LIVE STATS
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's tennis season continue their 2023 HCAC campaign with a home match with Earlham at 6 PM. The match is currently planned to take place at the Joy Hulbert Tennis Center on the Rose-Hulman campus.
ROSE-HULMAN MEN'S TENNIS NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman comes into the match at 6-7 on the season with wins over a trio of MIAA teams including Albion, Adrian, and Calvin as well as a neutral court win over MSOE on Sunday.
* The Fightin' Engineers picked up a win over Anderson in their HCAC Opener on Wednesday night.
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Grant Paradowski leads the Fightin' Engineers in single wins with ten.
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Rhian Seneviratne is also over .500 in singles at 9-7.
* Seneviratne and
Owen Reynolds lead the team in doubles wins with nine.
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Andrew Leonard has also added eight doubles wins on the season.
* Rose-Hulman enters the season with 7 consecutive HCAC Tournament championships dating to 2015.
* The Fightin' Engineers have appeared in 7 straight NCAA Division III men's tennis tournaments entering the 2023 season.
* Rose-Hulman enters the match with a 58-1 record in its last 59Â matches against HCAC competition.
* The Fightin' Engineers return 2 all-HCAC players (Reynolds and
Paradowski) from the 2022 season. The returnees also include Seneviratne, an honorable mention all-HCAC selection.
* Rose-Hulman enters the season under the direction of first-year head coach
Greg Couch. Couch comes to Rose-Hulman with 5 seasons of college head coaching experience at NAIA Roosevelt University in Chicago.
* Following this match, the Fightin' Engineers return to the road on Saturday afternoon as they visit Manchester.
EARLHAM NOTES:
* Earlham comes in at 0-5 on the season and 0-2 in the HCAC.
* The Quakers have played three common opponents with Rose-Hulman. Earlham fell to Wabash (0-7), fell to Principia (1-8), and fell to Anderson (0-9).
* Rose-Hulman fell to Wabash (2-7), beat Principia (6-3), and beat Anderson (6-3).
* The Quakers are led by Sarthak Sharma and Hyunseong Ahn at #1 and #2 singles.
* After traveling to Rose-Hulman, the Quakers will host Grace Christian on Saturday,
SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads Earlham 20-9 in the all-time series.
* The Fightin' Engineers have won nine straight matches over the Quakers dating back to 2015.
* Not one active player on the Rose-Hulman roster has played the Quakers in a match in their career.