Feb. 22, 2012

Results

GRANDVILLE, Mich. - The Grand Valley State men's tennis team dropped an 8-1 decision to GLIAC rival Northwood on Wednesday afternoon at the Ramblewood Health Club.

Freshman John McDonald (Farmington, Mich.) was the only one able to get a win for the Lakers.  Facing the Timberwolves' Huga Lasserre, McDonald battled to a 6-3, 1-6, 10-8 victory in the No. 6 spot of singles.

Senior Marc Roesslein (Basel, Switzerland) came close to a win in the No. 3 slot against Marcus Oliveira.  Roesslein picked up a 7-6 (4) win in the first set, before falling 6-1 and 11-9 in the next two.

Grand Valley State now heads to Indianapolis on Friday, Feb. 24 for a 4 p.m. match.  The Lakers will stay in the city to face Drury on Saturday at 1 p.m. before traveling to Greencastle, Ind. to place Carnegie Mellon (8:30 a.m.) and DePauw (12 p.m.) on Sunday, Feb. 26.

Singles competition
1. Teddy Mebounou (NU) def. Andrew Darrell (GVM) 6-1, 6-2
2. Jean Menard (NU) def. Benny Delgado-Rochas (GVM) 6-0, 6-1
3. Marcus Oliveira (NU) def. Marc Roesslein (GVM) 6-7, 6-1, 11-9
4. Florian Boggia (NU) def. Bryan Hodges (GVM) 6-2, 6-4
5. Youri Perrin (NU) def. Josh Kazdan (GVM) 6-0, 6-1
6. John McDonald (GVM) def. Hugo Lasserre (NU) 6-3, 1-6, 10-8

Doubles competition
1. Teddy Mebounou/Marcus Oliveira (NU) def. Andrew Darrell/Benny Delgado-Rochas (GVM) 8-3
2. Jean Menard/Florian Boggia (NU) def. Bryan Hodges/Marc Roesslein (GVM) 8-1
3. Hugo Lasserre/Youri Perrin (NU) def. Josh Kazdan/John McDonald (GVM) 8-5

Match Notes
Northwood 2-0; Regional ranking #4
Grand Valley State 0-2; Regional ranking #9