Huskies Set for Final Homestand In opposition to West Coast Rivals USC and UCLA

SEATTLE –  The University of Washington Men’s Tennis Team (8-15) is again at residence for the ultimate time this season with motion towards No. 20 USC (16-6) and towards No. 21 UCLA (14-6).  The matchup towards the USC Trojans is about to happen Friday, April seventeenth, at 4 pm, whereas the match towards the UCLA Bruins is scheduled for Sunday, April nineteenth, at 12 pm. All matches will likely be performed on the outside Quillian Tennis Stadium. 

Live Stats and Streaming Information

Livestreaming and stay stats will likely be made obtainable via the Washington Men’s Tennis social channels on Match Day.  

Weather Report

For Friday’s match with USC, first serve temperature must be round 56 levels with zero % probability of precipitation. For Sunday’s matchup with UCLA, first serve temperatures must be within the ballpark of higher 60s with a 6% probability of precipitation. Weather stories are delivered to you by way of Accuweather and are topic to vary. 

Husky History towards the Trojans 

This would be the thirtieth assembly in collection historical past between the Huskies and Trojans, with the collection favoring USC 22-7. In final seasons’s matchup, the Huskies upset USC on the highway 4-2, with Soham Purohit from singles; whereas Rohan Belday and Brett Pearson from doubles contributed factors within the win. Last years victory was the second in a row for Washington, with the primary win in 2023-24 snapping a eight match streak towards the Trojans relationship again to the 2016-17 -season. 

Husky History towards the Bruins 

In the second match of the weekend, the Huskies host UCLA on Senior Night for the thirty-third matchup in class historical past. The Bruins at present maintain a 29-3 lead in a collection they’ve received three in a row relationship again to the 2022-23 season. The final win towards the Bruins got here with one other set of back-to-back victories for the Huskies as they received in 2021-22 twice, with as soon as within the common season and th both within the Pac-12 event. The second win would ship the Huskies to their final Pac-12 Final.   

Husky Stats of Note

Soham Purohit and Brett Pearson are again within the rankings at forty sixth in doubles after a weekend that noticed them improve their win streak to 5 matches earlier than snapping the streak at Ohio State. From doubles, Rohan Belday and Stephane Kamendje are additionally driving their very own sizzling streak, with a two match successful streak stacked with a 3 match unbeaten run on this remaining gauntlet of matches. 

USC Scouting Report 

Southern California enters the Friday matchup ranked twentieth with a 16-6 document, with a trio of gamers ranked in singles, No. 67, 74, and 107 and in  doubles competitors the No. 86 duo. The Trojans are coming off a homestand weekend in with they went 2-0 towards Northwestern and No. 17 Illinois, successful each 4-0 and 4-1. 

UCLA  Scouting Report

The Bruins enter the Sunday matchup ranked twenty first within the nation with an 14-6 document, with a slew of ranked members in each singles and doubles with the No. 33, 51st, 94th singles gamers and the No. 29 and 53rd pairings in doubles. First up on the weekend for UCLA in a matchup in Eugene with the Ducks earlier than they head as much as Montlake. UCLA enter’s the weekend in a blended type, having gone 2-3 of their final 5 matches as getting into the weekend having final received final Sunday April twelfth in a 4-0 shutout of Northwestern.  

Senior Day Celebrations

With Sunday’s match being the ultimate residence recreation of the season, we’re set to honor Mr. Brett Pearson in a pre-game ceremony that includes the Husky Band, Harry, and Dubs from the tennis courts previous to first serve at midday. Please arrive by 11:45 am to make sure that you do not miss this second. 

UP NEXT

The Big Ten Tournament is about to happen in Ojai, CA this season from April Twenty second-Twenty fifth. Depending on outcomes from this final weekend of play, the Huskies may very well be set to journey all the way down to compete, nonetheless the ultimate bracket is not going to be set till in spite of everything common season matches conclude as at present Washington sits at thirteenth of 14 members. 

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