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Sports Tennis defeated by Northwood, Wayne State
By Christine Mersch Staff writer After a two week break, the men’s tennis team was back in action this past weekend in Michigan for two GLIAC matchups against Northwood University and Wayne State University. On Friday, Mercyhurst faced Northwood and was defeated 8-1. Northwood (6-2, 4-0 GLIAC) is currently ranked No. 19 in Division II. Mercyhurst’s only victory came at second doubles. Sophomore Mijo Cotic and Freshman Adam Marnik defeated Bertrand Vigouroux and Matt Tansil 8-4. “Mijo and I have been playing doubles together since the fall,” Marnik said. “We’ve been building our communication and are more experienced now as a team. We also build off each others’ energy well. They are ranked top 20 in the nation so to be able to get a win off them.” The third doubles team of Ronald Heurich and Kyle King almost upended Alex Minicozzi and Carlos Canudas at No. 3 doubles, but eventually fell 8-6. During singles play several Laker players had close matches. Marnik, playing No. 4, won the opening set of his match but lost the next two sets against his opponent in a 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 loss. Freshman Tim Hansson held strong against Peter Kazianschuetz at No. 1 but his opponent took the match 7-5, 6-4. Mateusz Przybysz also played competitively at No. 2 singles but lost 6-4, 6-3. Next up for the Lakers was Wayne State on Saturday. Wayne State (6-3, 4-0 GLIAC) took the match 6-3 despite strong play from the Mercyhurst squad. Heurich won both his singles and doubles matches. He teamed up with sophomore Kyle King to pick up a 8-6 win at No. 3 doubles. His singles match went three sets with three tiebreakers before he defeated his opponent 7-6, 6-7, 7-6. “I just concentrated on keeping the ball in play and being consistent with my shots,” Heurich said. “I knew if I kept to that game plan, I would pull out the win.” Also victorious in the matchup was freshman Tim Hansson, who won his No. 1 singles match 7-5, 7-5. Hansson is currently 3-1 in conference play and 6-3 overall at No. 1 singles. This weekend the Lakers (5-6, 1-3 GLIAC) travel to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for matches against Michigan Tech and Lake Superior State.
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