Thursday, April 2
Lynchburg, Va.
3:00 PM ET
Liberty University
vs
No. 56 Old Dominion
No. 69 Men’s Tennis to Host No. 56 ODU and Elon
4/1/2026 5:13:00 PM | Men's Tennis
LYNCHBURG, Va. – The No. 69 Liberty men's tennis team (9-9) prepares to welcome No. 56 Old Dominion (15-5) and Elon (4-11) for matches at the Liberty Tennis Complex this weekend. The Flames take on ODU on Thursday at 3 p.m. with the match streamed live on ESPN+. Liberty challenges Elon on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Liberty is coming off a split weekend with mirrored 4-3 outcomes on the road. The Flames topped USF 4-3 with a match-clinching point tied at 3-3, but they fell to FAU 4-3 the next day.
The Flames are 4-12 all-time against Old Dominion, but they own a 3-1 mark in their last four meetings. Liberty owns a 6-11 all-time mark facing Elon and is 4-1 in its last five matches with the Phoenix.
ODU marks the tenth program on the Flames' 2026 schedule that currently carries an ITA national ranking. With the most recent ITA rankings (March 31), they have met No. 18 Auburn, No. 29 Arizona State, No. 32 UC Santa Barbara, No. 33 Princeton, No. 39 Yale, No. 40 Penn, No. 47 Georgia Tech, No. 55 Charlotte and No. 70 USF.
With the CUSA Men's Tennis Championship around the corner (April 17, 19), the Flames are one of three ranked CUSA Men's Tennis programs, including No. 43 Middle Tennessee and No. 75 Jacksonville State.
Doing it in Doubles
Stars in Singles
Liberty is coming off a split weekend with mirrored 4-3 outcomes on the road. The Flames topped USF 4-3 with a match-clinching point tied at 3-3, but they fell to FAU 4-3 the next day.
The Flames are 4-12 all-time against Old Dominion, but they own a 3-1 mark in their last four meetings. Liberty owns a 6-11 all-time mark facing Elon and is 4-1 in its last five matches with the Phoenix.
ODU marks the tenth program on the Flames' 2026 schedule that currently carries an ITA national ranking. With the most recent ITA rankings (March 31), they have met No. 18 Auburn, No. 29 Arizona State, No. 32 UC Santa Barbara, No. 33 Princeton, No. 39 Yale, No. 40 Penn, No. 47 Georgia Tech, No. 55 Charlotte and No. 70 USF.
With the CUSA Men's Tennis Championship around the corner (April 17, 19), the Flames are one of three ranked CUSA Men's Tennis programs, including No. 43 Middle Tennessee and No. 75 Jacksonville State.
Doing it in Doubles
- Liberty is collectively 25-19 (.568) in doubles action this season.
- Rodrigo Santiago Arraez and Guy Vorwerk (10-3) own the most wins as a pair this spring.
- The Flames have collected 10 wins in the No. 2 (10-6) and No. 3 (10-4) doubles slots. They are 5-9 in the No. 1 doubles position, recently promoting the pair of Benjamin Sparks and David Ekpenyong to the position. The duo is 7-5 this spring and 2-3 at No. 1.
- The Flames project to have Chase Robinson and Siwanat Auytayakul (4-5, 3-3 at No. 2) at No. 2 doubles with Arraez and Vorkerk (10-3, 7-2 at No. 3) in the No. 3 position.
Stars in Singles
- As a team, the Flames are 52-49 (.515) in singles play. Liberty has sub .500 win/loss marks in the No. 1 (6-11) and No. 3 singles positions. They own at least 10 wins at No. 2 (10-6), No. 5 (10-8) and No. 6 (10-6) with a 9-8 mark at No. 4.
- Auytayakul (7-9) has made 6-of-9 recent appearances in the No. 1 position, sporting a 1-4 record in the top slot.
- Chase Robinson paces the team with an 11-5 singles mark. The redshirt junior showcases a 7-1 record in the No. 6 singles slot.
- Carl Roothman paces the Flames in the No. 2 singles position with a 5-3 record, followed by Auytayakul with a 4-1 mark.
- Arraez (7-8) began the season in the No. 1 singles position, but he has not made an appearance at the top of the lineup in the last two matches.
- No Flames has more than two victories in the No. 3 slot with five making at least one appearance.
- Sparks leads the Flames with a 5-5 mark at No. 4 singles.
- Ekpenyong sports a team-best 4-3 record in the No. 5 position.
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