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Men’s Tennis Hosts Fall Invite This Weekend
October 14, 2021 | Men's Tennis
MUNCIE, Ind. - The Ball State men's tennis team continues its fall campaign at home this weekend with the Ball State Fall Invite. The three-day event, which runs Friday through Sunday, will also feature Butler, IUPUI and Marquette.
This weekend's competition will be the 37th edition of the Ball State Fall Invite, but the first since for the program since the 2014-15 season.
The competition is set to begin on Friday at 11 a.m. with rounds of singles and doubles. Saturday and Sunday's matches will start at 9 a.m. each day. The tournament will be played on Ball State's home outdoor court the Cardinal Creek Tennis Center, weather permitting. If inclement weather were to occur the matches will be moved indoors at the Northwest YMCA.
The Cardinals have had a successful fall so far with a strong showing at the Purdue Fall Invite (Sept. 17-19) after finishing the three-day event with a 9-2 doubles mark and a 13-8 singles ledger. BSU also recently competed at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Ohio Valley Regional (Sept. 23-26).
BSU tennis welcomes back former player and alumnus Steve Rodecap, who is the head coach at Marquette. Rodecap played at Ball State from 1992-96 while helping the Cardinals to a trio of Mid-American Conference Championship titles (1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95). The Anderson, Ind., native is in his year 19th year at the helm of the Golden Eagles.
It will also be a reunion of sorts for Rodecap and Cardinals' current graduate assistant coach Luke Smrek. Smrek was a standout player for Marquette from 2016-2020, earning Big East Freshman of the Year (2016-17), All-Big East Conference (2016-17), and First Team All-Big East (2017-18, 2018-19). He was also a four-time Big East All-Academic Team selection.
After each day you can find a complete list of results on the Ball State Athletics home page by logging onto www.ballstatesports.com.
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