NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State men's tennis team returns to action, after a week off, to face Southern Illinois in Carbondale, Illinois, on Saturday. This begins Missouri Valley Conference competition for the Redbirds, also marking 71 years of play against SIU. ISU has a 28-39 record against SIU.
"We've been looking forward to this weekend for a while now as it's always nice to get conference play going," head coach Mark Klysner said. "The guys have had good preparation leading up to this weekend, and we should be ready to play a strong SIU team.