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DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY PANTHERS
Quintan van Wijk
Walter Cronk
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Davenport DU (18-7)
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Winner Wayne State WSUM (20-4)
Davenport DU
(18-7)
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Final
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Wayne State WSUM
(20-4)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

DU falls 4-1 in GLIAC Semifinals to #10 Wayne State

MIDLAND, Mich. - The men's tennis team fell 4-1 in the GLIAC Tournament semifinals on Saturday against top-seed and 10th-ranked Wayne State at the Greater Midland Tennis Center. The Warriors won their ninth straight match to improve to 20-4 overall. Davenport bows out with a record of 18-7 and will now wait to see if they make the NCAA field for the first time. The selection will take place on Tuesday, May 3 at 8 PM on NCAA.com.

The Warriors took two doubles matches and the third was unfinished as Wayne State earned the point. Cedric Drenth and Daniel Grey defeated Jonathan Bulmer and Juan-Louis van Antwerpen 6-3 at one doubles. Niklas Karcz and Ben Lakeman at three doubles defeated Daniil Khitrou and Maxim Drinchich 6-3. Luke Laws and Dom Spicer at two doubles had a 5-4 lead over Quintan van Wijk and Joel Mast when the match stopped.

The team's point came from van Wijk at one singles. He won 6-1, 6-3 against Spicer for his 19th singles win of the season and third at the one position. The 19 singles wins puts him in a tie for second in a season at Davenport. van Antwerpen fell 6-3, 6-2 against Lakeman at two singles. Bulmer fell 6-2, 6-3 at three singles against Karcz. Grey clinched it with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Mast at four singles. Khitrou at five singles was tied a set apiece and Drinchich at six singles was up one set when the match was stopped.
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