EAST LANSING, MICH. – Men’s Tennis earned two victories to open the season, dropping just one point between the two matches, taking down Western Michigan 6-1 to start and sweeping Brown 7-0 in the nightcap.
“Great day for the guys today, picking up two wins against some great teams,” head coach Harry Jadun said. “It was a coming out party for our new guys and I’m excited to see where this season is headed for everyone.”
Seniors Guide MSU to Sweep of Brown
MSU’s seniors boosted the Spartans to 2-0 on the day and a perfect start to the season, aiding in five of the Spartans seven points in the sweep of Brown.
To start the night graduate senior Ronnie Hohmann III and freshman Taym Alazmeh teamed up for a 6-2 win while senior Reed Crocker and junior Josh Portnoy clinched a 6-3 win, their firsts of the season, and the doubles point for MSU.
In singles play senior Luke Baylis shined in his first match of the year, winning 6-2, 6-1 in straight sets. Two more MSU sweeps would follow Redshirt Freshman Aristotelis Thanos followed with his first collegiate singles dub (6-2, 6-4) while senior Graydon Lair clinched the Spartan’s victory, winning 6-3, 6-3.
With the score at 4-0 and the win in the bag for the hosts Portnoy used his momentum from a narrow first set tie break win, to handle the second set 6-1. Alazmeh and graduate senior Sebastien Collard, both in their fourth matches of the day, knocked off their counterpart in three sets to secure the first 7-0 sweep of the young season.
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