Huskers Host Drake for Midweek Matchup

Lincoln, Neb. – The Nebraska men’s tennis team is back on the court Wednesday at 5 p.m. CT as the Huskers play host to Drake at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center. A live stream and stats of the match will be available on Huskers.com, and updates will be posted on @HuskerMTennis on Twitter.

Scouting Drake 

• The Bulldogs split a doubleheader on Sunday, losing to Cornell 4-3 and beating Washburn 6-1. 

• Jeremy Schifris is Drake’s top singles player coming in at No. 34 nationally. 

• Drake is 0-2 on the road so far this season. In 2022, the Bulldogs compiled a 5-10 road record. 

Series History

The two teams have played 22 times, with the Huskers going 10-12 in those contests. The most recent match up came on Jan. 29, 2022, in Lincoln, Neb., which the Huskers won 4-3. Nebraska’s longest win streak against the Bulldogs is six, which came between 2002-2006. 

Quick Notes

• Sophomore Ilarion Danilchenko made his season debut on Saturday, but came up just short against Cornell’s Jack McCarthy in singles 6-1, 6-4.

• The pairing of Shunya Maruyama and Nic Wiedenhorn have established themselves as one of Nebraska’s best doubles duo so far this season. The pair is 2-1 in the spring, including a come-from-behind-win on Saturday against Cornell to clinch the doubles point for NU.

• New individual and doubles rankings came out on Wednesday, Feb. 8. The Huskers’ lone ranked player is Roni Hietaranta, who moved from No. 75 to No. 109 in singles play. Hietaranta is 2-2 in singles this spring.  

Up Next 

The Huskers return to the court on Sunday, Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. CT when they host UCF at the Dillon Tennis Center.