Women’s tennis team rolls Indiana Wesleyan

The Grand Valley State women’s tennis team continued its strong play in 2015 with an unorthodox 5-0 sweep against Indiana Wesleyan on Friday at Ramblewood Tennis & Health Club in Grandville, Mich.

GVSU romped through doubles play, as no pairing surrendered more than three points in a match. Just two singles matches were scored in the truncated competition, but both of those went to the Lakers, as well. Freshman Abby Perkins (6-0, 6-4) won in the No. 4 slot, while Patterson (6-0, 6-0) easily took the victory at No. 5.

GVSU (20-6), ranked 41st in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings and third in the Midwest before the match, plays next against Indiana (PA) on Saturday. 

Lakers improve to 4-1 in GLIAC play

A trip up north couldn’t shake the Grand Valley State men’s tennis team from its winning ways. 

GVSU (11-4, 4-1 GLIAC) squared off against Lake Superior State on Saturday, dominating LSSU by a tally of 9-0, before notching another convincing victory at Michigan Tech, 8-1.

GVSU swept all three doubles matches at LSSU, the closest of which came in the No. 3 flight, where Jack Heiniger and Quinn Sylow notched a tiebreaker victory. 

One player had to battle through a tiebreaker to earn the win, but the rest of the Lakers dispatched of their opponents in just two sets apiece.

It was more of the same on Sunday at Michigan Tech, where the Lakers won two of their three doubles matches while going 5-0 in singles.