Complete Results
TOLEDO, Ohio (9/30/17) – The University of Detroit Mercy men's tennis team wrapped up competition at the 2017 Rocket Invite on Saturday evening from the Buckeye State.
As a team, the Titans went 11-5 in singles and 3-1 in doubles at the two-day tournament hosted by the University of Toledo.
Senior
Nathan Ponton and freshman
Luka Soskic were named to the All-Tournament Team after the pair went undefeated in both singles (3-0) and doubles (2-0).
Junior
Adam Zychowicz went 3-1 in the city limits of his hometown, while freshman
Alvaro Arce went 2-1 in solo play.
The Titans competed against Case Western during Friday's opening round of singles, before playing doubles against Western Michigan later in the day. Detroit Mercy closed out the tournament against Toledo and Wayne State on Saturday.
Titan Results:
Singles
Soskic (3-0) - All-Tournament Team
- Defeated Aris Jhavesi (Case Western) 6-1, 6-1
- Defeated Reid Teatsorth (Toledo) 6-2, 6-1
- Defeated Niklas Kracz (Wayne State) 6-1, 1-6, 10-8
Ponton (3-0) - All-Tournament Team
- Defeated Earl Hsieh (Case Western) 6-0, 6-1
- Defeated Danilo Vukotic (Toledo) 6-4, 7-5
- Defeated Taylor Vane (Wayne State) 6-2, 6-3
Zychowicz (3-1)
- Defeats William Gries (Case Western) 6-1, 6-1
- Defeats Juan Carranza (Toledo) 7-5, 6-3
- Defeats Daniel Kellenbenz (Wayne State) 6-0, 6-0
- Defeated by Svjeticic (Western Michigan) 1-6, 6-7
Arce (2-1)
- Defeated Oludayo Areke (Case Western) 6-7, 6-2, 10-2
- Defeated by Thawin Suksathaporn (Toledo) 6-2, 5-7, 5-10
- Defeats Jason Potter (Wayne State) 6-2, 5-7, 10-7
Gvidas Motuzas (0-3)
- Defeated by Rajeev Laungani (Case Western) 4-6, 6-3, 8-10
- Defeated by Vince Anzalone (Toledo) 4-6, 5-7
- Defeated by Harvey Reed (Wayne State) 4-6, 5-7
Doubles
- Ponton/Soskic defeated Hsieh/Jhavesi (Case Western) 6-3
- Arce/Zychowicz defeated Areke/Austin (Case Western) 6-3
- Ponton/Soskic defeated Heckman/Haupt (Western Michigan) 6-3, 6-3
- Arce/Motuzas defeated by Faveri/Schnobel (Western Michigan) 7-6, 4-6, 8-10
