Lakers Advance in First Round of GLIAC Tournament

April 15, 2011

Midland, Mich. - The Grand Valley State men's tennis team began their GLIAC Tournament run on Friday (Apr. 15) in Midland and came out on top in their first round match-up with Findlay by a 5-0 score. The Lakers swept all three doubles matches and got singles wins from senior Philipp Claus and junior Josh Kazdan to earn the victory. GVSU will face Wayne State in the GLIAC Semifinals at 4 p.m. on Saturday (Apr. 16). The Lakers defeated Wayne State 5-4 on April 3rd.

Grand Valley State 5, Findlay 0
Apr 15, 2011 at Midland, Mich. (MCTC)

Singles competition

1. Marc Roesslein (GV) vs. Kyle Collette (UF) unfinished

2. Philipp Claus (GV) def. Yashwant Pulumati (UF) 6-2, 6-2

3. Andrew Darrell (GV) vs. David Hebda (UF) unfinished

4. Benny Delgado-Rochas (GV) vs. Josh Smedley (UF) unfinished

5. Bryan Hodges (GV) vs. David Brooks (UF) unfinished

6. Josh Kazdan (GV) def. Bryan Little (UF) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles competition

1. Marc Roesslein/Trey Keating (GV) def. Kyle Collette/Yashwant Pulumati (UF) 8-2

2. Andrew Darrell/Philipp Claus (GV) def. David Brooks/David Hebda (UF) 8-4

3. Josh Kazdan/Benny Delgado-Rochas (GV) def. Josh Smedley/Bryan Little (UF) 8-2

Match Notes

Findlay 8-9 (3-6)

Grand Valley State 14-10 (7-2)

2011 GLIAC Men's Tennis Tournament

GVSU is the #3 seed. UF is the #6 seed

Grand Valley State advances to the tournament semifinals, Findlay drops to the

losers bracket.

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