GVSU Tennis opens spring season with road wins at Findlay

The Grand Valley State men’s tennis team tallied a season-opening 7-0 win over Findlay Saturday , Feb. 1, at Grand Rapids Racquet & Fitness. All singles players (No. 1 Jack Geissler, No. 2 Jack Dausman, No. 3 Martin Matov, No. 4 Sean Miller, No. 5 Ignacio Morera-Lucas, and No. 6 D.J. Colantone) won their respective matches.

The Grand Valley State women’s tennis team picked up a 5-2 win Saturday, Feb. 1, over Findlay at Grand Rapids Racquet & Fitness. The Lakers won five of the six singles matches en route to the win. No. 1 Vera Griva, No. 2 Taylor Bennett, No. 5 Liv Hanover and No. 6 Olivia Huang all claimed straight set wins, while No. 4 Marija Leko picked up a three-set win. Marily Canellopoulos dropped a three-set contest at No. 3 singles.

The men improve to 1-0 on the year and the women improve to 11-2 on the year.

Two Lakers lead GLIAC basketball in blocks per game

Two Laker post players have excelled at swatting away opponent’s shots this season. As of Feb. 2, both junior Christian Negron and senior Cassidy Boensch lead their respective leagues in blocks per game.

After recording four total blocks against Purdue Northwest and Parkside this week, Negron now leads all GLIAC players with 2.4 blocks per game.

After recording three total blocks this week on the road trip, Boensch now leads all GLIAC players with 3.4 blocks per game, which is a whole 1.1 blocks ahead of the second place player.

VARSITY SCHEDULE

Men’s Basketball: Thursday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m., Home vs Wayne State

Saturday, Feb. 8, 3 p.m., Home vs Ashland

Women’s Basketball: Thursday, Feb. 6, 6 p.m., Home vs Wayne State

Saturday, Feb. 8, 1 p.m., Home vs Ashland

Men’s and Women’s indoor track & field:

Friday, Jan. 7-Saturday, Feb. 8, All Day, Akron Invitational @ Akron, Ohio

Friday, Jan. 7-Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 p.m., Meyo Meet @ South Bend, Ind.

Men’s Tennis: Friday, Feb. 7, 10 a.m., @ Indiana Wesleyan

Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 p.m., @ University of Indianapolis

Women’s Tennis: Friday, Feb 7, 12:30 p.m., @ Indiana Wesleyan

Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 p.m., @ University of Indianapolis