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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (4/28/18) – The Detroit Mercy men's tennis team captured the program's first regular season title earlier this season and with a 4-0 win over No. 4 Green Bay on Saturday, the Titans will have their first crack at a Horizon League Tournament Title.
Standing in the way of the berth into the NCAA Tournament is No. 2 Cleveland State, who tied the Titans conference mark of 6-1 to split the regular season title and also advanced to the championship round, winning 4-0 versus No. 3 Youngstown State on the other side of the bracket.
The Championship will be decided at 2 p.m. on Sunday from Schwartz Tennis Center on the Purdue University campus. The match can be streamed live on ESPN+.
To reach the title round, Detroit Mercy avenged their only conference loss with a win over Green Bay in the semifinals.
Freshmen
Gvidas Motuzas and
Alvaro Arce drew first blood with a 6-3 win at #3 doubles, but the Phoenix answered with a win at #1. The doubles point would come down to court two, where senior
Nathan Ponton and
Luka Soskic prevailed in a tough 7-6 decision.
With the early 1-0 lead, the Titans went to work in singles and picked up three straight wins to seal the win.
Junior
Artem Vasheshnikov was sharp on the top singles line and picked up a win in straight sets, 6-2 and 6-2 over fellow First Team All-HL honoree Florian Kraenzler.
Arce followed with a convincing 6-3, 6-2 win at #6 and Ponton closed it out with a 6-4, 6-2 win at #2 over James Ling.
In the three unfinished matches, the Titans led in two and were tied in the third.
Soskic picked up a 7-5 win in the opening set and was trailing 1-2 in the second frame at court three and Motuzas was ahead 6-4, 5-2 at #5 when the match was called.
Detroit Mercy improves to 15-9 with the win, increasing its program best single season win total to 15. The Phoenix, meanwhile, see their season wrap up at 12-10.
The Titans will look for the first HL Tourney title and NCAA Tournament berth in program history tomorrow at 2 p.m. against No. 2 Cleveland State.
Sunday's championship match will be broadcast live on ESPN+ at the link atop this page.
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TICKETS
Prices for each day:
$7 Adults
$5 Youth (18 & younger) & Seniors (65 & older)
Horizon League students FREE with valid student ID
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DIRECTIONS
Schwartz Tennis Center
1324 McCormick Road | West Lafayette, IN 47906 | 765-494-3600
The Schwartz Tennis Center is located near the intersection of McCormick Road/St. Rd. 526 and Cherry Lane, just north of the Purdue campus. Free parking is available at the tennis center.
