March 18, 2004

Sedona, Arizona - The Wayne State University men's tennis team's (20-1) school-record 20 match winning streak to begin the season came to an end Thursday afternoon when the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (7-7), an NCAA Division I team, defeated WSU, 5-2, at the Sedona Racquet Club in Sedona, Arizona.

The match used Division I scoring where the three doubles count for a single point.

Northern Arizona University 5, Wayne State University 2

Doubles

1. Sebastien Foka / Goran Marijan (WSU) def. Thibault Schram/Lew DeLeon (NAU) 8-4

2. Jamie Maxwell/Jeremy Coll (NAU) def. Rohan Singh / Lech Czerwinski (WSU) 8-3

3. Brian Grooms/Ronson Taylor (NAU) def. Miguel Cobbs / Philip Tharakan (WSU) 8-5

Singles

1. Thibault Schram (NAU) def. Sebastien Foka (WSU) 6-2, 6-1

2. Jeremy Coll (NAU) def. Miguel Cobbs (WSU) 6-4, 3-6, ST 10-6

3. Rohan Singh (WSU) def. Jonas Jegers (NAU) 6-4, 4-1 ret.

4. Jamie Maxwell (NAU) def. Goran Marijan (WSU) 6-3, 6-1

5. Lew DeLeon (NAU) def. Lech Czerwinski (WSU) 6-0, 6-2

6. Greg Zilo (WSU) def. Ronson Taylor (NAU) 6-3, 6-2

Coach Rick Cummins comments: "It is good to get out butts kicked. So far we have pulled out all of the close matches. We needed a loss."

WSU has a scrimmage on Saturday against Mesa Community College, before returning to Michigan. The Warriors open the GLIAC portion of their schedule Friday at Ferris State.