Flames Set for Road Match Against Miami Hurricanes, Saturday
2/24/2022 2:24:33 PM | Men's Tennis
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No. 57 Liberty will travel to No. 35 Miami for a Saturday afternoon match. First serve is noon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center in Coral Gables, Fla.
The Flames made their 2022 debut in the national rankings yesterday in the No. 57 position. This is the eighth time in the past two seasons that Liberty has been listed among the top 75 teams in the country. The Flames defeated Old Dominion (currently ranked No. 45) 5-2, last Sunday at the Liberty Indoor Tennis Center in their most recent action.
Miami is 7-1 overall and a perfect 6-0 at home so far this season. The Hurricanes swept the Mercer Bears 7-0, last Friday in their most recent match.
Flames News and Notes• Liberty is 0-3 all-time against Miami. The Hurricanes topped the Flames 7-0 in the 2020 season opener.
• The Flames have faced a very challenging schedule to begin the season. Of the seven teams Liberty has faced, five are currently nationally ranked: No. 17 Virginia, No. 32 Duke, No. 45 Old Dominion, No. 51 LSU and No. 60 Penn State.
• Miami boasts one ranked doubles team, No. 27 Franco Aubone/Benjamin Hannestad, and one ranked singles player, No. 117 Dan Martin. Liberty senior Nicaise Muamba, a two-time ASUN Player of the Year, has been nationally ranked 14 times in his decorated career.
• Liberty’s Josh Wilson leads the squad with an 18-7 singles record between spring and fall competition. Wilson needs two more wins to reach 20 for the second time in his career. Wilson won 22 singles matches as a freshman during the 2018-19 campaign and was unanimously named ASUN Men’s Tennis Freshman of the Year.
• The Flames are 1-2 on the road so far this spring. Their lone road triumph was a 4-3 win at Elon, Feb. 4.
• Liberty holds a 3-1 record in matches in which it has won the doubles point. The Flames are 0-3 when dropping the first point of the match.
• Saturday’s contest is the first of a five-match road trip for the Flames. Liberty will also take on No. 49 Charlotte (March 4), No. 70 Georgia State (March 6), Kennesaw State (March 18) and FGCU (March 20) during the road trip. Liberty’s next home match will be an ASUN contest against Jacksonville State, March 25.
