Full Results

The Detroit Titans men's tennis team wrapped up its Fall Invitational by taking three singles and a doubles flight. The weekend event was held at Mercy High School in Farmington Hills.

"Overall, I am happy with the way we played all weekend," said head coach Grant Asher. "We have things we need to work on starting with conditioning. We lost some matches that I thought we could have won due to conditioning, but to have the team play and go out there competing for every point was a great way to start the program."

The Titans took the top three singles flights led by junior Pjotrs Necajevs (Riga, Latvia/Herdera Vidusskola) who claimed No. 1 taking both of his matches 6-3, 6-0 and 6-0, 6-2. For the weekend, Necajevs was a perfect 4-0 in singles play and did not drop a set in the process.

"It was good for us as a new team and a new program to play hard," said Necajevs. "We are a young team, but we are very positive and ambitious and our coaches did a great job getting us ready to play."

Freshman Dustin Goldenberg (West Bloomfield, MI/West Bloomfield) was also impressive all weekend long in the No. 3 hole as the rookie took home top honors winning all four of his singles in the two-day tournament, including both of his matches on Sunday 6-4, 6-2.

"It feels great to go 4-0 in my first collegiate event," said Goldenberg. "Coming into the weekend, I felt that I could go undefeated as long as I put my mind into it and worked hard."

Junior Patrick Troy (Beverly Hills, MI/Brother Rice) was the top finisher in the No. 2 flight. Troy split a pair of matches on the day taking his first 4-6, 7-5, 10-5 before falling 6-2, 6-4 in the last match of the day. Troy also teamed with freshman Nick Tolomei (Rochester Hills, MI/Adams) at No. 3 doubles to go a perfect 3-0 on the weekend. The duo took the flight with an 8-3 victory in the morning.

Detroit returns to action on Friday, Sept. 26, as the Titans travel to Valparaiso, IN, to play in the Valpo Fall Invitational.

2008 Detroit Titans Fall Invitational - Flight Winners
#1S - Pjtors Necajevs (Detroit)
#2S - Patrick Troy (Detroit)
#3S - Dustin Goldenberg (Detroit)
#4S - Felipe Gama (IPFW)
#5S - Ryan Vogt (IPFW)
#6S - Luis Maselli (IPFW)
#1D - Maubacq/Moulin (WSU)
#2D - Three-way tie
#3D - Troy/Tolomei (Detroit)