{"id":209977,"date":"2025-12-29T18:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T18:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/209977\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T18:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T18:16:10","slug":"mens-tennis-heads-into-2026-with-two-nationally-ranked-doubles-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/209977\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Tennis Heads Into 2026 WIth Two Nationally Ranked Doubles Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Western Michigan men’s tennis team opens the 2026 portion of its season with two doubles teams nationally ranked by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Junior Drew Evans<\/a> and graduate transfer Tim Riedel<\/a> are 64th in the nation. The duo went 8-2 in the fall, winning the Mid-American Conference Indoor Qualifying Event Doubles A title and earning a spot in the ITA Conference Masters Tournament. At the Conference Masters, the pair picked up a win in the Round of 32 over Dayton’s Dylan Jaen and Mikkel Zinder. Their run came to an end after a loss to Middle Tennessee State’s Ondrej Horak and Karim Al-Amin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sophomores Oscar Corwin<\/a> and Alexander Antonopoulos are sitting at 80. The pair went 7-1 in the fall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Western Michigan opens up its dual-match season on Wednesday, Jan. 14 at Michigan State with a 5 p.m. first serve. The Broncos are at home later that week on Friday for a double-header against Grand Valley State and Chicago State and then host Wayne State on Saturday at 1 p.m. Admission to all WMU men’s tennis home matches is free.\u00a0

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