Huskies Upended by Lakers 7-0

HOUGHTON, Mich. - Siddhesh Mahadeshwar and Pinnoo put together a strong doubles performance but in the end, Michigan Tech men's tennis lost 7-0 to Grand Valley State at Gates Tennis Center in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play Saturday. It was the 10th straight loss for the Huskies, who remain winless with two regular season matches left on the schedule. The Lakers took the team doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3, then swept singles, despite an admirable effort by Ricardo Nunez Cuestra at No. 1, who lost 6-3, 6-3 to Martin Matov. Eli Pinnoo pushed Sean Miller to three sets at No. 2 but lost 6-3, 0-6, 3-6. The Huskies failed to pick up more than two games in a set in the other four singles positions.

"You never like to lose of course, but I think we are finally starting to bring the energy that we have needed all season. Now we have a place we can build upon because we are competing hard and learning with every match. I think they can see how much of a difference bringing that fire to a match makes in the outcome."

Michigan Tech (0-10) plays again Saturday at Gates Tennis Center Saturday at 2 p.m. The Huskies are still without top singles player Nikolai Prosjanykyov. 

Scores

Doubles
1. MTU (Mahadeshwar/Pinnoo) def. GVSU (Matou/Oliveira) 6-3
2. GVSU (Shah/Miller) def. MTU (Nunez/Rao) 6-1
3. GVSU (Cossio/Arce) def. MTU (Caviglia/Carbajosa) 6-3
Singles
1- GVSU (Matou) def. MTU (Nunez) 6-3, 6-3
2- GVSU (Miller) def. MTU (Pinnoo) 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
3- GVSU (Cossio) def. MTU (Mahadeshwar) 6-1, 6-1
4- GVSU (Oliveira) def. MTU (Carbajosa) 6-0, 6-0
5- GVSU (Arce) def. MTU (Rao) 6-2, 6-2
6- GVSU (Marera Lucas) def. MTU (Caviglia) 6-2, 6-2

Order of finish: 2,3,1 | 4,3,1,2,5,6