Friday, Sept. 25 Men's Tennis Schedule
Buffalo @ Farnsworth Invitational - Princeton, NJ
Ball State @ WMU/ Vredevelt Invitational - Kalamazoo, Mich. 
Toledo @ Toledo's Everybody vs. Cancer Invitational - Toledo, Ohio
Western Michigan @ WMU/ Vredevelt Invitational - Kalamazoo, Mich. 

Saturday, Sept. 26 Men's Tennis Schedule
Buffalo @ Farnsworth Invitational - Princeton, NJ
Ball State @ WMU/ Vredevelt Invitational - Kalamazoo, Mich. 
Omaha @ Creighton Invite - Omaha, NE
Toledo @ Toledo's Everybody vs. Cancer Invitational - Toledo, Ohio
Western Michigan @ WMU/ Vredevelt Invitational - Kalamazoo, Mich. 

Sunday, Sept. 27 Men's Tennis Schedule 
Buffalo @ Farnsworth Invitational - Princeton, NJ
Omaha @ Creighton Invite - Omaha, NE
Toledo @ Toledo's Everybody vs. Cancer Invitational - Toledo, Ohio
 

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Toledo Rockets
Friday-Sunday, Sept. 25-27 / Everybody vs. Cancer Invitational / 9:30 a.m. / UT Varsity Tennis Courts & Shadow Valley Tennis Club

Men's Tennis begins the 2026 fall season by hosting the annual Everybody vs. Cancer Invitational at the UT Varsity Tennis Courts and Shadow Valley Tennis Club. The Rockets will compete against Case Western Reserve, Grand Valley State, IU Indy, Tiffin, and Wayne State, with action beginning at 9:30 a.m. on Friday. The team returns four letter winners from last season while bringing in three newcomers. Donations can be made to the American Cancer Society here.


Western Michigan Broncos
KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The Western Michigan men's tennis team welcomes Ball State, Butler, DePaul Gonzaga and Marquette to Sorensen Courts for the annual WMU/Jack Vredevelt Invitational on Friday and Saturday. 

The action gets started at 9 a.m. on both days. The Broncos will take time on Friday afternoon at 1:30 to honor Jack Vredevelt and the Vredevelt Family for their long-standing support of Bronco Tennis. Jack and Caryolyn Vredevelt and their daughters made a contribution to the program toward new umpire chairs and setting up an endowment to benefeit the program, assistant coaches and student-athletes. 

Vredevelt played at Western Michigan from 1952-55. He won four consecutive MAC Singles Championships and also won three MAC Doubles Championships. He later became the head coach of the WMU Men's Tennis team in 1974 and racked up 348 victories before retiring in 1996. He coached the Broncos to a MAC Championship in 1981 and was later inducted into the WMU Athletics Hall of fame in 1991. 

The MAC honors Vredevelt's legacy every year with the Jack Vredevelt Sportsmanship Award, given to a men's tennis senior who exemplifies outstanding sportsmanship throughout his college career. 


Omaha Mavericks
OMAHA, Neb. - Omaha Men's Tennis will continue its fall season at the Creighton Invite starting on Friday, Sept. 25 and ending on Sunday, Sept. 27. 

The invite will be a hidden dual-style tournament where the Mavericks play singles and doubles against every team, but at separate times. The first two days of competition will be at Hanscom Tennis Courts, with the last day at Koch Tennis Center. 

Junior Eloi Roux, junior Kaden Taylor, senior Kristian Thomas and senior Pavan Uppu will represent the Mavericks in the tournament. 

Omaha will face Creighton, Northwest Missouri State, Washburn and Nebraska.