Box Score

Luck had to be on Detroit's side eventually after some tough setbacks, but the Titans made sure that Friday's match would not come down to the end as the red, white and blue rolled past Valparaiso, 7-0, at the Franklin Athletic Club.

“We needed this one bad,” said head coach Grant Asher. “We know what we need to do from here on to play in the Horizon League championships and we started off with a very strong doubles play.”

The Titans (7-9, 1-3 HL) did not drop one match to Valparaiso (2-10, 0-2 HL) and suffered only two losing sets on the night.

UDM cruised in the doubles portion as senior Pjotrs Necajevs (Riga, Latvia/Herdera Vidusskola) and freshman Chris Cheung (Mississauga, ON/Erindale Secondary) won at No. 1, 8-5. Senior Patrick Troy (Beverly Hills, MI/Brother Rice) and sophomore Nick Tolomei (Rochester, MI/Adams) were victorious at No. 2, 8-6, while the freshmen duo of Alex Latosinsky (Sarnia, ON/St. Christopher's) and Cesar Escobar Serrano (Merliot, El Salvador/Educame) posted an 8-4 triumph.

Detroit did not let up at all in singles as Necajevs dispatched his opponent at No. 1, 6-2, 6-0. Latosinsky rallied to win at No. 2, 6-4, 2-6, 10-2, while Troy won easily in the third position, 6-1, 6-4.

Serrano outlasted his foe, 6-1, 2-6, 10-7 in the fourth spot. Tolomei won his match, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 5, while Cheung was a winner in the final spot, 6-2, 7-6 (5).

Detroit will have some time off before their next match at Green Bay on April 11.