KENNESAW, Ga. — Kennesaw State men's tennis announced its fall 2026 schedule on Monday.

The Owls will compete in seven fall tournaments beginning Sept. 18-20 at the Samford Invitational in Birmingham, Alabama.

Individual KSU qualifiers will also look to secure a spot at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Men's All-American Championships Sept. 19-23 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. October's tournaments include the Mercer Gridiron Classic in Macon, Georgia, Oct. 2-4, the ITA Southeast Regional Championships hosted by Georgia Tech Oct. 14-18 and Samford's CCB Invitational at The Country Club of Birmingham Oct. 23-25.

KSU will wind down the fall season at the UTR College Tennis Showcase in Rome, Georgia, Oct. 29-Nov. 1 and the Stetson Hidden Dual Nov. 5-8 in DeLand, Florida.

The Owls' spring 2027 dual match schedule will be announced at a later date.

KSU is coming off a 2025-26 season in which it went 15-7 in dual matches and finished fourth in Conference USA. Fifteen wins a season ago are tied for the second-most in program history.

Five Owls return in 2026-27, bringing with them 63 of 100 singles wins from 2025-26.

All-CUSA First Team selection Nathan Walters runs it back at KSU after a freshman campaign in which he went 21-4, breaking the program record for season singles winning percentage (.840).

Dominic Ducariu and Xavi Ferrer also return with 18 wins apiece from last season.

The Owls will also benefit from the leadership of returning seniors Ben Hudson and Kyvan Rietkerk. Hudson starred on court one for KSU in 14 matches as a junior while going 9-9 in doubles. Rietkerk helped the Owls sweep the March 25 CUSA weekly awards with a Men's Doubles Team of the Week honor.

Freshmen Juan Parrilla, Frederik Tandeter and Konstantinos Megalemos are set to join KSU ahead of the coming season.

Parrilla, a five-star prospect out of Georgia's Decatur High School, is the highest-rated recruit in program history. Tandeter arrives from Wettingen, Switzerland with a U18 Swiss state title and UTR rankings of 12.12 (singles) and 12.11 (doubles). Megalemos, a native of Nicosia, Cyprus, comes to KSU as his nation's top-ranked U18 player with 2025-26 records of 26-10 in singles and 14-10 in doubles.

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