Friday, February 1
New Orleans
2 PM
Tulane University
vs
LSU
No. 17 Men’s Tennis Hosts LSU in Friday Matinee
Jan 31, 2019 | Men's Tennis
NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane men's tennis team looks to build on its four straight wins to open the spring when it hosts LSU on Friday, February 1 as part of a head-to-head doubleheader with the Green Wave women's team's home match against the Tigers.
Both matches are scheduled for 2 p.m., starts at the City Park Tennis Center.
Live scoring can be found by following the team's twitter page, @GreenWaveMTenn, while a live video stream of court No. 1 for singles and doubles can be viewed on TulaneGreenWave.com (login required).
SCOUTING LSU
Friday will be the Tigers' (4-1) first road match of the season, as they are coming off their first loss of the spring, a 4-1 home defeat against Penn State on Sunday. Rafael Wagner leads the team with a No. 114 national singles ranking. Tulane has defeated LSU in three straight seasons, including a 7-0 shutout in New Orleans last season.
IN THE ITA RANKINGS
Released on January 30, Tulane is ranked No. 17 nationally in the latest Oracle/ITA national team rankings and the Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Top 25 poll, respectively. The ranking is the highest for the Green Wave in the post-Katrina era.
Tulane possesses four singles players and one doubles team listed in the ITA's rankings, as Luis Erlenbusch holds the Wave's top singles listing at No. 42, followed by Tyler Schick at No. 58, Felix Ewers at No. 120 and Tim Ruetzel at No. 125.
In doubles, Akos Kotorman and Tim Ruetzel check in as the nation's 29th-ranked tandem.
ITA NATIONAL TEAM INDOOR BERTH
With back-to-back wins Jan. 26-27 over No. 18 Tennessee and No. 19 Florida State in Tallahassee, Tulane punched its ticket to the 45th-annual ITA National Team Indoor Championships for the first time in program history. The 16-team tournament will be held February 15-18 in Chicago.
AWARDS IN THE AMERICAN
Junior Ewan Moore was named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Jan. 29 for the first time this season and the second time in his career. Moore went 2-0 at the No. 1 singles position and clinched both matches to secure consecutive top-20 upset wins for the Green Wave at ITA Kickoff Weekend. He clinched a three-set win in a third set tiebreaker over 45th-ranked Timo Stodder to seal the win over No. 18 Tennessee on Jan. 26, before topping host and No. 19 Florida State's Aziz Douglas in another three-set battle the following day.
THE BOORAS EFFECT
Head coach and director of tennis Mark Booras begins his 10th season at the helm of the program and has led Tulane to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Tulane has increased its final ITA team ranking each of the last six seasons, finishing No. 28 overall last spring. In addition to producing four straight singles All-America honorees, Booras was named the 2018 American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year and has been selected Louisiana Coach of the Year each of the last four seasons.
TOUGH TASKS AHEAD
Tulane will challenge a minimum of nine opponents that earned NCAA Tournament bids last spring, including Columbia, Florida State, Memphis, Mississippi State, Old Dominion, Tennessee, Texas, TCU and Texas Tech. Each of those teams finished the season ranked inside the top 40 of the ITA team rankings.
Both matches are scheduled for 2 p.m., starts at the City Park Tennis Center.
Live scoring can be found by following the team's twitter page, @GreenWaveMTenn, while a live video stream of court No. 1 for singles and doubles can be viewed on TulaneGreenWave.com (login required).
SCOUTING LSU
Friday will be the Tigers' (4-1) first road match of the season, as they are coming off their first loss of the spring, a 4-1 home defeat against Penn State on Sunday. Rafael Wagner leads the team with a No. 114 national singles ranking. Tulane has defeated LSU in three straight seasons, including a 7-0 shutout in New Orleans last season.
IN THE ITA RANKINGS
Released on January 30, Tulane is ranked No. 17 nationally in the latest Oracle/ITA national team rankings and the Tennis Channel/USTA College Tennis Top 25 poll, respectively. The ranking is the highest for the Green Wave in the post-Katrina era.
Tulane possesses four singles players and one doubles team listed in the ITA's rankings, as Luis Erlenbusch holds the Wave's top singles listing at No. 42, followed by Tyler Schick at No. 58, Felix Ewers at No. 120 and Tim Ruetzel at No. 125.
In doubles, Akos Kotorman and Tim Ruetzel check in as the nation's 29th-ranked tandem.
ITA NATIONAL TEAM INDOOR BERTH
With back-to-back wins Jan. 26-27 over No. 18 Tennessee and No. 19 Florida State in Tallahassee, Tulane punched its ticket to the 45th-annual ITA National Team Indoor Championships for the first time in program history. The 16-team tournament will be held February 15-18 in Chicago.
AWARDS IN THE AMERICAN
Junior Ewan Moore was named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Jan. 29 for the first time this season and the second time in his career. Moore went 2-0 at the No. 1 singles position and clinched both matches to secure consecutive top-20 upset wins for the Green Wave at ITA Kickoff Weekend. He clinched a three-set win in a third set tiebreaker over 45th-ranked Timo Stodder to seal the win over No. 18 Tennessee on Jan. 26, before topping host and No. 19 Florida State's Aziz Douglas in another three-set battle the following day.
THE BOORAS EFFECT
Head coach and director of tennis Mark Booras begins his 10th season at the helm of the program and has led Tulane to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Tulane has increased its final ITA team ranking each of the last six seasons, finishing No. 28 overall last spring. In addition to producing four straight singles All-America honorees, Booras was named the 2018 American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year and has been selected Louisiana Coach of the Year each of the last four seasons.
TOUGH TASKS AHEAD
Tulane will challenge a minimum of nine opponents that earned NCAA Tournament bids last spring, including Columbia, Florida State, Memphis, Mississippi State, Old Dominion, Tennessee, Texas, TCU and Texas Tech. Each of those teams finished the season ranked inside the top 40 of the ITA team rankings.
FOLLOW THE GREEN WAVE
Follow Tulane men's tennis on Twitter and Facebook (@GreenWaveMTenn), as well as Instagram (@TulaneMTennis) for behind the scenes coverage of the program.
WE ARE NOLA BUILT
Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, All-Americans, professional athletes and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com.
Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, All-Americans, professional athletes and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com.
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