Despite an opening round loss to the Wayne State Warriors, the men’s tennis Huskies (10-9 overall) battled to win key matches over the Tiffin Dragons and the Lake Superior State Lakers to finish the GLIAC Tournament with a 2-1 record and a fifth-place finish.
On Saturday, the No. 6 seeded Huskies earned a point in doubles play, but that was all the No. 3 seeded Warriors were willing to surrender as they went on to beat the Huskies, 5-1.
Sophomore Anders Sandholm and junior David Heuer earned the lone Huskies’ point at number two doubles with an 8-4 win over Eric Szydlowski and Thomas Ducret. The duo is 12-5 on the season.
The Warriors earned victories at numbers one, three, and six singles to seal the win.
In their second match of the day, the Huskies took two of the doubles matches from the No. 7 seeded Dragons en route to a 5-2 win.
Sandholm and Heuer cruised to an 8-1 win over Harry Smith and Leo Vladimirov.
Senior Tim Viola and junior Chris Verhulst earned the second Huskies’ point at number three doubles, winning 8-4 over Brian Coffman and Ryan Toporowsky. With the win, the duo is now 10-9 on the season, including an 8-8 record at number three.
Sophomore Luka Stupar earned a straight set victory at number one singles over Luiz Carvalho, 6-4, 6-1. Stupar is now 12-10 on the season, and 10-9 in dual matches.
Sandholm surrendered five games to Smith at number two singles, but that was all he gave up, winning 6-3, 6-2. Sandholm is 10-8 on the season.
Scoring the other Huskies’ point was sophomore Douglas Yossida, who needed extra games in his second set to defeat Vladimirov, 6-4, 7-5. Yossida improved to 10-8 for the season.
The Dragons scored their second point of the match at number six singles as Santiago Revelo earned a three-set win over Viola.
On Sunday, the Huskies were looking for some revenge against the No. 4 seeded Lakers, and they earned in the form of a 5-2 win.
Stupar and Yossida got the Huskies on the board with an 8-4 win at number one doubles over Razvan Mag and Pawel Wegrzyn. The Huskies’ top duo is now 9-11 on the season.
The Huskies earned their second doubles point when Sandholm and Heuer earned their third win of the tournament over Brandon Clayton and Robert Nelson, 8-5.
The Huskies couldn’t earn the doubles sweep as Verhulst and Viola fell to Travis Toth and Sergiu Laza.
Stupar picked up his second point of the day, defeating Mag, 6-3, 6-4, in straight sets.
Heuer earned a victory over Wegrzyn in straight sets by identical 6-4 scores at number three singles. Heuer improved to 10-5 with the win.
Verhulst exacted a little revenge of his own on Toth for the doubles loss with a 6-2, 6-3, win at number five singles. Verhulst is now 9-9 on the season.
The Huskies will now have to wait to see if their strong showing at the GLIACs will earn them a chance at an at-large Bid to the NCAA Regional Tournament. They will be waiting awhile, as the pairings aren’t announced until Wednesday (April 28).

As you look back on the amazing season that the Michigan Tech Women’s Basketball season put together one of the main components were the seniors that truly led this team. One senior in particular led her team especially when it counted the most. During the NCAA Regional Tournament, Danae Danen had the best game of her entire collegiate basketball career and she could not have chosen a better time to do so. With thirty points in the contest, Danae Danen added her name to the massive award list that the Huskies compiled this season by earning the honor of being named the tournament’s most outstanding player.
Love is the word that Danen gave to describe her team this season. “I am going to miss everything and everyone!” is her response now that it is all said and done. In regards to the off-court relationship with her and her teammates, “We get along so great off the court and I think it showed on the court. Sometimes it felt like I knew what someone else was going to do next.” No doubt did it seem like that it showed on the court, as this team became the first ever to break the 30 win mark.
With several records being broken this season, it is only fitting that the basketball team would bring a huge crowd to the SDC Gymnasium during their final home game of the season. “Having that many fans there is amazing. We have loved everyones support and it is so greatly appreciated! It is definitely more fun playing in front of all those people. It almost makes you work harder because you feel as though you don’t want to let them down” is how Danae responded to having the record breaking crowd. Indeed though the team did not let us down as they won their final home game of the season and advanced to the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Elite Eight for the second straight season.
“It was a great experience and a lot of fun. We knew we had something to work towards,” was how Danen summed up the 2009 Elite Eight Experience. The Huskies lost to eventual national champions both years in a row, and to this Danen had this to say, “I think losing to the winners proves a lot about our team and shows people that we could compete against the best of teams.”
Even though the team did not win the NCAA National Championship like they had hoped to, they can definitely not be disappointed one bit on the remarkable season they had. Even with one minute remaining in the contest the Huskies were down but not out. When asked how special that this season was Danae responded, “Very special. We would have liked to go out with a win, but we are all proud of what we have accomplished.” Looking back on her career as a whole at Tech, the one thing that Danen said that was her favorite moment was “Every moment that was spent with my teammates.”

The Michigan Tech Huskies (28-2 overall, 21-2 GLIAC) have been the host school for the GLIAC Championship for three straight years now.   In those three years, the Huskies have also advanced to the championship game each year.  Tonight the Huskies met a team that has already proven that they are capable of beating them.  Earlier this season the Northern Michigan Wildcats (21-9 overall, 16-6 GLIAC) fell to the Huskies 64-59, but beat them in their second meeting 53-47, in Houghton.  With the past behind them, they both entered tonight’s contest with the goal of walking away with the GLIAC Championship.  In a contest that was close all the way to the end, the Huskies eventually proved that hard work pays off, as they were crowed the 2010 GLIAC Women’s Champions.  

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After the strongest fall season the women’s tennis Huskies have ever produced, they sit with a 9-3 record overall heading into the spring portion of their schedule. As of Nov. 6, the Huskies sit 32nd nationally and third in the Midwest Region, behind No. 15 Northwood No. 21 Drury.

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It’s basketball season, and this year the Michigan Tech Men’s Basketball team is gearing up for another great year. In the media poll, the Huskies were picked to finish second in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conference, just behind the Grand Valley State Lakers.

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