Match Notes: Hawkeyes Host Louisville, No. 16 Cornell

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THIS WEEK:
The No. 28 University of Iowa men’s tennis team will host Louisville on Friday at 5 p.m. (CT) and No. 16 Cornell on Sunday at 11 a.m. (CT). Both matches will take place at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex. Admission is free to the public.

LAST TIME OUT:
•     The Hawkeyes swept their competition with wins over No. 50 VCU (4-3) and Nebraska (5-2) last weekend at the HTRC. Iowa improved to 8-1 at home. 

LOUISVILLE BREAKDOWN:
•     The Cardinals enter this week’s action with a 9-4 record, last beating Xavier on Tuesday (4-0).  
•     The Louisville lineup features Tin Chen, who is ranked No. 91 nationally in singles.
•     The Hawkeyes are 2-0 all-time against the Cardinals, dating back to 1990, when Iowa won (4-3) in Iowa City. 

#16 CORNELL BREAKDOWN:
•     The Big Red enter this week 7-1 overall and will play at Drake on Friday before traveling to Iowa on Sunday.
•     The Big Red are 33-5 this season in singles matches.
•     Cornell leads the all-time series with Iowa, 4-1. The Big Red won last year’s contest in New York (5-2). The Hawkeyes beat Cornell (4-2) in 2016 in New Jersey.

 HAWKEYE NOTABLES:
•    Redshirt senior Kareem Allaf is ranked a career-best No. 51 in the country.
•    Will Davies and Oliver Okonkwo are ranked 12th nationally in doubles.
•    Allaf is tied for the second most singles wins in a program history (84). 
•    Allaf is second in school history with 143 combined singles and doubles victories. He needs 17 wins to catch Tyler Cleveland (160). 
•    Two Hawkeyes own 10 or more singles wins (Allaf and Davies). Davis has won 10 straight singles matches, setting a new career high.
•    Davies is one win away from tying Allaf for 10th on Iowa’s career Top 10 list in doubles victories (58). 

FOLLOW THE HAWKEYES:
Fans can follow the Hawkeyes all season long and receive live match updates on Facebook (facebook.com/IowaMensTennis) and Twitter (@IowaMensTennis). Fans can also get a behind the scenes look on Instagram (iowamenstennis). 

HEAD COACH ROSS WILSON: 
Ross Wilson, a former two-time NCAA All-American and three-time ITA national doubles champion at Ohio State, is in his sixth season as head coach and seventh year with the Iowa men’s tennis program.

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