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Athlete of the Week

by Published: Apr 27, 2012

Tyler Marengo: The Torch sports staff will select a Bulldog student-athlete each week based on ath­letic per­for­mance. Nominations may be sent to torch@ferris.edu. Photo Courtesy by Ferris State Photo Services

Tyler Marengo

FSU Men’s Tennis

Junior

Port Huron/Northern

Bulldog junior ten­nis player Tyler Marengo was selected as this issue’s “Athlete of the Week” after help­ing the FSU men’s ten­nis team upset 13th-ranked Northwood University 5–4 Sunday after­noon to win the 2012 Great Lake Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament crown. It was the men’s ten­nis program’s first con­fer­ence cham­pi­onship of any kind since 1999.

Marengo was a straight-set win­ner at num­ber six sin­gles. He also posted a vic­tory with his part­ner senior Jack Swan at num­ber three sin­gles. This sea­son Marengo is 8–2 over­all in sin­gles play and 10–3 over­all in dou­bles play. As a sin­gles player, he is cur­rently on a five-match win streak, and as a dou­bles player, he is cur­rently on a six-match win streak.

FSU con­cluded regular-season play 13–6 over­all and 8–1 in league play. Their only con­fer­ence loss was to Northwood. Next up for the Bulldogs is the NCAA Division II Men’s Tennis Championship Tournament. The field will be announced April 24 at 8 p.m. (prior to press time).