WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Set for a pair of road matches this weekend, the Purdue men's tennis team will square off with No. 7 Ohio State and Penn State on Friday and Sunday, respectively.
MATCH INFORMATION
Purdue (1-3, 1-3) vs. No. 7 Ohio State (6-1, 3-1)
Columbus, Ohio
Friday, March 5 | 3 PM
Purdue (1-3, 1-3) vs. Penn State (0-3, 0-3)
University Park, Pa.
Sunday, March 7 | 11 AM
BOILER NOTES
• Purdue enters the weekend with a 1-3 mark on the year after falling to Michigan State and No. 14 Michigan last weekend at the Schwartz Tennis Center.
• The Boilermakers played without No. 1 singles Mateo Julio and his 2-0 mark against the Wolverines.
• Sebastian Welch is 2-1 on the year and 2-0 when playing at No. 2.
• Purdue trails the all-time series to Ohio State 75-18-2, which dates back to June 2, 1914.
• The Boilermakers' last win against Ohio State was on March 28, 1999.
• Ohio State enters the weekend with a 6-1 mark on the year and 3-0 in Big Ten play, allowing just one point to a conference opponent.
• The Buckeyes have a quartet of ranked singles players in No. 5 Cannon Kingley, No. 11 John McNally, No. 25 Kyle Seelig and No. 80 James Trotter, as well as a trio of ranked doubles pairings.
• Penn State holds a narrow 18-16 lead in the all-time series against the Boilermakers.
• The Nittany Lions have faced a tough stretch to start the year with three straight losses to No. 6 Illinois, No. 25 Northwestern, No. 7 Ohio State.
• Penn State received votes in the recent ITA poll and has the No. 40 doubles team of Christos Antonopoulos and Christian Lakoseljac.
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