SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – Davenport traveled up north for the weekend and opened the trip with a match at Lake Superior State. The Panthers started the weekend on a great note, defeating the Lakers 6-3 to earn their first road GLIAC win of the season. Remy Johansen came ready to play, winning in both singles and doubles. Davenport improves to 4-1 in conference play with the victory and sits in seconds place in the GLIAC.
 
Saturday, April 7 at 10:00 a.m.
Final score: Davenport-6 | Lake Superior State University-3
Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Records: DU (10-5, 4-1) | LSSU (6-7, 1-4)
 
Doubles Competition
The doubles matches tipped in the Panthers favor, outscoring the Lakers 2-1 in the three matches. The team of Marc Lerch and Juan-Louis van Antwerpen won 8-4 in first doubles. In second doubles Jonathan Bulmer and Matthew McClurg fell 8-3. Johansen and Max Hartman won a tight match in the third doubles slot, defeating Joe Gilman and Peter Summers 8-6.
 
Singles Competition
Lerch and Antwerpen lost in their singles matches. Antwerpen lost in second singles and Lerch in first singles. Davenport swept the remaining singles matches, earning them a 4-2 advantage in the singles competition. Michael Digby had the quickest victory in singles, defeating Peter Summers 6-0 and 6-2 in sixth singles. Johansen, McClurg, and Bulmer all had close matches. In third singles McClurg took three sets to get the win, going 6-3, 4-6, and 6-3 to get the 2-1 win. Bulmer took a 7-6 and 6-3 win in fourth singles, while Johansen won 7-6 and 7-5 in the fifth singles spot.


 
Up Next
The Panthers remain up north and travel to Houghton, Mich. to take on Michigan Tech. This match will start around 10 a.m. on Sunday, April 8.
 
Story by: Devin Steiner
 
Photo credit: Tyler Triemstra