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After concluding its regular season, the Nebraska men’s tennis team will head to Ojai, California, this week to compete at the Big Ten Men’s Tennis Tournament at Libbey Park. The Huskers (11-13) enter as the 10th seed to take on No. 7 seed Michigan (13-9) in a first-round matchup on Wednesday, April 22 at 4 p.m. (CT) in the single-elimination tournament.
Nebraska hopes to take a match back from Michigan after the Huskers fell 4-1 earlier in the season vs. the No. 52 Wolverines. In that match, Michigan won the doubles point taking wins at No. 1 and 3 doubles and then winning three singles matches to take the match. Nebraska was able to get a point on the board after a two-set win from freshman Jeri Lassila at No. 3 singles.
NU is making its 14th Big Ten Tournament appearance in a row and looks to make the quarterfinals for the sixth straight season.
The Rankings
Nebraska enters the Big Ten Tournament at No. 64 in the ITA National Team Rankings. After a split weekend taking its match vs. Penn State, 4-2 but falling to No. 2 Ohio State, 4-0, the Huskers dropped from No. 61 to No. 64. In singles, Nikolay Sysoev jumps up to No. 117 after a 1-1 weekend and a 10-13 record. New to the rankings is the doubles pair of seniors Joan Torres Espinosa/Leo Linquet who come in at No. 78 after a 2-0 weekend and an upset over the No. 35 duo of Alex Okonkwo/Alexander Bernard of Ohio State. The Husker pair holds a 5-1 record in their spring season.
Michigan (13-9, 8-5 Big Ten)
History: Michigan leads the series 13-2. Most recently this season, the Wolverines took the match, 4-1 vs. the Huskers in Ann Arbor.
Michigan lands at seventh in the Big Ten and closed out its regular season on a six match win streak and in that an upset over No. 20 Michigan State.
Ranked Opponents
The Wolverines feature two ranked singles players and two ranked doubles pairs. Leading the Michigan roster in singles is No. 8 Max Dahlin who holds an impressive 27-3 record. Behind him is No. 51 Bjorn Swenson who carries a 19-7 record. In doubles, Dahlin pairs up with Swenson for a No. 25 ranked doubles team with an 8-2 record. Dahlin is shown one more time in the rankings teamed up with Pierce Shaya for a No. 88 ranking and a 9-4 record.
Watch the Action
Nebraska’s match vs. Michigan will be streamed on Big Ten plus with tickets available for purchase at the Big Ten Men’s Tennis Tournament page at https://bigten.org/mten/article/58589/.
All links can be found on the schedule page of Nebraska men’s tennis at huskers.com, as well as live updates for the match vs. Michigan on X @HuskerMTennis.