Arizona Heads Up North for Diablo Invitational

TEMPE, Ariz. - Men's Tennis is set to represent the Wildcats in the Diablo Invitational, hosted by Arizona State, at the Kiwanis Tennis Center this weekend in Tempe.

Due to a withdrawal, the Cats received a bye for the first match Friday and are seeded to play the winner of Washington and Utah State in doubles Friday evening and singles Saturday morning. Arizona will then go on to play in either the consolation or championship match against one of the remaining teams: ASU, Liberty, Boise State or UTSA. Times for Saturday's matches are to be determined.

Arizona currently sits at No. 9 in ITA's National Team rankings, with four cats in the singles and doubles polls. Ranking in the top ten is No. 3 Colton Smith and No. 8 Jay Friend, at No. 63 is Zoran Ludoski and at No. 93 is Oskar Jansson. In doubles, seniors Inaki Cabrera-Bello are No. 58 and junior doubles-leaders Jay Friend and Eric Padgham rank at 63.

The Cats are coming off of a statement 4-0 win against No. 7 San Diego, are sitting on a 9-1 record and a four-match win streak.

Saturday's events will be streamed on PlaySight, there will be no live stats available.

Players Mentioned

Jay Friend

Oskar Jansson

Zoran Ludoski

Eric Padgham

Colton Smith

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