Michigan
Purdue
Senior Day Set as U-M Hosts Final Regular-Season Matches at VTC
4/16/2026 12:02:00 PM | Men's Tennis
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April 19
• Senior Day
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan men's tennis team (11-9, 6-5 Big Ten) will close out the regular season this weekend with a pair of Big Ten matches at the Varsity Tennis Center. The Wolverines host Purdue (5-15, 1-10 Big Ten) on Friday (April 17) at 6 p.m. before facing Indiana (10-10, 4-7 Big Ten) on Sunday (April 19) at noon on Senior Day. Admission to all matches at the Varsity Tennis Center is free.
Notes
• Michigan will honor Mert Oral, Nicholas Steiglehner and Bjorn Swenson for Senior Day on Sunday, prior to the Indiana match. Fans are encouraged to come early to show their appreciation for the senior trio.
• The Wolverines enter the weekend on a four-match winning streak, having swept Oregon and Washington on the road before returning home to defeat No. 20 Michigan State and Toledo in a doubleheader.
• Swenson delivered a three-set win over then-No. 14 Matthew Forbes at No. 2 singles to clinch the victory against Michigan State and hand the Spartans their first conference loss of the season. After dropping the first set 6-1, Swenson rallied to take the second 6-3 before closing out the match 6-3 in the third.
• Michigan is 11-9 overall with a 6-5 Big Ten record, sitting seventh in the conference standings. The Wolverines moved up to No. 39 in the latest ITA computerized rankings.
• Max Dahlin owns the longest singles unbeaten streak in the nation, at 14 straight. He is 16-1 at No. 1 singles, unbeaten at 9-0 in the Big Ten, and 25-3 when combining his fall and spring seasons. Dahlin moved up to No. 6 in the ITA rankings this week.
• Swenson moved up to No. 45 in the singles rankings, the highest ranking of his season. He's on a four-match win streak and is 9-3 at No. 2 and is 17-7 this season.
• Michigan has two ranked doubles pairs, of which Dahlin is a member of both. He and fellow All-American Swenson are ranked No. 21 after reaching the NCAA quarterfinals in the fall. This spring, Dahlin and fellow freshman Pierce Shaya are 8-3 at No. 1 and sit at No. 52 in the rankings.
• Steiglehner enters the weekend on a four-match winning streak and is four wins away from reaching 60 career victories.
• Purdue is 5-15 overall and sits last in the Big Ten at 1-10. The Boilermakers feature one ranked doubles team in Aleksa Krivokapic and Maj Premzel (No. 58). Michigan has won 22 straight matches against Purdue and leads the all-time series 81-10.
• Indiana enters the week 10-10 overall and ninth in the Big Ten at 4-7. The Hoosiers have four ranked doubles teams: Matteo Antonescu/Michael Andrea (No. 39), Jip Van Assendelft/Sam Landau (No. 44), Sam Landau/Braeden Gelletich (No. 54), and Facundo Yunis/Sam Landau (No. 82). Michigan has won 12 straight meetings and leads the all-time series 76-16-1.
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