WSU Defeats Missouri-St. Louis

In a Great Lakes Regional match, the Wayne State University men's tennis squad recorded a 6-3 win at Missouri-St. Louis Friday afternoon (March 1).

WSU won four of the six singles matches and two of the three doubles flights for the victory.

Junior Rohan Singh (Dearborn, MI/Edsel Ford) lost a 6-3, 6-4 decision at No. 1 singles to Matt Vaulkhard.

At No. 2 singles, junior Mike Davis (Ferndale, MI/Almont) fell 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 to Martin Kardos.

Senior Mikolaj Pontus (Gibraltar, MI/Carlson) recorded a 6-3, 6-2 win over Josef Clark at No. 3 singles.

Sophomore Lech Czerwinski (Birmingham, MI/Seaholm) posted a 6-1, 7-5 triumph at No. 4 singles over Martin Damm.

Junior Hormis Tharakan (Ottawa, ONT/Brookfield) defeated Mario Gruden 6-2, 6-3 at No. 5 singles.

Sophomore Eduardo Carvalho (Santos, Brazil/Colegio Cenaculo) won a 6-1, 6-7 (7-5), 6-4 match at No. 6 singles over Ryan Trela.

UMS first doubles team of Vaulkhard and Clark upended WSU's duo of Davis and Pontus, 8-6.

Singh and Czerwinski won at No. 2 doubles, 8-3, over Kardos and Trela.

Junior Matt Akers (Mt. Clemens, MI/L'Anse Cruese) teamed with Carvalho to post an 8-5 win at No. 3 doubles over Gruden and T.J. Schaefer.

The Warriors will face SIU-Edwardsville on Saturday, March 2.

Wayne State at Missouri-St. Louis Friday, March 1 – 1 p.m.
Final Score: Wayne State 6, Missouri-St. Louis 3
Singles
	WSU	MSL	Winner	Score
1.	Rohan Singh	Matt Vaulkhard	MSL	6-3, 6-4
2.	Mike Davis	Martin Kardos	MSL	4-6, 6-3, 6-1
3.	Mikolaj Pontus	Josef Clark	WSU	6-3, 6-2
4.	Lech Czerwinski	Martin Damm	WSU	6-1, 7-5
5.	Hormis Tharakan	Mario Gruden	WSU	6-2, 6-3
6.	Eduardo Carvalho	Ryan Trela	WSU	6-1, 6-7 (7-5), 6-4
Doubles
1.	Mikolaj Pontus/ Mike Davis	Matt Vaulkhard/ Josef Clark	MSL	8-6
2.	Rohan Singh/ Lech Czerwinski	Martin Kardos/ Ryan Trela	WSU	8-3
3.	Matt Akers/ Eduardo Carvalho	Mario Gruden/ T.J. Schaefer	WSU	8-5