Men's Tennis to Play a Pair of Matches this Weekend

Sunday, February 20

Bloomington, Ind.

4:00 PM

Xavier University

Indiana

Men's Tennis to Play a Pair of Matches this Weekend

02.17.22 | Men's Tennis

Musketeers will host Ball State in rescheduled match on Friday, travel to Indiana on Sunday

By: Hayley Schletker, Xavier Athletic Communications

CINCINNATI - Xavier men's tennis takes a four-match win streak into a two-match weekend, opening up with Ball State on Friday, February 18 at 1:00 p.m. at Eastern Hills, rescheduled from February 4. Following the match with the Cardinals, Xavier travels to Indiana to face the Hoosiers on Sunday, February 20 at 4:00 p.m.

Following the match with the Hoosiers, the Musketeers will be back in action on March 4 against Eastern Illinois at Eastern Hills.

BALL STATE

Ball State is 4-2 on the season, picking up wins over Eastern Illinois and Cleveland State to open the season, and Dayton and Butler in their last two match-ups. Cardinals fell to No. 6 Virginia and MTSU at the end of January.
The Cardinals went 17-5 last season, with a 6-4 record in MAC play.
The MAC did not hold a league tournament last season.
Xavier fell 7-0 to Ball State in last season's match-up.

INDIANA

Indiana is 3-3- on the season with wins over Toledo, Bellarmine and Yale and losses to Princeton, ETSU and MTSU. The Hoosiers will face Butler on Sunday ahead of the match with the Musketeers.
The Hoosiers went 7-10 overall and 6-9 in a Big Ten only regular season.
In the Big Ten Tournament, IU picked up a 4-0 win over Wisconsin in the first round before falling 4-0 to Illinois in the Quarterfinals.
Xavier last faced Indiana in 2019-20, a 4-0 loss for the Musketeers in Bloomington.

LAST TIME OUT

Xavier men's tennis picked up a fourth-straight win, topping IUPUI 6-1 on Friday afternoon to move to 4-2 on the season.
Xavier took the 1-0 lead after taking the doubles point. Charlie Temming and Shashank Reddy took the first decision, a 6-2 win on the No. 3 court, their third win as a duo for the season. Diego Nava and Ryan Cahill took the No. 1 court, 7-6 (3) after battling through tie-breakers, moving to 4-2 on the season. Brett Winters and Cambell Nakayama were tied 6-6 on the No. 2 court when the point was decided.
Pascal Mosberger picked up the first singles win to make it a 2-0 Xavier lead, taking the No. 6 court, 6-2, 6-4.
Brett Winters made it a 3-0 lead for the Musketeers, taking a 6-3, 6-4 win on the No. 2 court, his second straight singles win, to move to 4-2 on the season and 2-0 in the No. 2 spot.
Diego Nava, who was rated No. 64 in the most recent ITA Rankings, moved to 6-0 in the season, all in the No. 1 spot after taking the 7-5, 6-2 win, clinching the match with the score at 4-0.
Ryan Cahill made it a 5-0 Xavier lead on the No. 3 court with his fifth singles win of the season, a 7-6 (8), 6-2, moving to 5-1 overall and 2-0 in the No. 3 spot.
Charlie Temming picked up the final point for the Musketeers, taking the No. 4 court with a 3-6, 6-2, 10-1 win for his second singles win of the season.
The final decision came on the No. 5 court, a 7-6 (6), 6-3 win against Marco Pennelli.

THE MUSKETEERS

The Musketeers returned eight letter-winners from last season, including Brett Winters, who competed primarily in Xavier's No. 1 singles spot, as well as regular singles players Cambell Nakayama, Shashank Reddy and Aaron Thompson. Dominic Macaluso, Pascal Mosberger and Jake Zipoli also return for Xavier.
Xavier added five newcomers, including a three-person freshman class, Ryan Cahill, Marco Pennelli and Charlie Temming.
The Musketeers newcomers also included a pair of transfers, Nick Loudermilk from College of Charleston and Diego Nava from Loyola Marymount.