Tennis Claims Regional Title, Player of the Year
   Ferris State’s men’s tennis team advanced to the NCAA Division II Championship round for the fourth consecutive season with a 5-2 win over the Wayne State Warriors in the Great Lakes Regional title match held last May at the Racquet and Fitness Center in Big Rapids.
   The Bulldogs victory concluded the 2002-03 campaign for the Warriors, who finished the season with a 26-9 overall record after falling to Ferris State in the regional final for the second straight year.
   Going into the regional championship the Bulldogs, who were ranked 26th in the Omni Hotels/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division II National poll, posted a 5-0 opening-round win versus Shepherd (W.Va.) to reach the final under first-year head coach Kevin Brandalik.
   The Bulldogs, who clinched their seventh overall berth in the national finals round, took part in the 16-team single elimination national championship field, May 8-11 at Sanlando Park in Altamonte Springs, Fla., where they dropped a 5-1 decision to Drury (Mo.). Ferris State concluded its season with an 18-8 overall record.
   Team captain Jan Talian became the first Ferris State player in nine years to be named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year. The league’s nine head coaches participated in the balloting process.
   Talian is the eighth Ferris player and first since Werner Huss in 1994 to claim the league’s highest individual honor. He was one of four Bulldog players to receive all-conference recognition. Junior Francisco Valencia and sophomore Martin Hoch joined Talian as first-team All-GLIAC picks while sophomore Jason Cole garnered second-team laurels for the second consecutive season.
   Talian, a three-time first-team all-conference selection, claimed the 2002 Omni Hotels/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Great Lakes Region Singles Championship and finished league regular-season singles action at 7-0. The two-time ITA Division II Singles and Doubles All-America performer also teamed with Cole to win the regional doubles crown.

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