Different, yet somewhat the same, could be a way to describe this season's Western Michigan University men's tennis team.
The different part for head coach Dave Morin, who is in his 24th season, is that he has four freshmen and five sophomores on the 11-player team. The same, well, senior Anton Arzhankin and graduate student Brogan Pierce are two veterans who had a lot of success during the fall season in which to build around as they look to capture the program's 30th Mid-American Conference regular season championship.
''We have a great group of guys who are passionate about tennis and are good in the classroom,'' Morin said.