HOBOKEN, N.J. (March 13, 2015) – Fresh off a pair of wins against top-40 teams, the Stevens Institute of Technology men's tennis team will continue its top heavy schedule this weekend with the Middlebury Invitational.
The Ducks (3-2) will battle host No. 3 Middlebury College Saturday at 10 a.m. before concluding the event with a Sunday matchup against No. 33 Brandeis University.
SCOUTING THE OPPOSITION Saturday will be Middlebury's first match of the season for a team that features three of the top-50 singles players in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's national rankings in junior Ari Smolyar (No. 15), freshman Noah Farrell (No. 25), and junior Jackson Frons (No. 44).
Brandeis enters the weekend having lost three straight despite carrying the No. 17 and No. 24 singles players in the Northeast in sophomores Brian Granoff and Michael Arguello.
MOVIN' ON UP After jumping from No. 40 to No.31 last week in the ITA rankings, the Ducks continued their rise with a No. 29 ranking this week.
RECORD CHASING With a 4-1 singles record so far this spring season, junior
Matthew Heinrich enters Saturday one win shy of tying assistant coach
Arik Zeevy for third on the all-time singles wins list. With three more wins, Heinrich will tie Rick Bawa's mark of 70 set in 2008.
PICKING UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF After capturing the ITA's Northeast doubles crown this fall, Heinrich and junior
Ben Foran have continued their winning ways with a 4-1 mark this spring. The duo is currently ranked No. 3 in the country.
ON A ROLL Since dropping the opening singles match of the season at No. 5, sophomore
Charles Drake has won four straight at fourth singles. Similarly, sophomore
Michael Feldman was won two straight at No. 3 after starting the season 1-2 combined at second and third.
FRESHMAN IMPACT Freshman
Danny Polk has won two straight in singles to go along with three wins this season at doubles with Feldman. Freshman
Kyle Henry's two singles wins this season have both clinched matches for the Ducks.
HOW TO FOLLOW Follow the team directly during the matches on Twitter @Ducks_Tennis, and check stevensducks.com each day for full match recap and results.
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