WAVERLY, Iowa – The Wartburg men's tennis team opens 2019 this Sunday, Sept 8, with a pair of matches at Prairie Ridge Sports Complex in Ankeny, Iowa.

The Knights will take on the ISU club team at 12 p.m. and Grand View University at 3 p.m.

These matches will prepare the team for two big fall events: American Rivers Conference championships in Waterloo, Iowa on Sept 20-21 and ITA regionals in St. Peter, Minnesota on Sept 27-28.

Chris Gustas enters his fourth season as head coach. Wartburg returns Lucas Huffman, who earned all-conference honors in his freshman campaign, and added three freshmen to the program. All three freshmen – Zach Heyerhoff, Billy Rouw, and Luke Smith – are natives of Iowa.