Final 2013-14 MIAA Men's Tennis Report

Thursday, May 22
NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Singles Championships at Claremont, Calif. - First Round
Abhishak Alla, Carnegie Mellon, Pa. def. Branden Metzler, Kalamazoo, 6-3, 6-1

NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Tournament
Saturday, May 10 - Second Round at Pittsburgh, Pa.
Case Western Reserve, Ohio 5, Kalamazoo 0 Results

Friday, May 9 - First Round at Pittsburgh, Pa.

Kalamazoo 5, Grove City, Pa. 0 Results

 

Friday, May 2- Championship
#1 Kalamazoo 5, #2 Hope 0 Results

Thursday, May 1 - Semifinals
#1 Kalamazoo 5, #4 Albion 0 Results
#2 Hope 5, #3 Adrian 3 Results

* Kalamazoo vacated MIAA regular season and tournament championships

All-MIAA Honors

Most Valuable Player
Branden Metzler, Kalamazoo
(freshman from Rockford, Ill./Auburn HS)


Allen B. Stowe Memorial Award

Josh Gove, Alma
(senior from St. Johns/St. Johns HS)


Lawrence Green Scholar-Athlete Award
John Strikwerda, Calvin
(senior from Holland/Holland Christian HS)

All-MIAA First Team
Branden Metzler, Kalamazoo* (freshman from Rockford, Ill./Auburn HS)
Peter Rothstein, Kalamazoo** (senior from West Bloomfield/West Bloomfield HS)
Eric Guindi, Albion* (freshman from Plymouth/Detroit Catholic Central HS)
Caleb Knust, Trine** (sophomore from Plainfield, Ind./Plainfield HS) 
Parker Bussies, Hope* (senior from Zeeland/Zeeland West HS)
David DeSimone, Kalamazoo* (junior from Bettendorf, Iowa/Bettendorf HS)

All-MIAA Second Team
Jonathon Gurnee, Albion (sophomore from Midland/Dow HS)
Josh Gove, Alma (senior from St. Johns/St. Johns HS)
Mike Korn, Kalamazoo (senior from Rochester Hills/Birmingham Brother Rice HS)
Jordan Verbauwhede, Adrian (sophomore from Whitelaw, Wis./Lincoln HS)
Joey Loselle, Adrian (freshman from Wyandotte/Roosevelt HS)
Loukas Peterson, Calvin (senior from Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood HS)

*- denotes number of years First Team All-MIAA

Meet Results

Friday, April 25-Saturday, April 26
MIAA Flighted Tournament at Hope
A Singles Flight Final:
Parker Bussies, Hope, def. Eric Guindi, Albion, 4-6, 6-1, 10-4
B Singles Flight Final: Eric DeWitt, Kalamazoo def. David Richter, Albion, 4-6, 6-2, 10-1
C Singles Flight Final: Alberto Ayala, Kalamazoo def. Camden Ludlow, Hope, 7-6 (7-0), 6-4
A Doubles Flight Final: Eric Guindi/Jonathan Gurnee, Albion def. Jordan Verbauwhede/Joey Loselle, Adrian, 9-8 (7-5)
B Doubles Flight Final: Joshua Gove/Jared Guy, Alma def. Chris Tippett/Ben Johnson, Hope, 8-3

Complete Results

Player of the Week Honor Roll

Week #1 - Eric Guindi, Albion
Week #2 - Branden Metzler, Kalamazoo
Week #3 - Peter Rothstein, Kalamazoo
Week #4 - Jordan Verbauwhede, Adrian
Week #5 - Eric Guindi, Albion
Week #6 - Caleb Knust, Trine
Week #7 - Branden Metzler, Kalamazoo
Week #8 - Joey Loselle, Adrian
Week #9 - Caleb Knust, Trine
Week #10 - Jonathan Gurnee, Albion
Week #11 - Parker Bussies, Hope