| UCF at #3 Ohio State Friday, Feb. 25 | 6:00 PM LIVE STATS & STREAM | UCF at #37 Arkansas Sunday, Feb. 27 | 2:00 PM ET LIVE STATS | WATCH |
ORLANDO, Fla. – The UCF men's tennis team heads to No. 3 Ohio State on Friday, February 25, and No. 37 Arkansas on Sunday, February 27 to close out its six-match road stretch.
Both matches will have live stats and be live streamed.
It's been almost two weeks since the Knights last saw action where they faced Florida State and No. 14 Texas on the road.
The Knights have seen six top-ranked teams so far this season and continue the trend this weekend against No. 3 Ohio State and No. 37 Arkansas.
In this week's computerized rankings, the doubles duo of Lleyton Cronje and Bogdan Pavel moved up to No. 30 while Trey Hilderbrand ranks No. 55 in singles.
THE FIELD
THE BUCKEYES
Ohio State is ranked No. 3 in both ITA and USTA after going 11-1 overall this season. The Buckeyes were the ITA National Indoor runner-up after a close match to TCU in the championship match, which is their only loss of the season.
Five Buckeyes are ranked in singles in No. 5 Matej Vocel, No. 10 Cannon Kingsley, No. 11 JJ Tracy, No. 33 James Trotter, and No. 64 Robert Cash while three tandems are ranked, including the top two in the nation, with No. 1 Robert Cash/Matej Vocel, No. 2 Justin Boulais/James Trotter, and No. 11 Cannon Kingsley/JJ Tracy.
This will be the first meeting between the two teams in dual match season.
THE RAZORBACKS
No. 37 Arkansas earned its first ranking this week after an 8-3 overall record so far this season with two of its losses coming from ranked teams.
Three Razorbacks are ranked in singles in No. 37 Aleksa Bucan, No. 38 Alexandre Reco, and No. 119 Oscar Pinto Sansano and have one tandem ranked with No. 47 Adrien Burdet/Melvin Manuel.
UCF leads the all-time series, 2-1, over Arkansas, including a 6-1-win over the Razorbacks last season.
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