DAYTON – The University of Dayton men's tennis team will play a pair of matches this weekend.

The Flyers will host Cleveland State on Saturday, Feb. 14 and meet Butler in a neutral match at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, home of the Cincinnati Open, on Sunday, Feb. 15.

Dayton went 2-0 last weekend, defeating IU Indy and Eastern Kentucky 4-0 in both matches. Kyle McNally and Rishi Dore were named Atlantic 10 Player and Rookie of the Week.

Cleveland State is 5-3 this season, winning a match at Ball State last weekend. The Vikings will also play Xavier on Friday before taking on the Flyers. Lincoln Battle is one of Cleveland State's top players, earning Horizon League Singles Player of the Week twice this season. He and Carl Gedlitschka have won HL Doubles Team of the Week twice, as well.

The Flyers are 3-4 against the Vikings, winning a dual match 4-3 last season. Mikkel Zinder, Sturle Skigelstrand and Kaia Mendibe won their singles matches to lock up the win along with the doubles point.

Butler is 2-5 in the spring, splitting last weekend against Marian and Ball State. Nicolas Arts, Rahul Konakanchi and Siddhartha Lama lead the Bulldogs with eight wins in singles. Arts and Konakanchi also lead in doubles with five wins.

UD is 4-9 against Butler overall, falling to the Bulldogs 4-1 back in 2022. The two also met in the James O'Connell Memorial Tournament in the fall, where Dayton won six matches across singles and doubles.

Dayton will host St. Bonaventure on Feb. 21 and take on No. 2 Ohio State on Feb. 22.

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