Men’s Tennis to Host NJIT For Friday Morning Match

PHILADELPHIA – Temple men's tennis (16-3) is set to play host to the NJIT Highlanders (13-4) on Friday, April 7, at 11:00 a.m. for a match at the TU Pavilion on Temple's campus. After its completion, the Owls have three more matches before heading to the Conference Tournament in Orlando, FL, on April 21.

THE OWLS:

Temple is coming off its loss to Penn on Wednesday, March 29 by a final score of 4-3. The loss ended a 16-game winning streak that was the longest active in D1 tennis during its tenure.
The Owls have had multiple award winners and recognition over the past week due to the team success. This week, Leo Raquin was named Temple Athletics' Athlete of the Month for his performance in March. He remained a perfect 10-0 in singles play while staying 8-0 in doubles.
The doubles team of Leo Raquin and Thibault Frumholz were also nationally recognized by ITA this week being named No. 81 in the nation. Last week at Penn, they beat the then-No. 6 doubles team of Edoardo Graziani and Kevin Zhu who were a perfect 6-0 before facing the Owls. This is the first nationally ranked doubles team the men have had all year.
Both Raquin and Fromholz were also the only two players to win their singles point against the Quakers. Raquin won from the second position while Frumholz won from the fifth.

SCOUTING NJIT:

NJIT is coming off a 4-1 victory over Army which took place on Sunday, April 2. The Highlanders won the doubles point to give them the 1-0 lead while also securing points from the first, second, third, and sixth positions of singles play.
All four of NJIT's losses came in the month of March after a 10-0 start to the spring season. Besides a loss to Yale, matches against New Orleans, Nicholls, and Georgetown all were within at least two points.
Pablo Perez Ramos leads NJIT with a 15-1 record in singles play with every appearance coming in the first position. Wil Jenkins is second on the team with a 12-3 record this spring. He is 8-1 from the fifth position and 4-2 from the fourth and sixth combined.
The doubles pairing of Pablo Perez Ramos and Josh Smith have been the most successful this season going 10-4 from the first position.
After the match in against Temple on Friday, NJIT will head to face St. Joe's for the second match of the back-to-back. Their match is scheduled for Saturday beginning at 12 noon.

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