#75 Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-14) at Purdue Boilermakers (9-10)
Saturday, April 16 at Noon CT
Schwartz Tennis Center (West Lafayette, Indiana)
Live Stats: https://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statbroadcast.php?t=1&gid=pur
Live Video: https://web.playsight.com/facility/purdue-university-tennis/home
#75 Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-14) at Indiana Hoosiers (5-13)
Sunday, April 17 at Noon CT
IU Tennis Center (Bloomington, Indiana)
Live Stats: https://athletics.indiana.edu/livestats/TN/
Live Video: https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/2018/2/22/tennis-playsight.aspx
The Nebraska men’s tennis team is coming off its second conference win last weekend against No. 53 Illinois, 4-2. The Huskers will travel to Indiana for a pair of Big Ten matches this weekend as they battle Purdue and Indiana.
Live streams and stats are available in the links provided above. Updates will be posted to Huskers.com and @HuskerMTennis on Twitter.
Scouting Purdue
• The Boilermakers enter Saturday’s matchup with a 9-10 record, having won six of eight at home this season. They boast a 2-3 conference record.
• Purdue has no players on the ITA Top-125 Singles Rankings List and no teams on the ITA Top-90 Doubles Rankings List.
• Athell Bennett holds a 9-6 spring record, with all of his matches coming in the No. 1 spot. Bennett and Gabriele Brancatelli are 2-4 in doubles and have competed primarily in the No. 2 spot.
Scouting Indiana
• The Hoosiers enter Sunday’s matchup with a 5-13 record but have dropped their last eight matchups. They also are winless in conference play with an 0-5 conference record.
• Indiana has no players on the ITA Top-125 Singles Rankings List and no teams on the ITA Top-90 Doubles Rankings List.
• Patrick Fletchall is the only Hoosier with a winning record in singles, boasting a 12-11 mark primarily in the No. 2 spot.
• In doubles, Ilya Tiraspolsky and Fletchall have an 8-4 record in the spring alongside Michael Andre and Luka Vukovic who are 8-3.
Series History
• The Boilermakers hold a 8-3 advantage over the Huskers, taking the last five matches.
• Nebraska is 2-8 against Indiana, with this match marking the first meeting in Bloomington since April 13, 2019.
Up Next
• The Huskers will return to the Dillon Tennis Center for the final two home games of the campaign against Penn State on April 22 at 4 p.m. CT and Ohio State on April 24 at Noon CT.
Hietaranta Continues Strong 2022 Campaign
• Roni Hietaranta started the year off strong, winning his first six singles matches to begin the season with a 6-0 record. Dating back to the fall, he now has 15 total singles wins which marks the most on the team thus far.
• On Jan. 25, Hietaranta was named Big Ten Co-Athlete of the Week after singles wins over Baylor and Oklahoma. He knocked off the No. 54 ranked singles competitor in the nation, defeating Oklahoma’s Jordan Hasson, 6-4, 7-5. The Lappeenranta, Finland native also defeated Baylor’s Cole Gromley in the No. 6 spot, 6-1, 6-3.
• Three weeks ago, Hietaranta rallied back from a 4-2 hole to knock off Wichita State’s Orel Ovil and clinch the victory for the Huskers. He won the singles match against Ovil 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Last weekend, he knocked off Princeton’s Filippos Astreinidis in consecutive sets to push his spring record to 7-3.
• Following a short injury stint, he returned against UCF and won in the No. 6 spot, 6-3, 6-3, to give him eight wins in the spring.
• He currently holds a 2-3 conference record and has victories in matches against Michigan State and Northwestern. He has an 11-6 singles record in the spring.
Maruyama and Huber Rise In The ITA Rankings
• Dario Huber and Shunya Maruyama have won six of their last seven doubles matches, including wins over Michigan, Illinois and Northwestern.
• The jumped up 45 spots this week in the ITA Top-90 Doubles Rankings to the No. 40 slot after going 2-0 this past weekend against two ranked teams.
• In singles play, Maruyama is tied for second on the Huskers with 14 total wins, and he holds a 7-9 spring record. Four of his wins have come in the No. 3 and No. 6 spots.
• He has been victorious in six of his last 12 completed matches, including singles victories in matches against UCF and Cornell.
Lozano Holding Down Back Half Of Lineup
• Victor Moreno Lozano ranks second on the Huskers with nine spring wins, as he holds a 9-5 spring record. Eight of his wins have come in the No. 5 and No. 6 spots.
• He has been victorious in eight of his last 12 completed matches, including singles victories in matches against Oregon, Michigan State and Wisconsin.
• He has also competed with Nic Wiedenhorn in the No. 1 spot for doubles, notching back-to-back wins in completed matches against Michigan State and Wisconsin.
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