The 2010 season started with such promise, the men’s tennis Huskies opened with wins over Ripon College and Lakeland College before cruising to an 8-1 victory over U.P.-rival Lake Superior State. Lately, it seems that the wheels are falling off the bus, as the Huskies have dropped four matches in a row.
To be fair, the Huskies (6-7 overall, 0-4 GLIAC) have faced the cream of the GLIAC crop, falling to Grand Valley State and Ferris State two weekends ago before losing 5-4 to Wayne State on Friday and 8-1 on Saturday to No. 12 Northwood Timberwolves.
This weekend, the Huskies will travel to Sault Ste. Marie, MI, to face the Lake Superior State Lakers and hopefully get themselves back on the winning track.
The Lakers (5-8 overall, 1-3 GLIAC) has a slight edge over the Huskies heading into the match as they managed to earn a 5-4 win over Grand Valley State back on Mar. 21. Since then, the Lakers have fallen to Northwood, 7-2, and Wayne State, 6-3.
The top performer for the Lakers is sophomore Sergiu Laza at number two singles, where he’s posted an 8-5 record thus far. Junior Pawel Wegrzyn (5-8 overall), has played well at number three singles. Classmate Robert Nelson (6-6 overall) has also played strongly in the number six singles’ spot.
Sophomore Razvan Mag has struggled since taking over the top singles’ position, going 1-12 thus far. The fourth and fifth singles’ slots are filled regularly by junior Brandon Clayton and sophomore Travis Toth.
For the Huskies, junior David Heuer (6-4 overall) was the only Huskies’ player to earn a point from the Timberwolves, defeating Marcus Oliveira at number three singles. He is one of three Huskies with winning records at this point in the season.
Sophomore Luka Stupar lost both of his matches last weekend to fall to 6-7 on the second at number one singles. Sophomore Anders Sandholm earned a win at number two singles against the Warriors, but fell to the Timberwolves’ Frederic Schoelzel. He is now 7-6 on the season overall, and 7-5 in the second slot.
Sophomore Douglas Yossida (7-7 overall, 4-5 at number four singles) earned a three-set win on Friday, but fell on Saturday, to continue his .500 season. Junior Chris Verhulst (7-6 overall) improved to 4-5 at number five singles after winning on Friday.
Senior Tim Viola dropped both matches he played in over the weekend, falling to 6-6 overall and 4-4 while in the number six slot.

After coasting past Northwood on Tuesday, the Huskies will have to take down Lake Superior State on Thursday and then either Northern Michigan or Findlay in the final.

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With a 25-2 regular season behind them, the Huskies’ women’s basketball team began what many are hoping will be a long postseason run. Even though Michigan Tech earned the top seed in the GLIAC Tournament, Tuesday’s quarterfinal opponent, the Northwood Timberwolves, had challenged Michigan Tech to four- and eight-point margins earlier this year. This time was different. The Huskies stormed out of the gates and never looked back, earning a strong 78-52 victory over the injury-depleted T’Wolves.

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The Michigan Tech men’s basketball team came into tonight’s game against Northwood looking to build off its 13-point victory over Northern Michigan last Saturday. If the win against the Wildcats was one step forward, then tonight’s 78-58 loss to the host Timberwolves was two steps backward, as the team shot just 38 percent and got outrebounded 34-29, giving the Huskies their seventh loss in nine games.

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After defeating the Northwood Timberwolves 58-54 just 12 days ago, the Michigan Tech women’s basketball team faced the challenge of a rematch on the road. The Huskies were outshot and outrebounded in the four-point home victory, but they won both those categories (48-35 percent shooting, 38-37 in rebounding), on their way to a 72-64 GLIAC victory, their fourth straight conference win and eighth straight overall to start the season. Only the 1998-99 squad has started with more consecutive victories with 12.

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Everyone is aware of how young and inexperienced the Michigan Tech men’s basketball team is this year, but knowing that does not make it any easier to be patient through the growing pains, which were clearly evident today in the Huskies’ 67-52 loss at the hands of the Northwood Timberwolves.

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It was not easy this time around, as the Michigan Tech women’s basketball team shot just 36 percent from the field and got out-rebounded 41-35, but the No. 1 Huskies proved their resiliency in their first close game of the year, making crucial free throws and making strong defensive stands down the stretch on their way to a 58-54 victory over the visiting Northwood Timberwolves.

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While nobody wants to start out 1-4, Michigan Tech men’s basketball head coach Kevin Luke knows that his young squad is all the more experienced having completed the difficult non-conference schedule before opening GLIAC play at home this week.

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The Huskies are pleased with their 3-0 record so far, but conference play brings new challenges, and Michigan Tech faces a tough opponent right away in Wayne State. The Warriors are 1-3 overall, but the losses were against tough non-conference opponents and the win came against nationally recognized Northern Kentucky, who Michigan Tech knocked off last year, propelling their Cinderella-like run to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight.

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The Huskies’ 38-26 loss to the Northwood Timberwolves in Saturday’s season finale at Sherman Field pretty well sums up a disappointing season for Michigan Tech. The Huskies have battled injuries, poor special teams play and costly turnovers all season. Those factors, along with the Huskies inability to stop the run, prevented Michigan Tech (2-8, 2-8 GLIAC) from beating Northwood (7-3, 7-3 GLIAC) on Saturday.

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