Men's Tennis Central: #13 Tennessee vs. ETSU

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – After dominant victories over Oklahoma and Tennessee Tech on Saturday, the 13th-ranked Tennessee men's tennis team returns to action with a Tuesday afternoon bout with ETSU. First serve from the Goodfriend Tennis Center is set for 1 p.m. ET.

Live stats will be provided by UTsports.com and can be found here.

All matches played inside the Goodfriend Tennis Center will be played without fans. A decision regarding fans at outdoor matches played at Barksdale Stadium will be made at a later date.

LAST TIME OUT
On Saturday, the Orange & White took down Oklahoma, 5-2 and in-state foe Tennessee Tech, 7-0.

In the morning match against Oklahoma, the Vols battled through the doubles point, before gathering straight-set triumphs from freshman, Johannus Monday, junior Martim Prata and graduate student Luca Wiedenmann to capture the match at 4-0.

In the afternoon contest, the Vols once again grinded through the doubles point, before dominating in singles to capture their first shutout of the season.

FIRST DUAL WINS
The freshman duo of Josh Raab and Monday, along with graduate transfer Joel Gamerov, each grabbed their first career dual victories as members of the Big Orange.

SCOUTING ETSU
Tuesday's matchup will be the 29th meeting between the Vols and Buccaneers in a series dating to 1937. Tennessee owns a 25-3 series edge, with wins in each of the programs last 25 meetings.

The last time the teams met was in 2014, a contest that finished 5-2 in favor of UT.

RANKED VOLS
In the ITA's preseason rankings released last week, the Australian tandem of senior Adam Walton and junior Pat Harper made their way into the singles top-125. Harper holds a ranking of 124, while Walton was tabbed as the nations 24th-ranked singles player.

UP NEXT
This will be Tennessee's final tune-up ahead of the ITA's kickoff weekend, where the Vols will travel east to Raleigh, North Carolina to take on Ole Miss on Friday afternoon and either hosts N.C. State or Alabama on Saturday. Start times for both matches are still to be determined.

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Players Mentioned

Joel Gamerov

Pat Harper

Johannus Monday

Martim Prata

Josh Raab

Adam Walton

Luca Wiedenmann

University of Tennessee Athletics