WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men's tennis team will look to build some momentum this weekend, traveling to Minnesota to take on the Golden Gophers on Friday, and visiting Wisconsin to battle the Badgers on Sunday.
MATCH INFORMATION
Purdue (1-8, 1-8) at Minnesota (5-4, 5-4)
Minneapolis, Minn.
Friday, March 26 | 6:30 PM
Purdue (1-8, 1-8) at Wisconsin (3-7, 3-7)
Madison, Wisc.
Sunday, March 28 | 1 PM
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers will look to bounce back from a weekend in which they dropped two matches, both against ranked Big Ten opponents. Tomasz Dudek provided the lone point for Purdue on the weekend in a super tiebreaker on Sunday, defeating No. 9 Illinois's Kweisi Kenyatte 4-6, 6-4, 10-4 at No. 6 for his first singles win of the season.
BOILER NOTES
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MATCH INFORMATION
Purdue (1-8, 1-8) at Minnesota (5-4, 5-4)
Minneapolis, Minn.
Friday, March 26 | 6:30 PM
Purdue (1-8, 1-8) at Wisconsin (3-7, 3-7)
Madison, Wisc.
Sunday, March 28 | 1 PM
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers will look to bounce back from a weekend in which they dropped two matches, both against ranked Big Ten opponents. Tomasz Dudek provided the lone point for Purdue on the weekend in a super tiebreaker on Sunday, defeating No. 9 Illinois's Kweisi Kenyatte 4-6, 6-4, 10-4 at No. 6 for his first singles win of the season.
BOILER NOTES
- The Boilermakers are looking to halt an eight-match skid with a win this weekend on the road.
- Mateo Julio will look to take back his winning record on the season this weekend after a loss on Sunday moved him to 3-3 in singles play.
- Minnesota has won four of their last five matches after going 1-3 in their first four on the season.
- Purdue is 11-54 all-time against Minnesota, but have had recent success against the Golden Gophers, claiming four of the last seven contests.
- Minnesota holds no ranked singles players, but carries the No. 4 doubles pairing in the nation in Siim Troost and Vlad Lobak.
- Wisconsin has won two of their last three matches after going 1-6 in their first seven matches on the season.
- The Boilermakers have had recent success against Wisconsin, winning in five of their last seven matches.
- Wisconsin carries two ranked singles players in No. 86 Robert Krill and No. 104 Gabriel Huber.
- Purdue's two weekend opponents faced off earlier this season on March 6th in which No. 47 Minnesota defeated Wisconsin 5-2.
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