The men’s tennis team opens the fall season this weekend as it travels to the Milwaukee Tennis Classic. The expectations for the season are at an all-time high as the Badgers are coming off of two of their best seasons in the team’s history Travel.

Although it lost three seniors, Wisconsin returns its top two players, junior Moritz Baumann and sophomore Marek Michalicka from last year’s team. The team finished second in the Big Ten and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Travel In men’s tennis, the fall season is essentially a tune-up for the spring season, when Big Ten play will begin. This is the time for individuals to hone their game and prepare for a spring season already yielding high expectations.

Despite losing three seniors to graduation last year, UW coach Greg Van Emburgh is still optimistic about the upcoming season, especially with the enthusiasm he has seen from his younger players.

“We return solid players with good depth. I expect them to step up this year,” Van Emburgh said. “The players have hit it real hard in practice and conditioning for two weeks looking forward to matches. They want to put their hard work into play.”

Bauman and Michalicka will be forced to wait another week to put their preparation on the line Travel. They will open play next weekend at Baylor, where they will be playing in a ranked tournament.

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