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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's tennis team is set to face Illinois Tech in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday, May 10 at 12 PM. 

ROSE-HULMAN NOTES:
* Rose-Hulman enters the match up against Illinois Tech with a record of 14-5 overall this season. 
* The Fightin' Engineers won the HCAC Tournament after defeating Transylvania in the championship match with a final score of 5-4. 
* This is the team's eighth conference championship in the last nine years. 
* Ervin Perkowski leads the team in singles competition with a record of 16-2 overall this season.
* Grant Paradowski also paces the team in singles with a record of 16-7 this year.
* Perkowski also leads the team in doubles wins with 16 this season. Paradowski ranks second with 13 doubles wins.
* Elijah Hadler, Chris Lian, Owen Reynolds, and Rhian Seneviratne have also added 11 doubles wins for the Fightin' Engineers.
* With a win, the Fightin' Engineers will advance to face the #3 team in the country in Case Western Reserve on Saturday, May 11 at 10 AM. 

ILLINOIS TECH NOTES:
* IIT enters the match with a record of 12-9 overall this season.
* The team became NACC Champions after defeating MSOE in the NACC Championship with a final score of 5-0. 
* The Scarlet Hawks have won their last 10 matches heading into the match up with Rose-Hulman. 
* With a win, IIT will advance to face the #3 team in the country in Case Western Reserve on Saturday, May 11 at 10 AM. 

SERIES HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman leads the all-time series between both teams with a record of 2-1 against the Scarlet Hawks.
* Both team faced each other during the regular season with IIT defeating the Fightin' Engineers 6-3.
* Rose-Hulman also faced IIT in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament during the 2018-19 season defeating the Scarlet Hawks with a final score of 5-1.

NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY:
* Rose-Hulman is 2-7 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
* The Fightin' Engineers fell to Luther 5-0 at WashU in 2022.
* The last win for Rose-Hulman came back in 2019 with a 5-1 win over Illinois Tech.
* The Fightin' Engineers also beat Wheaton 5-4 in 2017.
* This is only the third time that Rose-Hulman has not been sent to WashU in the NCAA Tournament. They have played seven matches at WashU, one at Chicago, and one in Nashville.

ROSE-HULMAN RECORDS:
* Ervin Perkowski - 1st in Single-Season Singles Win Percentage (88.8%) (16-2)