MSU Men's Tennis Team Loses to Western Michigan

Sunday, February 25

Kalamazoo, Mich.

11:00 AM ET

Michigan State University

Western Mich

2/25/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

Feb. 25, 2001

KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Michigan State men's tennis team was defeated by Western Michigan, 7-0, on Sunday, Feb. 25 in Kalamazoo.

Freshman Chris Mitchell (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and sophomore Jimmy McGuire (Columbus, Ohio) took their opponents to a full three sets, only to be defeated. Ryan Tomlinson of WMU defeated Mitchell 6-7, 6-1, 6-2 at the No. 3 singles position, while McGuire was defeated by Ravishankar Pathanjali (WMU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 at the No. 4 singles position.

The Spartans (5-5, 0-2 Big Ten) head to Florida for their spring break trip where they will face Jacksonville University on Tuesday, March 6 and South Florida on Wednesday, March 7.

Western Michigan def. Michigan State 7-0

Singles Results#1 Steve Pillon (WMU) def. Goran Topalo (MSU) 6-2, 6-4#2 Fernando Garcia (WMU) def. Eric Simonton (MSU) 6-3, 6-3#3 Ryan Tomlinson (WMU) def. Chris Mitchell (MSU) 6-7, 6-1, 6-2#4 Ravishankar Pathanjali (WMU) def. Jimmy McGuire (MSU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4#5 Ryan Maarschalk (WMU) def. Mike Hodge (MSU) 6-1, 6-4#6 Christian Brattstrom (WMU) def. Adam Hourani (MSU) 6-4, 6-0

Doubles Results#1 Ryan Maarschalk & Ryan Tomlinson (WMU) def. Mike Jonckheere & Jimmy McGuire (MSU) 8-5#2 Ravishankar Pathanjali & Steve Pillon (WMU) def. Eric Simonton & Chris Mitchell (MSU) 8-5#3 Fernando Garcia & Kai Blache (WMU) def. Goran Topalo & Mike Hodge (MSU) 8-5