Murray State University Athletics
Murray State
Eastern Kentucky
Men's Tennis Hosts Eastern Kentucky & Morehead
3/26/2015 10:16:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Murray State men's tennis team returns to action at Purcell Courts in Murray, Kentucky to face Eastern Kentucky on Friday and Morehead State on Saturday. The men's matches will take place following the women's matches which begin at 10 a.m.
MSU picked up two losses last weekend to OVC opponents SIU Edwardsville and Eastern Illinois. The team was able to get a point out of each match, but fell 6-1 to both squads.
Eastern Kentucky has started off conference play a perfect 4-0, and looks to continue their perfect season on Friday. The Colonels defeated Radford 4-3 on Sunday after facing a 3-2 deficit early in the match. Diogo Soares rallied to win and fought back to be the deciding winner for the match.
Morehead State will have to face Austin Peay on Friday in Clarksville, Tennessee before traveling to Murray, Kentucky to face the Racers. Ritchie Kruuenberg was named Male Athlete of the Week by the OVC. He defeated the reigning OVC Player of the Year Mauricio Antun of Belmont, 6-4, 6-2.Â
