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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's tennis team returns to Joy Hulbert Tennis Center for their first outdoor home match of the season on Saturday, March 16 as they host the Hanover College Panthers at 12 PM.

ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman comes in at 6-4 overall and 6-2 against Division III opponents on the season.
* The Fightin' Engineers picked up the 9-0 win in their first HCAC match of the season against Manchester on Saturday. They fell to DePauw on Wednesday by a score of 8-1.
* Rose-Hulman finished their spring trip at 2-2 overall with wins over Alma and Wartburg and losses to Davenport and Warner.
* Grant Paradowski leads the Fightin' Engineers in singles wins this season at 11-4. The freshman duo of Ervin Perkowski and Chris Lian have also played lights out with 7 and 6 singles wins this season.
* Perkowski also paces the team in doubles wins this season with nine. Lian and Paradowski have added seven doubles wins.
* Rose-Hulman had its streak of seven consecutive HCAC Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances snapped last year after falling in the HCAC Semifinals. They finished the 2022-23 season at 10-10 with a 4-2 record in the HCAC.
* The Fightin' Engineers will return to the court on Saturday, March 23 at 12 PM as they host the Anderson Ravens at the Joy Hulbert Tennis Center.

HANOVER NOTES:
* Hanover comes in at 4-3 and 1-0 in the HCAC.
* The Panthers beat Manchester 8-1 with a loss at #2 doubles, while Rose-Hulman beat the Spartans 9-0.
* Hanover beat Wittenberg 6-3 with losses at #2 doubles, #1 singles, and #3 singles, while Rose-Hulman beat the Tigers 9-0.
* The Panthers fell to DePauw 9-0, while Rose-Hulman lost 8-1 to the Tigers with a win at #1 singles.
* Charley Williams and Ilya Gromochenko lead Hanover in singles wins this season with three.
* Joey Keal and Williams pace the Panthers with four wins in doubles on the year.
* Hanover returns to action on Saturday, March 23 as they host the Transylvania Pioneers.

SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series 24-4 over Hanover.
* The Fightin' Engineers won 14 consecutive matches from 2008 to 2018.
* Hanover won the last contest between the two teams with a 5-4 win at Hanover last season.
* Rose-Hulman picked up wins from Grant Paradowski and Andrew Leonard in singles last season as well as Owen Reynolds, Rhian Seneviratne, Renato Prado, and Jonathan Stadler in doubles.