Bradenton, Florida – Eastern Kentucky University men's tennis team (20-9, 5-4 ASUN) will play No. 2 Pacific (17-5, 5-3 WCC) in the UTR Sports NIT Championship quarterfinals Sunday at 4:30 p.m. to play against. At the IMG Academy tennis court. EKU will play in the NIT for the first time in program history and its eighth ranked match of the season.
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EKU lost 4-0 to Stetson in the first round of the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship on April 19 and enters the game with a 20-9 record. The Colonels defeated No. 68 Stetson, 5-2. On April 5, they earned their first win in program history against a ranked opponent. The Maroon and White finished 2024 at home with the best record in the nation at 16-0. The Maroon & White picked up wins against Austin Peay, Bellarmine, Queens, No. 68 Stetson and FGCU in ASUN conference play. EKU had a 12-game winning streak from Jan. 31 to March 2, tying the program's longest winning streak. The Colonels ranked him 74th in his ITA his team rankings, the first time in program history that the team was ranked.
Maroon and White are led by Evzen Hollishas a record of 16 wins and 10 losses in single play this season. The Brno, Czech Republic native was named to the All-ASUN first team and was named ASUN Men's Tennis Player of the Week three times this season.
Moritz Mayer He has a record of 16 wins and 11 losses in single play this season. He marked the highest singles win in program history on January 22 by defeating Georgia's Miguel Perez Peña, who was ranked No. 43 in singles. The German Eutingen product won ASUN Men's Tennis Player of the Week for his second time.
Paul Antoine Blazet and Fernando Brunes They also boast 15 and 14 wins in singles, respectively. The Bruns have won five straight in single play. EKU has a record of 93 wins and 75 losses in single play as a team this season.
mario monclus martin and Mayer form the top doubles pair and have a record of 12 wins and 7 losses from the top two spots in the lineup. Meyer leads the team in doubles with 14 wins. The Colonels have earned doubles points in 16 of their past 24 games, giving her a 39-26 doubles record this season.
scouting pacific
Pacific entered with a record of 17-5 but lost to Pepperdine 4-0 in the WCC tournament semifinals. The Tigers are ranked No. 60 in the latest ITA team rankings, highlighted by two wins against No. 69 UTSA on March 15th and No. 13 San Diego on April 7th. Pacific is a team led by Peter Allum in the singles play and boasts 12 wins. -3 record from the top 3 of the lineup. Thiago Silva leads the Tigers with 11 doubles wins. Sunday's matchup will be the first of the all-time series between Pacific and EKU.
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