Ohio Dominican's Carlos Perez Named GLIAC Men's Tennis "Athlete of the Week"

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BAY CITY, Mich. - BAY CITY, Mich. - Ohio Dominican University junior Carlos Perez (Miami, Fla./Barron Callier) earned GLIAC Men's Tennis "Athlete of the Week" honors after going 6-0 this past week in singles and doubles play against  Findlay, Michigan Tech, and Lake Superior State.

GLIAC Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week:

Carlos Perez
Ohio Dominican
Junior
Miami, Fla./Barron Callier
 

Ohio Dominican University junior Carlos Perez had a perfect 6-0 week for the Panthers at #4 singles and #2 doubles. Perez claimed a 6-3, 6-1 victory against Findlay on Tuesday, before claiming a 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory at Michigan Tech on Friday. On Saturday, Perez won his singles matach at Lake Superior 6-4, 7-6. In doubles action, Perez teamed with Greg Dillon to win their three #2 doubles flights by scores of 8-5, 8-4 and 8-5. For the year, Perez is 7-2 in GLIAC singles play and 5-3 in GLIAC doubles play.

GLIAC Men's Tennis Weekly Honor Roll:  Tyler Marengo - FS; Philipp Claus - GV, Sergiu Laza - LS, Aman Gill - WS.

GLIAC Men's Tennis Athletes of the Week:  (3/22) Thomas Ducret - WS; (3/29) Tyler Marengo - FS; (4/5) Philipp Claus - OD.

Ferris State Bulldogs

The Ferris State University men’s tennis team dropped a pair of matches against regionally-ranked foes on the road this past weekend (April 8-9). The Bulldogs suffered a 6-2 loss versus Lewis (Ill.) on Friday (April 8) afternoon to open the two-match trip.  FSU then fell to Southern Indiana by an 8-1 count in Saturday’s (April 9) neutral site tilt at the same location. Ferris State dropped to 12-7 overall this season with the two setbacks. FSU entered this weekend’s play listed sixth in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Midwest Regional Rankings.  USI is presently third with Lewis at number seven overall. The top six teams at the end of the year will earn berths into the NCAA-II Tournament in early May at a campus site to be announced.  The official announcement of this year’s field will be made later this month. Ferris State will next take part in the 2011 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Tournament this weekend (April 15-17) in Midland, Mich.

Findlay Oilers

The University of Findlay men’s tennis team went 0-2 last week to drop to 7-8 on the year and 3-6 in the GLIAC.  The Oilers were defeated 6-3 by Ohio Dominican University on Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio, and on Friday they fell 9-0 to Wayne State University at home.

Grand Valley State Lakers

Grand Valley State is 13-10 on the season with a 7-2 mark in GLIAC play…The Lakers played at Northwood on April 6th but dropped the decision 6-3, although the team split all singles matches over the 21st-ranked Timberwolves…The Lakers are now out of action until the GLIAC Tournament begins on April 15th in Midland, Mich.

Lake Erie Storm

In a match-up of teams gunning for their first conference victory, the Lake Erie College men's tennis team took the day's first match, but visiting Tiffin University won the next eight contests for an 8-1 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) win on Tuesday (April 5) at the Mentor Heisley Racquet Club in Mentor. The Storm fell on the road Friday afternoon (April 8), losing to Lake Superior State University, 9-0, at the Arbuckle Student Activities Center in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Lake Erie then  (1-11, 0-9 GLIAC) stumbled in its final GLIAC match of the season, falling to Michigan Tech University (9-7, 5-3 GLIAC), 9-0, at the Gates Tennis Center in Houghton, Mich. Saturday. The Storm will close their Spring season on Sunday, April 17 when they host Edinboro University in a recently added non-conference match.  Lake Erie won the first meeting between these teams in February, 7-2.

 Lake Superior State Lakers

The Lakers finished out their season at home against Lake Erie and Ohio Dominican. LSSU shutdown Lake Erie, 9-0, ODU defeated the Lakers 5-4. Freshman Josh Houska (Hastings, Minn.) won his first doubles match of his collegiate career against Lake Erie, 8-3, with partner Jack Miller.

Michigan Tech Huskies

The Michigan Tech men’s tennis team put together another win at Gates Tennis Center Friday with a 6-3 decision over Ohio Dominican. Michigan Tech then won its fifth men’s tennis match in a row Saturday at Gates Tennis Center, sweeping Lake Erie 9-0. The Huskies did not surrender more than four games at any flight in improving to 9-7 overall and 5-3 in GLIAC action. Michigan Tech will head Midland, Mich., next week. The Huskies will make up a postponed match vs. Northwood on Thursday (April 14) before taking part in the GLIAC Tournament during the weekend.

Northwood Timberwolves

The No. 21 Northwood University men's tennis team defeated Grand Valley State 6-3 Wednesday afternoon. The Timberwolves' doubles came out and took control of the match early, sweeping all three matches. The two teams then split the six singles matches, with the Timberwolves winning at the No. 1, 4 and 6 positions. Then  Northwood earned a 5-2 victory over Indianapolis Saturday afternoon. The Greyhounds came out strong in singles, earning wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions to take a 2-1 lead heading into singles. But that is when Northwood took over – the Timberwolves won the first set in all six matches and eventually won the top four flights in straight sets. On Sunday the Timberwolves dropped a hard-fought 5-3 match to No. 16 Drury. The match was held at a neutral site in Indianapolis. Northwood falls to 10-4 overall, while Drury improves to 12-2. Northwood got off to a strong start, winning at the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles positions to lead 2-1 heading into singles. But Drury was the better team in singles, earning victories at the top-four flights to earn the win. Florian Boggia led the way for Northwood on the day, going 2-0 overall. The Timberwolves will host Wayne State Wednesday afternoon (April 13). . First serve is set for 2 p.m.

Ohio Dominican Panthers

The Ohio Dominican men's tennis team earned their 3rd conference win of the season on Tuesday afternoon, withstanding a strong fight from the University of Findlay, holding on for the 6-3 win. The Panther’s men's tennis team finished a long three days of travel with a hard fought 5-4 win over host Lake Superior State University on Saturday morning. After a tough 6-3 loss on Friday afternooon to Michigan Tech, ODU took 2-of-3 doubles and 3-of-6 singles to finish GLIAC play with a 4-5 conference record. ODU will return to action on Tuesday, April 12 as they will play host to Cedarville University in a non-conference match with the Yellow Jackets. The match is set to begin at 4 p.m.

Tiffin Dragons

Tiffin went 1-1 in matches against Lake Erie and Wayne State. TU posted a 8-1 win at Lake Erie while falling to the Warriors 8-1…Brian Coffman went 2-0 for the week, posting straight set wins in both singles matches against the Storm and Wayne State.

Wayne State Warriors

The 37th-ranked Wayne State University men’s tennis team moved its record to 15-5 overall and 7-1 in the GLIAC after winning three matches last week. The Warriors started with a thrilling 6-3 triumph over Ferris State last Tuesday. With the Warriors leading 4-3, a win from either Oscar Gamarra (Guayaquil, Ecuador) or Melvin Joseph (Northville, Mich.) in their No. 3 and No. 4 singles bouts, respectively, would clinch the match. Both walked away with victories in three-set tie-breakers. Joseph officially won it for the Warriors, defeating Justin Hermes, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3) before Gamarra capped his fourth straight singles win with a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3) triumph over Steven Roberts. The achievement against the Bulldogs was followed by a 9-0 win at Findlay, and then an 8-1 victory at Tiffin. Despite suffering a setback at No. 3 singles against the Dragons, Gamarra has won five of his last six singles matches including his past six No. 3 doubles matches with partner #Alec Attala# (Clinton Twp., Mich.). The GLIAC regular season championship will be on the line when WSU visits Northwood University (10-4, 8-0 GLIAC) on Wednesday at 2 p.m.