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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's tennis team hosts Franklin College on Saturday morning at a new start time of 10 AM for final home match of the season.

ROSE-HULMAN MEN'S TENNIS NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman comes into the match at 8-8 on the season and 3-1 in HCAC play.  Highlight wins include MIAA opponents Adrian, Calvin and Albion, along with MSOE.
* The Fightin' Engineers are 3-1 in HCAC matches with wins over Anderson (6-3), Earlham (9-0), and Manchester (9-0).
* Grant Paradowski leads the Fightin' Engineers in single wins with 12.
* Rhian Seneviratne and Owen Reynolds have both added double digit singles wins with 10.
* Seneviratne and Reynolds also lead the team in doubles wins with 11.
* Andrew Leonard also comes in over .500 (10-9) on the season in doubles.
* 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 60-1 record in its last 61 matches against HCAC competition.
* 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 will hit the road next Saturday to battle Hanover in the probable HCAC Regular Season Championship game.

FRANKLIN NOTES:
* Franklin comes into the match at 4-10 on the season and 1-2 in HCAC play.
* The Grizzlies come in on a two-game losing streak have lost four of their last five. They play Concordia (MI) on Friday night before traveling to Terre Haute.
* Franklin and Rose-Hulman have four common opponents in non-conference play this season. The Grizzlies fell to Trine 1-8, fell to Greenville 0-9, fell to Adrian 3-6, and fell to DePauw 0-9.
* In those matches, Rose-Hulman fell to Trine 3-6, fell to Greenville 2-7, beat Adrian 5-4, and fell to DePauw 0-9.
* Ezra Schwier leads the Grizzlies with five wins at #4 and #5 singles.
* Owen Pickerill has added four wins at #2 and #3 singles.
* In doubles, Schwier, Nathan Jarboe, and Lucas Densford have all added five wins. 
* After hosting Rose-Hulman, the Pioneers return to the court with a pair of HCAC matches this weekend at Manchester on Saturday and vs Anderson on Sunday.

SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads Franklin 34-9 all-time.
* The Fightin' Engineers are on a nine match winning streak dating back to 2013. A win would tie the all-time series record of 10 straight wins from 1999-2006.
* Franklin won a pair of matches in 2012 and 2013, their only wins in the last 15 matches.
* The first-ever recorded meeting between these teams came back in 1977, an 8-1 win for Rose-Hulman.

HCAC STANDINGS:
1. Hanover (3-0)
T2. Rose-Hulman (3-1)
T2. Transylvania (3-1)
4. Anderson (2-2)
5. Franklin (1-2)
6. Manchester (1-4)
7. Earlham (0-3)