The Cal Lutheran men's tennis team is the third program that has been forced to move its home contests to a later date due to the recent wet weather the city of Thousand Oaks has been experiencing. Originally scheduled to take on Chapman in its season and home opener on Saturday afternoon, the match has been rescheduled for Sunday, February 21 at Noon.
The Cal Lutheran men's tennis, women's tennis and softball teams have all postponed their respective scheduled matches that were originally taking place this weekend due to the recent rainfall in the city of Thousand Oaks. The Kingsmen tennis teams announcement came early Saturday morning as their match with Chapman will take place on Sunday, Feb. 21.
After posting the second most single season wins since joining the NCAA Division III in 1992, the Kingsmen tennis team returns most of its key components from a squad that finished third in the SCIAC standings last year.
The Cal Lutheran women's tennis team will travel to Occidental College on Saturday morning initiating the 2010 spring sports schedule. The CLU baseball and softball teams will provide the first home spring contests with both hosting Sunday doubleheaders against La Sierra at 11 a.m. and Noon, respectively.
Sixteen wins a season ago was the most for the Cal Lutheran men's tennis program since the 2005 season (18-6) and the second highest victory total since joining the NCAA in 1992. The team will enter the 2010 season with a ranking of 28th in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) national poll and return junior all-American Andrew Giuffrida who is ranked eighth among the NCAA Division III.
Into the later evening and early morning hours of Wednesday and Thursday will the longstanding CLU tradition of Midnight Madness, where students will celebrate the beginning of the Kingsmen and Regals basketball season, also begins Homecoming Weekend October 15-18.
Junior Andrew Giuffrida of the Cal Lutheran men's tennis team advanced to the final of the 2009 Wilson ITA/Division III West Regional main singles draw in Claremont on Oct. 2-4. Giuffrida entered play in the 64-man tournament as the No. 1 seed and was defeated in the final match by the No. 2 seed Robbie Erani (CMS) 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.
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