GREENTOWN, Ind. – No. 17 Indiana Wesleyan University men’s tennis fell to Grand Valley State 5-2 in their first match of the Spring on Friday. The 2-5 loss was the first of the year for the Wildcats having finished the fall season with an 18-0 record. After losing the doubles point the Wildcats were outscored 4-2 in singles play with three of those losses coming in the third set. The Wildcats are now 18-1 on the season. The match took place at the Howard County Tennis Center in Greentown, Ind. 

MATCH VITALS

• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan vs. Grand Valley State 2-5
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 18-1   |   Grand Valley State 2-0
• Location:   Howard County Tennis Center   |   Greentown, Ind.

DOUBLES

• No. 1:  Grant Esposito/Isaac Steiner (IWU) vs. Dausman/Matov (GVSU) 5-7
• No. 2:  Eli Steiner/Mariano Jalif (IWU) def. Geissler/Colantone (GVSU) 6-3
• No. 3:  Diego Freire/Riley Worland (IWU) vs. Miller/Rhoades (GVSU) 2-6

SINGLES

• No. 1:  Eli Steiner (IWU) def. Dausman (GVSU) 6-4, 6-3
• No. 2:  Diego Freire (IWU) vs. Geissler (GVSU) 1-6, 3-6
• No. 3:  Isaac Steiner (IWU) vs. Matov (GVSU) 6-2, 6-7, 6-10
• No. 4:  Grant Esposito (IWU) vs. Miller (GVSU) 4-6, 6-3, 5-10
• No. 5:  Mariano Jalif (IWU) def. Morera-Lucas (GVSU) 7-6, 6-2
• No. 6:  Alex Serwatka (IWU) vs. Colantone (GVSU) 6-4, 6-7, 14-16

UP NEXT FOR MEN’S TENNIS

• Indiana Wesleyan men’s tennis heads to Lima, Ohio for the UNOH Invite February 14-15th. The Wildcats face Cumberland (Tenn.) at 4 PM on Feb. 14. 

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