Davenport was on the road to open their 2019 GLIAC schedule and fell to Wayne State and Ashland. The Warriors of Wayne State were a tough opponent for Davenport on Saturday as the Panthers lost by a score of 7-0. Davenport played better on Sunday against Ashland, but eventually lost by one point.
 
Match 1 (Saturday): Davenport-0 | Wayne State-7
 
Doubles Competition

• The Warriors are nationally ranked as the 25^th team in the country.
• Matthew McClurg and Jonathan Bulmer lost in one doubles 6-2.
• The duo of Michael Digby and Matias Vargas lost 6-4 in two doubles.
• In three doubles, Remy Johansen and Juan-Louis van Antwerpen had the closest match. The two lost 7-6 (7-3).

 
Singles Competition

• Vargas, Johansen, McClurg, van Antwerpen, and Digby all lost in two sets.
• Digby and van Antwerpen each had a set that needed a tiebreaker to determine a winner; unfortunately, they both lost their respective tiebreakers.
• Bulmer was the lone Panther to win a set in singles. He took a 6-4 victory in set one, but lost in set two and 10-5 in set three.

 
Match 2 (Sunday): Davenport-3 | Ashland-4
 
Doubles Competition

• The doubles matches proved to be the tipping point for Ashland in the match.
• The Eagles won two out of the three doubles matches, earning the one available point.
• The duo of Johansen and van Antwerpen won 6-1 in three doubles.
• McClurg/Bulmer and Vargas/Digby each lost in their doubles matches.

 
Singles Competition

• Davenport split 3-3 in the six singles matches.
• McClurg, van Antwerpen, and Bulmer all won their matches.
• McClurg won 6-1 and 6-2 in three singles, van Antwerpen won 6-3 and 7-6 in four singles, and Bulmer won 6-4 and 6-2 in five singles.
• Johansen fell in three sets to his opponent in two singles.

 
Up Next
Davenport continues their GLIAC schedule with a match at Purdue Northwest this Sunday (March 31). The time for the match has not yet been determined.
 
Story by: Devin Steiner
 
Picture credit: Walter Cronk