BIG RAPIDS, Mich. - The Lake Superior State men's tennis team suffered a 9-0 sweep at the hands of Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference frontrunners Ferris State on Saturday at the FSU Racquet and Fitness Center in Big Rapids, Mich.
The No. 36 ranked Bulldogs (14-4, 4-0 GLIAC) swept the doubles portion, highlighted by a No. 2 doubles victory from Till von Winning and Daniil Tarantinov over LSSU's Jake Prime and Luis Valderrama. Prime and Valderrama had won nine straight matches in the No. 2 slot coming into Saturday's matchup but saw their unbeaten streak come to an end.
FSU also swept the singles portion, three of which ended with 6-0, 6-0 scores. The closest singles match came in the No. 3 slot with Ieuan Lister falling 6-1, 6-3.
The Lakers are now tied for eighth place in the GLIAC with Findlay and Hillsdale with a 1-4 conference record this season. LSSU caps the weekend road trip by facing Grand Valley State at 10 a.m. start on Sunday.
| Singles competition |
| 1. Vasil Surduk (FS) def. Jake Prime (LSMT) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 2. Till von Winning (FS) def. Borja Font (LSMT) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 3. Nur Adim Ramdani I. (FS) def. Ieuan Lister (LSMT) 6-1, 6-3 |
| 4. Steward Sell (FS) def. Luis Valderrama (LSMT) 6-2, 6-0 |
| 5. Daniil Tarantinov (FS) def. Miles Munro (LSMT) 6-1, 6-0 |
| 6. Simon Levy (FS) def. TJ Myers (LSMT) 6-0, 6-0 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Vasil Surduk/Nur Adim Ramdani I. (FS) def. Hunter Koster/Ieuan Lister (LSMT) 8-2 |
| 2. Till von Winning/Daniil Tarantinov (FS) def. Jake Prime/Luis Valderrama (LSMT) 8-5 |
| 3. Steward Sell/Alex Brown (FS) def. TJ Myers/Borja Font (LSMT) 8-1 |
| Match Notes |
| Lake Superior State 5-8, 1-4 GLIAC |
| Ferris State 14-4, 4-0 GLIAC; National ranking #36; Regional ranking #2 |
| Conference Match |
| T-3:30 A-50 |