The Eastern men’s tennis team looks to end its three-game losing streak as it heads to Indianapolis at noon on Tuesday.

The Indianapolis Greyhounds are going into their first tennis match of the season coming off a 16-4 season in 2014 going as far as the second round of the Division 2 NCAA Tournament.

In the annual Great Lakes Valley Conference men’s tennis preseason poll, the Indianapolis men’s squad has been chosen to win the GLVC East Division.

“They are very tough,” coach Eric Stark said. “They are a preseason conference favorites and ranked No. 27 in the nation for Division 2. This will be an excellent test for us.”

The Greyhounds are led by junior Fausto Cordova, who went 15-9 overall last season. Junior Luke Hubert went 26-4 overall last season and 19-0 in dual meets.

The duo of junior Luke Hubert and graduate Fernando Taricano, went 15-2 last season. Earlier this season Hubert was paired with former teammate Frankel in the fall season and lost their only match.

The Panthers are coming off a shutout from Big Ten opponent Nebraska 7-0.

Stark remains to stay positive and is more worried about their conference season compared to the non-conference season.

“We play three very tough teams this week and I’m excited to see how we handle it,” Stark said. “Our conference schedule we play back-to-back days so this will be great experience for everyone.”

Eastern takes on Indianapolis Tuesday, then travel back to Charleston for practice till Saturday when they take on Valparaiso and Michigan State.

Michigan State will be the third Big Ten opponent they will have played in the non-conference season.

The Panthers have one doubles win out of nine doubles matches in the three games they have played so far. They also have 3 singles wins in three games as well.

Stark said he hasn’t made any lineup decisions yet for Tuesday’s matchup but look for junior Robert Skolik and freshman Preston Touliatos to take on one of the three doubles spots.

After the loss to Nebraska, Stark said Skolik and Touliatos fought extremely hard at the number one spot in doubles.

“We are just trying to be better today than we were yesterday,” Stark said.

Stark remains focused and positive with the squad because of the tough non-conference schedule they have played so far and will continue to be difficult.

Cody Delmendo can be reached at 581-2812 or [email protected].