SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — The Lawrence Technological University men's tennis team hosted the Lakers from Lake Superior State.
In doubles:
Louam Boivin/
Redwane Bouhajda dropped the 2-doubles match to J. Raton/D. Sedrati 6-1.
Evan Morgan/
Juan Jose Escriba Pastor lost the top-flight battle to L. Koyuncu/M. Hamon 6-4, securing the doubles point for the Lakers.
R. Garcia/L. Ollers defeated
Antoine Haurez/
Takuya King 7-6 (4) sweeping the Blue Devils in doubles.
In singles:
3-seeded King fought--and defeated--Hamon 3-6, 7-5, 13-11 to even the score at 1 apiece.
2-seeded S. Andrei defeated Boivin 6-4, 6-3. LSSU 2, LTU 1.
In the top flight, Morgan took the first set against Ollers, but was ultimately taken down 6-3, 4-6, 4-10.
Garcia was victorious against Bouhajda in 5-singles 6-1, 6-2, clinching victory for LSSU.
4-seeded Haurez battled in 3 sets against Raton. Raton came away the victor, 7-5, 4-6, 10-4.
Escriba Pastor made Sedrati work in the 6-singles match, forcing three sets, but Sedrati reigned victorious, 5-7, 6-3, 10-5.
The Lakers went on to win 6-1, handing the Blue Devils their first loss of their spring season.
Coach Mertz on the match: "Today was a hard-fought match against a team we are always very equal against. A few points here and there, some different decisions with our shot selection, and the match could have swung in our favor. We had 4 of our 6 singles matches go to a super-tiebreaker and came out on top in only one of them. With more experience going into future matches, we hope to change that statistic. Overall, I'm very happy with the energy and team atmosphere the guys brought today.
The Blue Devils return to action on Saturday when they take on Spring Arbor at Franklin Athletic Club at 4pm.
