Thursday, 03/31/2011

The No. 59 NC State men’s tennis team will host two ACC matches at home this weekend. The Wolfpack will take on No. 47 Florida State on Friday, April 1 at 3 p.m., before facing No. 28 Miami on Sunday, April 3 at noon. Both matches will take place at Pullen Park.

Live results will be available on GoPack.com via the men’s tennis schedule page.

The Pack, standing at 8-9 (0-5 ACC), returns to action after dropping a 5-2 decision to No. 35 Wake Forest this past Tuesday.

ITA Polls
The Wolfpack is currently ranked at No. 59 in the latest ITA team poll.

No. 47 Florida State has two players ranked in the singles poll: No. 24 Vahid Mirzadeh and No. 91 Clint Bowles.  The Seminoles’ doubles team of Connor Smith and Mirzadeh is ranked 12th nationally.

Miami is ranked No. 28 in the ITA team poll.

Scouting the Opposition
Florida State, standing at 6-10 (1-4 ACC), will return to action after falling to both Virginia Tech and Virginia last weekend.

Miami owns a record of 10-5 (4-1 ACC) after topping Virginia Tech and falling to Virginia last week. The Hurricanes will face Wake Forest on Friday before traveling to Raleigh on to take on the Pack.