Northwood Downs Wayne State, 5-1, in 2011 GLIAC Men's Tennis Tournament Final

MIDLAND, Mich. - Northwood University claimed the 2011 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Men's Tennis Tournament title by defeating Wayne State University, 5-1, on Sunday at the Midland Community Tennis Center.  This marked the second consecutive year that the Timberwolves have downed the Warriors in the tournament final.

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Northwood, ranked 21st nationally, had already claimed its 17th straight GLIAC Championhip by posting a perfect 9-0 mark during the regular season title, which included a 9-0 win over Wayne State earlier in the week.

The Timberwolves held a 2-1 lead after the doubles competition.  The NU team of Antoine Pangaud and Valentin Bayle defeated WSU's Aman Gill and Melvin Joseph, 8-5, at No. 1 doubles, while NU's Marcus Oliveira and Marius Wahlier downed Wayne State's Thomas Ducret and Michael FitzGerald, 8-2, at No. 2 doubles.

Wayne State's lone victory in the match came at No. 3 doubles where the team of Oscar Gamarra and Alec Attala defeated NU's Jean Menard and Florian Boggia, 8-6.

Northwood picked up singles wins at No. 3 where Menard took down FitzGerald, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 5 singles where Oliveira beat Joseph, 6-2, 6-2, and at No. 6 singles where Boggia defeated WSU's Eric Szydlowski, 6-3, 6-2.

The T-Wolves, who earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II tournament,  improve to 15-4 on the season, while the Warriors drop to 17-7.

In the tournament's third-place match, Ferris State University downed Grand Valley State University, 5-1.  Michigan Technological University claimed the fifth-place match with a 5-0 decision over Lake Superior State University, while the University of Findlay took the seventh-place match over Tiffin University, 5-1.