Warriors Earn Regional Ranking

The Wayne State University men's tennis team is ranked sixth in the latest Great Lakes Region rankings released on Feb. 27. The Omni Hotels Collegiate Tennis Rankings are administered by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. The first national rankings will be released on March 1.

The Great Lakes region consists of schools in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC), Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) and West Virginia Intercollegiate Conference (WVIC).

The GLIAC is well represented with Northwood rated No. 1. They are followed by Ferris State, Indianapolis, Southern Indiana, West Virginia Wesleyan and WAYNE STATE. Following the Warriors are Shepherd College, Charleston, Missouri-St. Louis and Grand Valley State.

WSU will face Missouri-St. Louis on March 1.

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Wayne State Tops Spring Arbor, 8-1

Freshman Rob Girvin

The Wayne State University men's tennis team improved to 7-1 overall with an 8-1 triumph against Spring Arbor College on Monday, Feb. 25.

Junior Rohan Singh (Dearborn, MI/Edsel Ford) lost a tough three-set match at No. 1 singles, while the Warriors won the other five singles matches and all three doubles matches.

Victories for WSU were recorded by senior Mikolaj Pontus (Gibraltar, MI/Carlson) at No. 2 singles, junior Hormis Tharakan (Ottawa, ONT/Brookfield) at No. 3 singles, junior Mikolaj Lodzinski (Grosse Pointe Park, MI/Grosse Pointe South) at No. 4 singles, junior Matt Akers (Mt. Clemens, MI/L'Anse Cruese Central) at No. 5 singles and freshman Rob Girvin (Armada, MI/Armada) at No. 6 singles.

Winning doubles matches for the Warriors were the No. 1 team of Pontus and Tharakan, the No. 2 team of Singh and Akers, and the No. 3 team of Girvin and Lodzinski.

WSU will play in St. Louis, Missouri this weekend.

Wayne State vs. Spring Arbor College Monday, Feb. 25 - 5pm Ungrodt Indoor Tennis Center, Albion, MI
Final Score: Wayne State 8, Spring Arbor 1
Singles
	WSU	Spring Arbor	Winner	Score
1.	Rohan Singh	Dave Lassanske	SAC	6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4
2.	Mikolaj Pontus	Diego Borges	WSU	6-3, 6-2
3.	Hormis Tharakan	Jared Flick	WSU	6-3, 7-6(4)
4.	Mikolaj Lodzinski	Ben Keaster	WSU	6-2, 6-4
5.	Matt Akers	Josh Britton	WSU	6-0, 6-1
6.	Rob Girvin	Scott Anderson	WSU	6-2, 6-7(6), 6-1
Doubles
1.	Mikolaj Pontus/ Hormis Tharakan	Dave Lassanske/ Jared Flick	WSU	8-4
2.	Rohan Singh/ Matt Akers	Diego Borges/ Ben Keaster	WSU	8-3
3.	Rob Girvin/ Mikolaj Lodzinski	Scott Anderson/ Dan Tippie	WSU	8-2
Coach Cummins Comments: "The 1, 3, and 6 matches were good ones. Lassanske is a solid lefty. He has a good serve and mixes it up well. Tharakan continues to get better. He closed out a match that could have gone three sets very easily. "Girvin improves his collegiate record to 4 wins and no loses. He played a smart 3rd set after getting himself in trouble during the second. Spring Arbor has a nice team. They are well coached but we have played 7 matches so far and they were playing their first match of the year."