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Men's Tennis

Alma Falls to Tough Aquinas Squad, 8-1

The Alma College men's tennis team fell to Aquinas 8-1 on Mar. 18 to fall to 2-4 on the season.

Freshman Ahmet Demir continued his winning streak with a 6-2, 6-2 victory at the number one singles spot.

COMPLETE RESULTS
Singles
Ahmet Demir (ALMA) def. Mike Rose (AQ) 6-2, 6-2
Pat Bruinind (AQ) def. Dan Fraser (ALMA) 6-2, 6-1
Pat Grashorn (AQ) def. Chris Noel (ALMA) 6-0, 6-1
Jordan O'Neill (AQ) def. Josh Sanders (ALMA) 6-0, 6-0
Maikel van mastrigt (AQ) def. Ryan Kelly (ALMA) 6-1, 6-0
Jason Beydoun (AQ) def. Tristan Wilson (ALMA) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles
Rose/Bruining (AQ) def. Demir/Noel 8-2
Grashorn/O'Neill (AQ) def. Fraser/Sanders 8-0
van Mastrigt/Beydoun (AQ) def. Wilson/Kelly 8-2

The Scots return to action and MIAA play Tuesday (Mar. 21) when they host Albion College.
 

Posted: Mon, March 20th, 2006 at 11:38AM

 

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Coach Profile

Terry Smith

Terry Smith

Smith graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in Physical Education in 1984. After graduating, Smith got his start in coaching when he was the boy’s basketball coach at Fulton High School while working as a teacher at Ithaca High School. From there he moved to Cedar Springs High School were he coached and taught and won his first district championship in 1987.

The following year, Coach Smith got his first taste of coaching in the college ranks when he was an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ferris State University and was part of the team that won a GLIAC Championship and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA DII Tournament.

After a year at FSU, Coach Smith left for Lake Superior State University where he served for three years as an assistant coach before being promoted to the head coach position in 1991. In five years time, Coach Smith had turned around the LSSU program. In 1996 his team won the first League Championship for LSSU since joining the GLIAC in 1978. During this time, Coach Smith also earned his M.A. in Physical Education from Central Michigan University.

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