Harding Men's Tennis vs. Drury and Nebraska-Kearney
When: Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. vs. Drury; Feb. 28 at 1 p.m. vs. Nebraska-Kearney
Where: Cooper Tennis Center, Springfield, Mo.
Series: Drury leads Harding, 6-4; Harding and Nebraska-Kearney tied 1-1

Harding Notes

Harding Men's tennis, ranked No. 45 in NCAA II and No. 6 in the ITA Central Region Rankings, will take on nationally-ranked Drury (No. 11) and Nebraska-Kearney (No. 33) at the Cooper Tennis Center in Springfield, Missouri.

Harding enters the weekend with a 3-2 record and is coming off a 6-3 loss to Newman on Feb. 21.

The Bisons are 21-7 in singles in dual matches this season and 9-6 in doubles.

Harding's probable singles lineup with overall record and dual match record in parenthesis: No. 1 Jon Mark Rowden (4-3, 3-2), No. 2 David Korsten (7-3, 4-1), No. 3 Carlos Crisostomo (1-2, 1-2), No. 4 Andras Marics (7-3, 5-0), No. 5 Brandon Hogland (4-1, 1-1), No. 6 Adrian Torrico (2-0, 2-0).

Harding's probable doubles lineup: No. 1 Korsten/Marics (4-5, 3-2), No. 2 Crisostomo/Rowden (1-2, 1-2), No. 3 Neto Cacace/Torrico (2-1, 2-1).

Drury Notes

Drury, a member of the NCAA II Great Lakes Valley Conference, enters the weekend 4-0 overall and ranked No. 11 in NCAA Division II. The Panthers, ranked No. 1 in the ITA Midwest Region, defeated Oklahoma Baptist 8-1 in their last match on Feb. 22.

Drury's Max Hepp is ranked No. 28 in NCAA II in singles and No. 3 in the Midwest Region. Jakub Sipos is the No. 11 singles player in the region, and the doubles team of Hepp and Nadal is ranked No. 18 nationally and No. 2 regionally.

Drury is 20-4 in dual singles matches and 12-0 in dual doubles matches.

Nebraska-Kearney Notes

Nebraska-Kearney, a member of the NCAA II Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, is ranked No. 3 in the ITA Central Region and No. 33 in NCAA II. The Lopers enter the weekend 7-0 and are coming off a 6-3 victory over St. Cloud State on Feb. 22.

Nebraska-Kearney has three regionally-ranked singles players: Joey Richards (No. 6), Mohab Elzanaty (No. 7), and Aaron Reekie (No. 20). The doubles team of Richards and Garces is ranked No. 1 in the region and No. 2 in NCAA II.

The Lopers are 39-3 in dual singles matches and 19-2 in dual doubles matches.