ABILENE – Abilene Christian wraps up the non-conference portion of its season this weekend with a match against No. 22 Illinois in Waco and a home contest Saturday at 4 p.m. against Prairie View A&M.
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The Cats head into the weekend at 8-8 after a 6-1 loss at Texas A&M on Tuesday.
Daniel Morozov claimed the win in that match to give himself a team-leading seven singles wins this season.
Cesar Barranquero and
Savan Chhabra have six singles wins apiece while
Mihaly Deli,
Dario Kmet and
Benjamin McDonald have five each.
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Kmet and Barranquero have a 7-1 record as a doubles tandem and Chhabra and
Ethan Scribner lead ACU with eight doubles wins.
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Illinois comes in at 10-6 this spring after going 1-2 at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships last month.
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Karlis Ozolins is ranked 42
nd and Alex Petrov is 96
th for the Illini in singles while Mathis Debru and Oliver Okonkwo form the ITA's No. 52 doubles tandem.
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ACU has won all 12 previous matches against Prairie View A&M but the teams haven't squared off since 2020.
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PVAMU is 1-12 on the season and led by the doubles team of Diego Hatem and Jorge Juarez at 2-2 at No. 1 doubles.
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