The second doubles match, however, didn't completely go Michigan State's way. Junior Josh Portnoy and senior Reed Crocker – who represented the Spartans – had a hard time against Ball State's graduate student Eli Herran and redshirt junior Sajin Smith. Portnoy and Crocker just couldn't find any rhythm, and were out of sync for the first three games. The next six games would be back and forth between them, but it was too little too late for a comeback story as Herran and Smith won the set 6-3.

The third match was highly competitive, showing the true athleticism of both the Michigan State and Ball State players. Michigan State's senior Graydon Lair and graduate student Ronald Hohmann faced off against Ball State's juniors Nathaniel Webster and Mason Tran in an entertaining match between the two duos. The match went back and forth between games, and eventually went into a well-deserved tiebreaker duel. Ultimately, the Spartans took over the tiebreaker with a 7-5 score, which gave Lair and Hohmann the win with a final score of 7-6.

In the singles matches, Michigan State would win three of its matches. Sophomore David Saye, junior Josh Portnoy and junior Max Sheldon won their singles matches convincingly.

Saye went on to beat Sajin Smith 6-3 in both the first and second set. Portnoy beat sophomore Broc Fletcher in two sets, with scores of 6-3 and 6-2.

Sheldon also went on to beat Tran as he won both sets 6-3. However the second set was nearly an upset, as Tran went on a streak to almost win. However, Sheldon put his opponent away in the final game to win the set 6-3. The other three matches went unfinished.

Michigan State won the day with a total score of 4-0. Their next opponents will be Middle Tennessee State and Bellarmine on Sunday, Feb. 4 at 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. for Alumni Day in East Lansing.