Huskers Host UCF to Close Out Home Stand

The Nebraska men’s tennis team (3-2, 0-0 Big Ten) welcomes UCF to the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 10 a.m. CT. Live stream and stats will be available on huskers.com, and updates will be posted on @HuskerMTennis on Twitter.
 
Scouting UCF (1-4, 0-0 American Athletic) 
• The Knights have gotten off to a cold start this season, losing three of their first four matches. 
• UCF is a young squad, with seven of its 11 players being freshmen.  
• Senior Bogdan Pavel and freshman Mehdi Benchakroun lead UCF with two singles match wins each. 
 
Series History
This is the third time these two teams have faced off, with the two tied 1-1. The most recent dual came in March of 2022 in Orlando where NU come away with the 4-3 win. The first matchup came in Orlando in 2003 with UCF coming away with a 6-1 win. 
 
Quick Notes 
• The Huskers are coming off a much needed win against Drake on Wednesday night after dropping their previous two matches. 
• The doubles pair of Nic Wiedenhorn and Shunya Maruyama continue to impress, improving to 3-1 this spring after a big win on Wednesday night. 
• Calvin Mueller picked up his first singles win of the spring against Drake, defeating Reid Jarvis, 7-5. 6-3. 
 
Hietaranta Remains Nationally Ranked
The newest set of ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings came out on Wednesday morning, and Roni Hietaranta is ranked No. 109. Hietaranta has a 10-5 overall singles record this season and is 3-2 in the spring. 
 
Up Next
The Huskers hit the road to Oklahoma where they will take on Tulsa on Friday, Feb. 17th at 6 p.m. CT. It marks the start of a two-game road trip. Nebraska’s next home match isn’t until March 11, when the Big Red hosts Omaha.