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Dylan Steffens and Christoffer Greve

Men's Tennis Alex Danko

Unbeaten Redbirds Head to DeKalb

DEKALB, Ill. – The unbeaten Illinois State men's tennis team, now 4-0, will travel to DeKalb, Illinois to play Northern Illinois (5-2) and Cleveland State (3-2) this weekend.

The ISU men's doubles duo of junior Dylan Steffens and sophomore Christoffer Greve enter this weekend's matches nationally ranked at No. 53, according to the Feb. 10 ITA Division I Men's Doubles Rankings.

"After having a week off, we are looking forward to playing again this weekend," head coach Mark Klysner said. "Our schedule only gets tougher from here on out, and that will begin with the defending Mid-American Conference champions, NIU. We'll look to avenge a 4-3 loss to them last year. If we play at the level we are capable of playing at, then I feel we can win both matches this weekend."

Since Klysner took over the Illinois State Men's Tennis program in 2013, ISU has had an 0-1 record against NIU. This will also be the first time that Klysner's Redbirds have faced Cleveland State. The Redbirds go into this weekend with an undefeated 4-0 mark for the season is the best start for Illinois State since beginning the season 6-0 in 1977-78.

A player to keep an eye on this weekend is Greve, who is still undefeated in dual play. After finishing the fall tournament season with a team-best 6-3 singles record and a 5-3 mark in doubles play, Greve has a 4-0 dual singles record and a 3-0 doubles mark with partner Steffens. Steffens is also undefeated with a 4-0 dual singles record on the season.

Teammate Urh Krajnc Domiter is now 3-1 in dual singles, as he returned this season for his for first taste competition since last year.

Rolando Torrellas is still playing in limited competition, but stays undefeated at 4-0 overall on the season, with 1-0 mark in dual singles and a 3-0 mark in tournament play.

The match versus Northern Illinois is set to begin Friday at 12 p.m. On Saturday, competition will continue at 3 p.m. as Illinois State faces Cleveland State.

For updates during this weekend's matches follow @RedbirdMTEN on Twitter.

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Players Mentioned

Christoffer Greve

Christoffer Greve

Sophomore
Urh Krajnc Domiter

Urh Krajnc Domiter

Junior
Dylan Steffens

Dylan Steffens

Junior
Rolando Torrellas

Rolando Torrellas

Senior

Players Mentioned

Christoffer Greve

Christoffer Greve

Sophomore
Urh Krajnc Domiter

Urh Krajnc Domiter

Junior
Dylan Steffens

Dylan Steffens

Junior
Rolando Torrellas

Rolando Torrellas

Senior