April 13, 2008

Box Score

Erie, Pa. - The Mercyhurst men's tennis team closed out the regular season with an 8-1 loss to Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (GLIAC) opponent No. 42 Grand Valley State Sunday at Pennbriar Athletic Club.

With the loss, Mercyhurst completes the GLIAC in fifth place and will meet No. 4 seed Wayne State in the first round of the GLIAC Tournament. Grand Valley State will likely finish as the No. 3 seed.

Tim Hansson and Mateusz Przybysz picked up an impressive victory at No. 1 doubles, defeating Tony Dang and Patryk Polus 8-6. Dang and Polus are ranked fifth in the Great Lakes region. Grand Valley won the other two doubles matches and swept the six singles matches.

Hansson battled Dang at No. 1 singles, taking the first set to a tiebreak before losing 7-6 (7-3), 6-3. Przybysz was even more competitive, taking both of his sets to a tiebreak at No. 2 singles before losing to Renato Tamashiro 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-2). Adam Marnik and Ronald Heurich lost by identical 6-4, 6-3 scores and Kyle King lost a hard-fought 6-3, 7-5 match at No. 6 singles.

Grand Valley State improves to 17-4 overall and 5-2 in the GLIAC, while Mercyhurst falls to 6-8 overall and 3-4 in conference play. The Lakers will meet Wayne State Saturday at 10 a.m. in Midland, Mich. The second round of the GLIAC Tournament begins at 2 p.m. Saturday and the finals will take place Sunday at 9 a.m.