WAVERLY, Iowa – Wartburg men's tennis is in action four times this week against American Rivers Conference opponents and three out of the four conference duals will be at home to close the regular season.

Tuesday, Apr. 26 – 4:00 p.m. – Waverly, Iowa – Meirink Family Tennis Facility
Wartburg Knights (21-7, 3-1 A-R-C) vs Luther Norse (12-9, 5-0 A-R-C)
 
Thursday, Apr. 28 – 4:00 p.m. – Dubuque, Iowa – Tucker Tennis Courts
Wartburg Knights (21-7, 3-1 A-R-C) vs Loras Duhawks (10-8, 4-3 A-R-C)
 
Saturday, Apr. 30 – 3:00 p.m. – Waverly, Iowa – Meirink Family Tennis Facility
Wartburg Knights (21-7, 3-1 A-R-C) vs Buena Vista Beavers (6-10, 1-5 A-R-C)
 
Sunday, May 1 – 11:30 a.m. – Waverly, Iowa – Meirink Family Tennis Facility
Wartburg Knights (21-7, 3-1 A-R-C) vs Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves (4-9, 3-3 A-R-C)
 
A-R-C Standings
This week's matchups will be vital in seeding for next week's A-R-C Automatic Qualifying tournament. The Knights currently sit in third place in the conference standings behind Luther's 5-0 conference mark and Coe's 7-1 finish in conference play. The top two seeds will receive byes in the quarterfinal round and host their respective semifinal games. Full Conference Standings
 
Last Time Out
Wartburg defeated Central College 6-3 on Thursday, Apr. 14 in their last contest.
The Orange & Black took both number one and two doubles with the teams of Lucas Huffman/Jackson Eells and Cade Davis/Griffin Steiniger both securing wins.
 
Huffman added another win in number one doubles to move to 17-3 on the season. His partner Eells earned a win in the third position after dropping the first set and then winning the next two. Ells is now 12-7 overall in singles play and 8-6 in the number three spot.
 
AJ Wilkins and Kyle Sehlin closed out the conference victory with wins in the fifth and sixth position respectively. Wilkins moves to 4-0 in the fifth spot and Sehlin is 10-2 on the season at number six singles.
 
Luther
The Norse enter Tuesday's contest winners of their last six games and have won all five conference matchups this season. Luther won its last contest 5-4 over Coe College to give the Kohawks their only conference loss of the season.
 
Nyathi Motlojoa is 14-5 in the number one singles position and is set to matchup with Huffman who is 17-3 this season in number one singles. Motolojoa and teammate Max Loen are 15-3 together in number one doubles play this season.
 
Loras
Loras has won three out of it's last five games and are 4-3 in conference games this season. Eian Coad is the Duhawks top singles performer with a 14-1 overall record this season. The junior is 2-1 in the fifth spot and a perfect 12-0 in number six singles.
 
The duo of Kevin Blomquist and Thomas Kampmier are 10-7 overall in number one doubles to lead the Duhawks in doubles play.
 
Buena Vista
The Beavers have lost six straight entering this week and will end the season against Wartburg on Saturday and against Luther on Sunday. The last conference win for BVU came on Sunday, Mar. 20 where they edged out the University of Dubuque 5-4.
 
Brock Bruns has the most singles wins this season for the Beavers with a record of 8-6. Most of his wins have come at the fourth singles position where he has five. Brenden Schlader and Diego Diaz have the most doubles wins with a record of 5-4 together.
 
Nebraska Wesleyan
The Prairie Wolves won their last contest 9-0 over Buena Vista but have lost three out of their last five duals. NWU is currently 3-3 in conference play, which puts them in sixth place with Warburg and Luther left on the schedule.

Series History
Tuesday will be the 89^th all-time meeting between Luther and Wartburg. The Norse have owned the series with an 82-6 record of the Knights. Wartburg's last win over Luther came during the 2014 spring season.
 
On Thursday, Wartburg will travel to Loras for the 58^th all-time matchup between these programs. Wartburg leads the all-time series 34-23 and has won 3 of the last 4 meetings.
 
The Knights will face Buena Vista for the 49^th time in program history on Saturday, Apr. 30. The Knights have a record of 40-8 against the Beavers and have won the last eight matchups.
 
Sunday, May 1 will mark the ninth meeting between the Prairie Wolves and Knights. Wartburg has won five of the eight matchups, including the last five consecutively.

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