PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley Tennis begins a three-match homestand this weekend, beginning with a match against the Illinois State Redbirds to begin its conference season on Saturday, March 22, at 1:00 p.m.

BRADLEY vs. ILLINOIS STATE
Where: Markin Tennis Courts - Peoria, IL
When: Saturday, March 22 - 1:00 p.m.

PREVIEWING THE REDBIRDS
The Redbirds ended the nonconference season with a 7-6 record. They won their last match 7-0 against Chicago State but dropped the two matches before that, falling to Utah State 6-1 and SIUE 4-2. 

LAST TIME OUT
The Braves fell to the Lindenwood Lions on March 17, 5-2, and the St. Louis Billikens on March 18, 4-0. Ruby Tseng won her singles match against the Lions in three sets and Mariia Pukhina won her match in two sets. The team of Anna Belogliadova and Madi Rogers won their doubles match against Lindenwood and sent their match against the Billikens into a tiebreaker. Compassion Tsai and Tseng both sent their singles matches against St. Louis into a third set before they were deemed unfinished.

COMING UP…
The Braves will wrap up their first homestand of the conference season on March 29-30 against the Drake Bulldogs and the UNI Panthers.