{"id":413939,"date":"2026-01-16T21:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T21:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/413939\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T21:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T21:24:12","slug":"cleveland-state-mens-tennis-set-to-open-2026-spring-slate-with-trio-of-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/413939\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland State Men\u2019s Tennis Set To Open 2026 Spring Slate With Trio of Matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                 CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2013 The Cleveland State men&#8217;s tennis team will open the 2026 spring campaign with a trio of matches this weekend, traveling to Penn State and hosting Toledo and Edinboro.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMatch #1 | at Penn State | 11:00 a.m. | University Park, Pa.<br \/>\nMatch #2 | Toledo | 1:00 p.m. | MMTP<br \/>\nMatch #3 | Edinboro | 6:00 p.m. | MMTP<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe 2026 Schedule | <a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Complete Schedule<\/a><br \/>\nThis weekend&#8217;s trio of matches will be the first of 24 scheduled matches for the Vikings this spring. Monday&#8217;s matches against Toledo and Edinboro will also mark the first of three doubleheaders for the Vikings this season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCleveland State At The MMTP<br \/>\nMonday&#8217;s doubleheader will mark the first two contests of a 12-match home slate for the Vikings at the Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion. Over the last three seasons, the Vikings have posted a 29-5 record when playing at home, including double-digit wins during the 2023-24 (11) and 2022-23 (10) campaigns.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe 2026 Roster | <a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Complete Roster<\/a><br \/>\nCleveland State returns seven letterwinners from last year&#8217;s team, including reigning #HLTennis Player of the Year <a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/lincoln-battle\/4934\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4934\" target=\"_blank\">Lincoln Battle<\/a> and All-League honorees <a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/cole-chappell\/4936\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4936\" target=\"_blank\">Cole Chappell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/carl-gedlitschka\/4937\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4937\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Gedlitschka<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn The Record Book<br \/>\nFollowing the 2025 fall season, senior <a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/carl-gedlitschka\/4937\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4937\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Gedlitschka<\/a> moved into a tie for 10th place on the CSU Singles Wins List, entering the spring campaign with 73 career victories. Gedlitschka is one of 12 Vikings all-time with 70+ wins, while he needs seven more wins to move into ninth place on the list.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nIn The National Rankings | <a href=\"https:\/\/colleges.wearecollegetennis.com\/rankings?type=national&amp;gender=M&amp;divisionType=DIV1&amp;matchFormat=DOUBLES&amp;season=2025-26&amp;date=2025-11-25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Complete Rankings<\/a><br \/>\nEntering the spring campaign, the Cleveland State doubles team of <a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/maxime-aremon\/4933\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4933\" target=\"_blank\">Maxime Aremon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/tristan-stine\/4940\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4940\" target=\"_blank\">Tristan Stine<\/a> are ranked 84th nationally, owning a 3-0 record after the fall season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nEntering The Spring Campaign | <a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/documents\/2025\/9\/25\/2025-26_CSU_MTEN.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Complete Fall Stats<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/carl-gedlitschka\/4937\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4937\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Gedlitschka<\/a> owns a team-best 8-4 record on the year, while <a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/lincoln-battle\/4934\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4934\" target=\"_blank\">Lincoln Battle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/nico-jamison\/4938\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4938\" target=\"_blank\">Nico Jamison<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/tristan-stine\/4940\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4940\" target=\"_blank\">Tristan Stine<\/a> all have seven singles wins. In doubles, Battle and Gedlitschka own a team-best 6-4 record.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n#HLTennis Preseason Poll | <a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/news\/2026\/1\/9\/mens-tennis-cleveland-state-mens-tennis-selected-as-north-division-champions-in-horizon-league-preseason-poll.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Full Release<\/a><br \/>\nEarlier this month the Vikings were selected to finish first in the Horizon League North Division, marking the fourth straight year that Cleveland State has been tabbed the North Division favorite. The Vikings picked up four first place votes and 16 points in the preseason poll.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHead Coach <a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/coaches\/brian-etzkin\/561\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"561\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Etzkin<\/a><br \/>\nThe Vikings will be under the direction of 24-year head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/csuvikings.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/coaches\/brian-etzkin\/561\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"561\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Etzkin<\/a>, who enters the 2026 spring campaign as the all-time winningest coach in program history with 344 wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; &#13; CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2013 The Cleveland State men&#8217;s tennis team will open the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-413939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}