Red Raiders on the road for two matches

LUBBOCK, Texas – After a lengthy run at home, the Texas Tech Red Raiders head to Bloomington, Ind., and Atlanta to compete against the No. 59 Indiana Hoosiers and the No. 57 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Friday and Sunday, respectively.

Last weekend, the Red Raiders picked up a 5-2 victory over the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. After dropping the doubles point, Texas Tech dominated in singles play, winning five of six matches with strong performances from players such as Felipe Pagnacco, Niksa Arsic, Ludovico Vaccari and Tyler Stewart.

Tech continued its home winning streak with a 5-2 win over New Mexico. After again losing the doubles point, Tech responded by winning five singles matches. Arsic and Thiago Guglieri helped shift the momentum early in singles play, while Sebastian Abboud clinched the match for the Red Raiders. The win moved Tech to 6-2 overall, and capped off a successful run at home before hitting the road to compete against Indiana and Georgia Tech.

Scouting the Opponents
Texas Tech enters the matchup with a 5-2 advantage in the all-time series against the Indiana Hoosiers, showing consistent success over the Hoosiers in recent years. The Red Raiders won five-straight meetings between 2014 and 2018. The most recent matchup came in 2019 in Bloomington, where Indiana ended the Red Raider winning streak with a 4-2 win over Texas Tech. This will be the first time that the Red Raiders and the Yellow Jackets compete in program history.

Indiana is 5-3 on the season with wins over Butler, Ball State, Middle Tennessee, Toledo and Dartmouth. Their three losses were against Memphis, No. 2 Virginia and No. 7 Mississippi State. The Hoosiers are led in dual singles wins by Ben Pomeranets with a 6-1 record. The doubles team of Michael Andre and Matteo Antonescu lead the way with four dual wins. Georgia Tech is 6-2 so far, with key wins over Liberty, Georgia Southern and UMC Wilmington. Their two losses came against Georgia and Charlotte. So far, there are three players with a team-leading four dual singles wins in Richard Biagotti, Jonathan Irwanto and Elias Shokry.

In the ITA Rankings
Teams
No. 57 Georgia Tech
No. 59 Indiana

Singles
No. 119 Thomas Van Den Dooren

Doubles
No. 13 Jip Van Assendelft/Sam Landau (Indiana)
No. 65 Matteo Antonescu/Michael Andre (Indiana)

Texas Tech Men's Tennis

19 NCAA Tournament Appearances
10 NCAA Singles Championship Participants
13 NCAA Doubles Championship Participants
Seven All-Americans
2016 Big 12 Champions
53 Academic All-Big 12 Selections
Career-high ITA End of Year Team Ranking of No. 11
Eight Top-25 ITA End of Year Team Rankings

Red Raiders on the road for two matches

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Players Mentioned

Sebastian Abboud

Niksa Arsic

Thiago Guglieri

Felipe Pagnacco

Tyler Stewart

Ludovico Vaccari

Thomas Van Den Dooren

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