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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's tennis team hits the road to Principia on Saturday, April 6 at 2:30 PM CT for their first road match in nearly a month.

ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman comes in at 8-4 overall and 8-2 against Division III opponents on the season. They have also started a perfect 3-0 in the HCAC.
* The Fightin' Engineers have wins in three of their last four over Manchester, Hanover, and Anderson.
* Grant Paradowski leads the Fightin' Engineers in singles wins this season at 13-5. The freshman Ervin Perkowski has also played lights out with 9 singles wins this season.
* Perkowski also paces the team in doubles wins this season with 11. Chris Lian and Paradowski have added eight and nine doubles wins.
* Owen Reynolds was named the HCAC Player of the Week with a pair of wins in the 8-1 victory over Hanover a couple of weeks ago.
* 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 road on Wednesday, April 10 as they travel to Richmond to take on the Earlham Quakers in an HCAC contest.

PRINCIPIA NOTES:
* Principia comes in at 7-6 overall on the season and 1-0 in the SLIAC.
* The Panthers are coming off a 6-3 victory over Millikin on Tuesday afternoon.
* Principia fell to Anderson 6-3 earlier this season, and Rose-Hulman beat Anderson 9-0 for the lone common opponent between the two teams.
* Jesus Soto Bossa, Nacho Cachaza, and Ernesto Botero are lead the team with eight singles wins at #1, #2, and #3 singles.
* Botero and Cachaza each lead the Panthers with eight doubles wins including a perfect 7-0 record at #2 doubles.
* After playing Rose-Hulman, the Panthers will return to action on Monday, April 8 at 4 PM CT as they visit WashU.

SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time season series 7-3 over Principia.
* The Fightin' Engineers have won six of the last seven meetings dating back to 2009.
* Rose-Hulman has won the last two matches 6-3 in 2022 and 2023.
* Owen Reynolds, Rhian Seneviratne, and Renato Prado all picked up singles wins in last season's meeting.

ROSE-HULMAN RECORDS:
* Ervin Perkowski - 3rd in Single-Season Doubles Win Percentage (78.6%) (11-3)