April 22, 2007

MIDLAND - During the first day of competition at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Championships held Saturday at the Midland Tennis Center, LSSU lost 5-0 to top-seeded Northwood and fourth-seeded Ferris State.

LSSU (2-16) wraps up the 2006-07 season with a seventh-place match today. Northwood, ranked No. 19 nationally, improved to 12-3 overall, while Ferris State improved to 9-7.

Northwood 5, LSSU 0
Singles results: 1. Teddy Mebounou (NU) v. Matt Earley, unfinished; 2. Henryk Seeger (NU) v. Craig Baas, unfinished; 3. Olivier Brignoli (NU) v. Steve Demps, unfinished; 4. Marius Broke (NU) v. Dan Stam, unfinished; 5. Steve Beatty (NU) def. Kyle Waisanen, 6-0, 6-0; 6. Alex Fontaine (NU), won by default.

Doubles results: 1. Mebounou-Broek (NU) def. Early-Baas, 8-2; 2. Brignoli-Seeger (NU) def. Demps-Stam, 8-0; 3. Beatty-Fontaine (NU), won by default.

Ferris State 5, LSSU 0
Singles results: 1. Akshay Chellappa (FS) v. Earley, unfinished; 2. Bryan Karazia (FS) v. Baas, unfinished; 3. Brian Anderson (FS) def. Demps, 6-0, 6-0; 4. Kevin Brundle (FS) v. Stam, unfinished; 5. Jeremiah DeJose (FS) v. Waisanen, unfinished; 6. Nick Andres (FS), won by default.

Doubles results: 1. Akshay-Anderson (FS) def. Earley-Baas, 9-7; 2. Brundle-DeJose (FS) def. Demps-Stam, 8-3; 3. Karazia-Andres (FS), won by default.