Ferris State Tennis Squads Complete Weekend Sweep With Victories At Hillsdale
Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's and women's tennis teams capped off an unbeaten weekend of action as both teams earned impressive regional road wins over Hillsdale in a Sunday (Feb. 16) sweep.
The Bulldog women's team opened the twin bill with a 6-1 triumph and the men claimed a 5-2 win over the Chargers in Hillsdale. Both teams had defeated another regional foe in McKendree (Ill.) on Saturday in neutral site play in Indianapolis to begin the weekend stretch.
The FSU women's squad claimed the doubles point as the duo of Ana Sofia Hernandez Ferrer and Katherine Earnest took a 6-1 win at the second flight while the pairing of Yara Madi and Aimee Reynoso earned a 7-5 win at the third spot in the lineup.
FSU also won the bottom five singles positions as Hillsdale's lone win came at one singles. Madi earned a straight-set win at two singles and Kennedy Dumas notched a three-set victory at the third spot. Meanwhile, Maria Fernanda Hernandez Ferrer was a 6-2, 6-2 winner at four singles followed by Reynoso at five singles in straight-set fashion. Earnest closed out the lineup with a three-set win at six singles.
In the men's contest, the Bulldogs swept the doubles round. Erik Kovacs and Kevin Kovacs were victorious by a decisive 6-1 margin at one doubles. Additionally, Alessandro Santangelo and Kacper Pasielak teamed up to post a 7-5 win at the second flight and the duo of Milo Leuenberger and Adrian Catahan garnered a 6-2 victory at three doubles.
FSU also won four of the six singles matches to pick up the men's victory. Kevin Kovacs won in straight-sets at one singles and Santangelo did likewise at two singles. Erik Kovacs was a straight-set winner at four singles and Catahan won in two frames at five singles.
The Bulldog women moved to 5-1 overall this year with the weekend sweep and the men are now 4-2 on the year and have won their last four matches in a row.
Both squads will return to action on Friday, Feb. 28, on the road with regional matchups at Walsh (Ohio).
Visit the links below for the complete match results:
Women - https://ioncourt.com/ties/67af69973c78a1ac37bca3ed
Men - https://ioncourt.com/ties/67b236173c78a1ac37ddddb4