Men's Tennis Wraps Up Michigan Invitational

Oct. 12, 2003

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - In its final tune-up before the regional tournament, Michigan State's men's tennis team completed its second tournament of the fall season Sunday (Oct. 12) at the Michigan Invitational. The Spartans posted a 5-3 doubles record during the final day of competition.

Sunday's action pitted Western Michigan, Michigan, Ohio State and MSU in a slew of doubles matches. Junior Anthony Stefani (Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich.) and sophomore Mike Brown (Portage, Mich.) defeated Michigan's Vineeth Gossain and Steven Peretz, 8-6, in the duo's first match while outlasting Peretz and a new partner, Carey Rubin, 8-2 in the second match.

Meanwhile, State's top pair of senior Eric Simonton (Annandale, N.J.) and junior Cameron Marshall (Louisville, Ky.) escaped with a 9-8 victory over WMU's Dan Grupp and Jose Orozco. Junior Steve Srivastava (East Lansing, Mich.) and freshman Michael Flowers (Memphis, Tenn.) also got on the board, knocking off the Broncos' Justin Kates and Erik Lindroos, 8-4. To round out MSU's day, senior Chris Mitchell (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and junior Andrew Formanczyk (Rochester Hills, Mich.) cruised to an 8-2 victory over WMU's Tom Dennis and Jeff French.

Michigan State welcomes representatives from 34 different teams when the ITA Midwest Regional tournament invades East Lansing beginning with the qualifying singles round Oct. 23.

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Mike Brown

Michael Flowers