• Kennesaw State (5-3, 0-0 CUSA) at UNC Asheville (3-2, 0-0 Big South)

           Candler, NC | Enka High School Tennis Courts | Friday, Feb. 27 | 1 p.m. EST

• Kennesaw State at VCU (4-5, 2-0 A-10)

           Richmond, VA | Thalhimer Tennis Center | Sunday, March 1 | 11 a.m. EST

KENNESAW, Ga. — Kennesaw State men's tennis seeks to extend its three-match road winning streak when it faces UNC Asheville and VCU on Feb. 27 and March 1.

LAST TIME OUT
KSU overcame a Friday weather delay to retain its lead and finish off Georgia Southern in a 4-2 win on Feb. 21 in Statesboro.

Prior to the suspension of play on Friday, KSU gave itself a 2-0 cushion with the doubles point and a singles point courtesy of Dominic Ducariu. Leon Peranovic and Nathan Walters earned a 6-4 win on court two. Xavi Ferrer and Anthony Weingarten then finished the job in doubles with a 7-5 victory on three.

Ducariu took his No. 4 singles match in straight sets (6-2, 6-3) for the two-score lead. Georgia Southern won on courts five and six to square the match 2-2, but Weingarten and Peranovic finished the day strong to send the Owls home winners.

Weingarten outdueled the Eagles' Edoardo Santoni 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 on three. Peranovic then clinched on two with a 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-3 win over Albert Saar.

The Owls are now two-for-two in matches this season versus their in-state rivals. KSU defeated Georgia State 5-2 in Kennesaw on Feb. 8.

PROMISING START
Freshmen Peranovic, Walters and Ducariu each hold winning records in singles play just eight matches into their collegiate careers.

Peranovic is 6-2 and the winner of four straight matches. The freshman from Hanover, Germany, went 5-2 on line three before winning his debut match at No. 2 singles against Georgia Southern. Walters is 6-2 on court five while Ducariu is 5-2 on four with back-to-back wins.

SERIES HISTORY
KSU and UNC Asheville meet for the fifth time on Friday. The Owls are 3-1 against the Bulldogs and winners of three straight, including a 5-2 decision in Kennesaw in 2025.
Sunday's match marks KSU's first-ever visit to VCU and the second all-time meeting in the series. The Rams defeated the Owls, 5-2, in Kennesaw last season.

KNOW THE FOE
UNC Asheville's three wins have come against King (Tenn.), Young Harris and Mars Hill. The Bulldogs have dropped matches to North Carolina (0-4) and Wofford (2-5). In 2025, Asheville finished runner-up in the Big South at 12-10 (2-1).

VCU has lost three straight matches with defeats versus Gardner-Webb (1-4), St. John's (0-4) and Virginia Tech (0-7). The Rams will host Cornell on Feb. 28 before facing the Owls the following day. VCU is the third 2025 NCAA Tournament team KSU has faced this season. The Rams went 13-12 (3-1) and secured their eighth consecutive A-10 title before losing 0-4 to No. 13 South Carolina in the first round of the 2025 tourney.

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