Men's tennis earns weekend split
After defeating No. 65 Samford on Friday, No. 56 IU fell to Virginia, the top-ranked and defending national champion.
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After defeating No. 65 Samford on Friday, No. 56 IU fell to Virginia, the top-ranked and defending national champion.
The Hoosiers will take on Virginia Saturday following their victory over Samford on Friday. The winner will advance to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.
Starting on Friday the 56th ranked Hoosiers will begin competing in Charlottesville, Va. in an ITA kickoff event. The other schools competing in this will be the 65th ranked Samford Bulldogs, the 46th ranked Elon Phoenix and the defending national champions and top ranked Virginia Cavaliers.
No. 56 IU fell 6-1 in Lexington against No. 8 Kentucky on Tuesday, dropping IU to 0-1 for the spring.
On Tuesday afternoon the No. 56 IU men’s tennis team will travel to Lexington, Ky., to take on No. 9 Kentucky. The match will be the first dual match of the season for the Hoosiers, who are coming off an unsuccessful performance in the UCF Invitational to start the spring season.
The Hoosiers began their spring season in Orlando, Fla., this weekend at the UCF Invitational. While the invitational does not technically keep track of team scores, the head-to-head environment will prepare the Hoosiers for what they may see in Big Ten play.
In the final tournament of the fall season for the IU men’s tennis team, sophomore Sam Monette and freshman Stefan Lugonjic traveled to Louisville to compete in the Louisville Invitational.
IU senior Dimitrije Tasic came into the weekend looking to excel and make a deep run in the tournament, and he did just that. Tasic advanced to the finals where he will play fellow senior Mark Kovacs from Purdue.
This weekend the IU men’s tennis team will travel north to West Lafayette to compete in the Big Ten singles championships.