The 2018 University of the Ozarks men's tennis team aims for its fifth straight American Southwest Conference Championship Tournament appearance.  The Eagles not only want to get to the tournament, but advance further under new head coach Jeff Kutac. The Eagles still remain a young team despite having most of its key players back from last season. Transfer Melle Van Duijn is expected to make an immediate impact. The veteran Kutac will have the luxury of coaching at the new multi-million dollar Tennis Center expected to open later in the season. The facility will among the best in NCAA Division III and includes PlaySight technology.

 
2017 Record (ASC): 6-13 (1-3)

2017 Conference Finish: 4th, East Division

2017 Tournament: 1st round (Loss against Texas Dallas)

Returning Players: Reid Birch (Sophomore/Little Rock, Ark.); Bryce Johnson (Sophomore/Russellville, Ark.); Cole Lankford (Sophomore/Knob Noster, Mo.); Jonah Martinez (Sophomore/Fort Worth, Texas); Walker Murray (Sophomore/West Helena, Ark.); and Spencer Turner (Senior/Pearcy, Ark.)

Newcomers: Bryant Cason (Freshman/Cabot, Ark.); Kade Cushing (Freshman/El Dorado, Ark.); Pierre De Forton (Senior/Boulogne Billancourt, France); Alex East (Freshman/Bedford, Ind.); Harrison Harbin (Freshman/Sulphur Springs, Texas); Max Mathis (Freshman/Ward, Ark.); Josh Robinson (Freshman/Conway, Ark.); Alexandre Torbey (Senior/Paris, France); and Melle Van Duijn (Sophomore/New Zealand)

2017 Most Doubles Wins: (12) Cole Lankford/Jonah Martinez

2017 Most Singles Wins: (13) Jonah Martinez

2017 No. 1 Singles Player: Dillon Murray

2017 No. 1 Doubles: Dillon Murray/Jacob Organ

All-Conference Players Returning: Jonah Martinez and Cole Lankford earned First Team All-East Division honors at No. 3 doubles. Martinez made the All-East Second Team at No. 6 singles.

Program Playoff Appearances: (4) 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

Coach Kutac Quotes:
"We have a very solid group of young men. They have been battling and working hard to improve. We have a lot of different pairings in doubles we can put together. I really believe doubles will be a strength for us. In singles, we have a good balance and pretty much any player could step in and do a good job for us."

2018 Schedule
February
9 vs Sul Ross State (Austin, Texas) - 8:30 am
10 vs Concordia University Texas (Austin, Texas) - 8:30 am
10 vs Howard Payne University (Austin, Texas) - 1:00 pm
11 vs Texas Lutheran University (Austin, Texas) - 8:30 am
17 vs John Brown University (Conway, Ark.) - 9:00 am         
17 @ Hendrix College - 2:00 pm

March
2 vs Schreiner University (Home) - 4:00 pm
9 @ Texas Wesleyan University - 2:00 pm
14 vs UA-Fort Smith (Home) - 2:00 pm
30 @ UA-Pine Bluff - 3:00 pm

April
6 @ *UT-Tyler - 4:00 pm
7 @ *LeTourneau University - 10:00 am
11 vs Centenary College (Home) - 2:00 pm
14 vs *Louisiana College (Home) - 10:00 am
20 @ *East Texas Baptist University - 3:00 pm
21 @ *Belhaven University - 12:00 pm

May
3-5 @ American Southwest Conference Tournament
*American Southwest Conference Match