March 31, 2012

Results

GRANDVILLE, Mich. - The Grand Valley State men's tennis team picked up its sixth straight GLIAC win with an 8-1 victory over Ohio Dominican on Saturday afternoon at the Ramblewood Tennis Club.

GVSU is now 10-9 on the season and more importantly 6-1 in conference action. Ohio Dominican falls to 2-12 on the season and 1-5 in GLIAC play.

The Lakers picked up two points in doubles play thanks to a hard fought win at the No. 2 spot by senior Benny Delgado-Rochas (Tel Aviv, Israel) and sophomore Bryan Hodges (Bloomfield, Mich.) for a 9-7 victory.

In singles competition, Delgado-Rochas once again proved his endurance taking the match in three sets, 1-6, 6-4, 10-7 at No. 2 singles.  Freshman John McDonald (Farmington, Mich.) also won in three sets, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5 at No. 6 singles.

The Lakers continue conference play in a mid-week match against Northwood on April 3 at 3 p.m. in Allendale, Mich.

Grand Valley State 8, Ohio Dominican 1
Mar 31, 2012 at Grandville, Mich. (Ramblewood Tennis Club)
Singles competition
1. Andrew Darrell (GVM) def. Tyler Johnston (ODU-MT) 6-3, 6-3
2. Benny Delgado-Rochas (GVM) def. Tito Bonadonna (ODU-MT) 1-6, 6-4, 10-7
3. Marc Roesslein (GVM) def. Claude Badowski (ODU-MT) 6-1, 6-0
4. Bryan Hodges (GVM) def. Carlos Perez (ODU-MT) 6-2, 6-0
5. Josh Kazdan (GVM) def. Gerardo Perez (ODU-MT) 6-4, 6-2
6. John McDonald (GVM) def. Jeremy Mokry (ODU-MT) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5

Doubles competition
1. Marc Roesslein/Andrew Darrell (GVM) def. Tyler Johnston/Tito Bonadonna (ODU-MT) 8-2
2. Benny Delgado-Rochas/Bryan Hodges (GVM) def. Carlos Perez/Gerardo Perez (ODU-MT) 9-7
3. Patrick Ohanian/Claude Badowski (ODU-MT) def. Josh Kazdan/Dan Jarboe (GVM) 9-7