Tiffin University (6-14) could not break their losing streak, falling to Northwood 8-1 in another GLIAC matchup.
1st Doubles
TU - Ludena/Almeida vs. NU - Sebastian Eguez/Austin Woody
TU played well at 1st Doubles, but couldn't come up with a win, losing to Eguez and Woody 5-8. TU's Ludena and Almeida played a solid match contrary to the score, but couldn't find the correct formula to win.
2nd Doubles
TU - Lezama/Frery vs. NU - Konstantin Zhukov/Henrik Hellbe
The lone victory for the Dragons came at 2nd Doubles where Frery and Lezama got back on track to add another victory to the win column 9-7. It took a few extra games to accomplish the feat, but TU's freshmen duo was able to defeat NU's Zhukov and Hellbe to give the Dragons their first and only point of the match.
3rd Doubles
TU - Mangone/Fernandes vs. NU - Felipe C.Bastistella/Salikh Gilmutdinov
Another close doubles match went south as Mangone and Fernandes lost a close 6-8 decision. The match was decided by a lone break of serve and that proved to be the turning point of the match.
1st Singles
TU - Luis Ludena vs. NU - Sebastian Eguez
A different 1st Singles player for Northwood took on Ludena. Despite Northwood's previous 1st Singles player Jean Menard graduating, Eguez was up to the task of taking on Ludena who lost in straight sets 1-6, 3-6 after coming off of his foot injury.
2nd Singles
TU - Pierre Frery vs. NU - Salikh Gilmutdinov
Pierre Frery stepped up into the 2nd Singles spot, but fell to NU's Gilmutdinov 4-6, 2-6. Frery has had a tough season with most of his matches having at least one close set in them. Following suit he lost after a close first set, but fell hard in set two.
3rd Singles
TU - Elio Lezama Perez vs. NU - Austin Woody
In a surprising loss, TU's Lezama lost 1-6, 1-6 to NU's Woody. The loss was quick and quite shocking, but the lone bright side is Lezama is only a freshman and is seeing what he has in store for him as he continues his career at TU.
4th Singles
TU - Agustin Magone vs. NU - Konstantin Zhukov
Mangone was bumped up to the 4th Singles spot against Northwood where he posted a loss to Zhukov. Mangone lost 1-6, 1-6 in a match similar to Lezama's. Both losses were shocking due to the scores being so lop sided, but Mangone is playing up a spot from previous years which certainly makes a difference.
5th Singles
TU - Nicholas Almeida vs. NU - Felipe C.Bastistella
In possibly the closest singles match of the day for the Dragons, Almeida lost 5-7, 3-6 to C. Bastistella. Almeida played a very tight first set which was decided by a lone break of serve. After battling the entire set, C. Bastistella was able to pull out a few key points which gave him a huge 1 set lead. That confidence carried over into the second set and certainly pushed him towards his second set victory.
6th Singles
TU - Victor Fernandes vs. NU - Tanini Kader
TU's captain lost a 1-6, 2-6 decision to NU's Kader. Fernandes played tough, but the captain for the Dragons couldn't handle the freshman for Northwood. Both players played tough, but the ball doesn't always bounce your way and it certainly bounced in favor of Kader on this day.
