The Hobart tennis team moved up three spots in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) national rankings. The No. 28 ranked Statesmen are set to host NYU, Bard, and No. 27 RPI this weekend. Action will begin on Saturday against the Violets at 10 a.m., and will be followed by a matchup with the Raptors at 7 p.m. To close out the weekend, the Statesmen will take on the Engineers on Sunday at 2 p.m. The location of the matches will depend on the weather.

Hobart is 10-3 this season and is riding a 10-match win streak. The Statesmen went 3-0 last week and four Statesmen were recognized by the conference. Senior Sean Pesin and sophomore Nick Fischer were named the Liberty League Doubles Team of the Week, while first-year Achilleas Kousaridis was named the conference's rookie of the week. Senior Winter Fagerberg was named to the weekly honor roll.

NYU brings a 2-5 overall record to Geneva and is coming off a 6-1 loss to the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The Violets defeated Liberty League opponent RIT 9-0 earlier this season.

Bard is 1-5 this season, 0-5 in the Liberty League. The Raptors are coming off an 8-1 loss to Skidmore.

RPI brings a 10-1 record to Geneva. The Engineer's are 3-0 in conference play and are coming off a 7-2 win over Skidmore. RPI will take on RIT on Saturday before heading to Geneva on Sunday.

Fans who can't make it to Geneva this weekend can follow the action with live video courtesy of hwsathletics.com. If the matches move inside, there will be no live video.
 
ABOUT THE STATESMEN

• Hobart is ranked No. 8 in the ITA Northeast Region rankings.
• Pesin is the No. 18 ranked singles player in the Northeast. He is 7-5 in the No. 1 spot.
• Kousaridis leads Hobart in singles play with a 10-2 record, including a 6-2 record in the No. 3 spot.
• Junior Nick Grosso is riding a seven-match win streak and is 10-3 in dual matches.
• Fagerberg is 9-3 in dual matches and is riding a team-leading nine-match win streak in the No. 5 spot.
• Pesin and Fischer are 9-4 in dual matches at the No. 1 spot.
• Juniors Hyat Oyer and Troy Steiner are riding a four-match win streak and are 8-3 in the No. 2 spot.
• Fagerberg and junior Rahul Vallabhajosula are 7-1 in dual matches in the No. 3 spot.

ABOUT THE VIOLETS

• Zachary Freier is 3-3 in singles play and is 3-2 in the No. 5 spot.
• Boren Zheng is 3-3 in the No. 1 singles position.
• Alexander Lee and Zheng are the No. 8 ranked doubles team in the Northeast. The duo is 4-1 in the No. 1 spot.
• Jingyuan Chen and Louis Frowein lead the team in doubles play and are 5-1 in the No. 2 spot.

ABOUT THE RAPTORS

• Thanasis Kostikas leads Bard in singles play and is 1-4 in the No. 1 spot.
• Three other players sit at 1-4 in dual matches this season.
• Kostikas and Kai O'Donnell are 1-2 in dual match doubles play this season.

ABOUT THE ENGINEERS

• RPI ranks No. 27 in the ITA national poll and is No. 7 in the Northeast Region.
• Aidan Drover-Mattinen is the No. 3 ranked singles player in the Northeast. He leads the team with a 13-6 record in the No. 1 spot.
• Andy Zhu is the No. 19 ranked singles player in the region. He is 11-6 in dual matches this season.
• Bryce Burnham is also 11-6 in dual matches and is 4-1 in the No. 5 spot.
• Drover-Mattinen and Zhu are the No. 1 ranked doubles team in the region. The duo is 11-9 in the No. 1 spot.
• Max Safanov and Burnham are 15-4 in the No. 3 spot, while Igor Visnevskij and Abraham Yohannes are 15-5 in the No. 2 spot.

SERIES HISTORY

• This will be the 14th meeting between the Statesmen and the Violets. NYU holds a 9-4 advantage in the series.
• Last time they met, NYU defeated Hobart 7-2 in New York City.
• This will be the 10th meeting between the Statesmen and the Raptors. Hobart has won the nine previous meetings.
• Last time they met, Hobart defeated Bard 9-0 in Wappingers Falls, N.Y.
• This will be the 21st meeting between the Statesmen and the Engineers. RPI holds an 11-9 edge in the series.
• Last season, the two sides split the series. Hobart defeated RPI 5-4 in the regular season, but the Engineers came out victorious in the Liberty League Championship match 5-3.