perfect 10-0 in GLIAC regular and post season competition. With a 9-9 overall record, WSU hopes to receive an at large bid to the NCAA Championships.
Wayne State opened the match taking 2-of-3 doubles matches from Ferris State (10-10). The No. 1 tandem of freshman Johan Maubacq (Bussy St. Georges, France) and senior Donavon Mitchell (Detroit, Mich./Mumford) edged Lewis DeGeneault and Ahmet Demir, 9-8, winning the tiebreaker, 7-5, while the No. 3 squad of sophomore Kevin Turnbull (Shelby Twp., Mich./Warren DeLaSalle) and freshman Felipe Fonseca (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Hope) upended Tyler Shelly and Brian Anderson, 8-1.
The Warriors were able to capitalize on its 2-1 lead during singles play getting wins at the top three positions to seal the match. Maubacq defeated DeGeneault in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 1 while Marenaud took out Demir, 6-1, 6-4, at the No. 2 position. Mitchell notched the final victory downing Bryan Karazia, 6-4, 6-2.
