Men’s Tennis Back Home, Host East Tennessee State and Illinois State

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Arkansas men’s tennis team return back home to Billingsley Tennis Center for the weekend for a pair of matches. The Razorbacks (6-1) face the ETSU Buccaneers (0-5) on Friday, February 3 at 5:30 p.m. CT and the Illinois State Redbirds (3-3) for a doubleheader on Sunday, February 5 at 11 a.m. CT and 3 p.m. CT.

Last weekend, the Razorbacks split a pair of matches at the ITA Kickoff Weekend on the campus of the University of Michigan. In the first match, Arkansas fell to No. 24 Northwestern but grabbed a 4-1 over Cal Poly to end the weekend on a high note. Junior Melvin Manuel is leading the team on a five-match win streak, going 5-0 to begin the dual season.

The Buccaneers come to Fayetteville off of a 6-1 loss to Air Force and falling 4-3 to Abilene Christian. ETSU saw singles wins in the bottom portion of their lineup versus Abilene Christian, with victories on courts four, five and six. Dimitri Badra leads the team with one win at the No. 1 position and in doubles, Peter Kolocsai and Thiago Pernas lead with a 3-0 record going 2-0 at the No. 2 spot.

The Redbirds started out their season 3-0 with wins over UIC, IUPUI and Chicago State but then suffered three straight losses to Ball State, Butler and Illinois to move to 3-3. Illinois State will travel to Fort Smith to face Arkansas-Fort Smith before making the trip to Fayetteville. In the No. 6 position, Tim Ostro leads the team with a 3-0 record and was the only point for the Redbirds in their match against Illinois.

Admission is free and live stats and video is available on the men’s tennis schedule page.

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