 Hello, and welcome to the Evan Clifton Show, presented by Buffalo Wildlings. I'm Greg Royce, joined by Stevenson, men's women's tennis coach, Evan Clifton. Coach, the first time we had a chance to chat this spring. And both teams played well right now. Both the men and women are on winning streaks and started conference playoffs strong. Yeah, yeah, we had started the tough schedule this spring, played Salisbury and Geniiite on the men's side and before spring break and just Salisbury on the women's side before spring breaks. We had sort of our toughest teams, toughest part of the schedule right away. So we had to figure some things out. We learned some things from those matches, figured out what we needed to fix, what our strengths and weaknesses were, made the adjustments. And then really, since spring break for the guys and since halfway through spring break for the ladies, you've seen both teams are pretty hot. The guys are on a sixth match winning streak. The ladies have won their last three. And so we're looking to just keep things rolling and build on it for Messiah this week. Yeah, and obviously most importantly, we started conference playoff last week, taking on Alvarnia and Albright. On the women's side, Alvarnia seemed lost in 7-2 last year. She beat 7-2 this year. So obviously it just shows that the improvements there and hopefully both teams, obviously the men, expect to be in contention for the playoffs, but hopefully the women, obviously depending on what happens the next couple of weeks, be in contention as well. Yeah, yeah. Obviously on the women's side, Alvarnia is a team that we lost to 7-2 last year. We were able to flip the script this year, get things started off and doubles really well and we were able to win that match 7-2. And that was definitely one of the teams that if we had beat last year, if we had pulled that match out last year, we would have been in the conference playoffs. And so I told them before the match, it's one of the teams, one of the four or five teams we absolutely got to beat this year to make the playoffs. And so we got it done there, but we're not done. We've still got to win at least three more conference matches. And on the men's side, obviously it was, those were two teams that played as kind of close last year. Albright really, if I remember correctly, it was a five, four, six, three match, a lot closer than we had expected. But this year, we came in, took care of business. We, despite the conditions, played our best and got the job done with a 9-0 win. And then obviously they took care of business as well on the men's side against Alvernia earlier in the week. So yeah, both teams off to a 2-0 conference start. And it's, but again, it's not about how you start, it's about how you finish. And so we're focused on that. We're taking it one conference match at a time and hopefully we'll be in position to be in the playoffs and be at top seed three, four weeks from now. Yeah, and obviously big week coming up, we've got Messiah for both the men and women this week and you're on the road again on Saturday. So obviously first, just the middle week, playing Messiah. Obviously the men's side, they're kind of the top dogs. They're the ones that you want to, that you want kind of, they're the measuring stick to find out where you really stack up. Yeah, yeah, yeah, certainly they're, absolutely they're the measuring stick that if we can beat them and perform well against them, obviously that bodes well for us the rest of the conference. But like I said, I mean, I think we've been, since my first year here, we've been talking about not just beating them, just winning the Mac outright. And so we definitely don't feel like going into that match that we're an underdog at all. It's going to be a close match. It could go either way, sure. But we've been in those close matches. We've played teams as good or better than them all spring. So when we've been getting better and better every match, so we like our chances. Our top four, especially on the men's side, can, we think our top four are as good or better than every other top four in the conference. If you look at their record, it shows it. Andre Sterniolo at two and Drew Ryan at four singles. I think they're seven and one on the spring. Everybody has a winning record, combined singles and doubles on the men's side up and down the lineup. So, you know, we look for our top four to really lead us, but we certainly think our five and six and three doubles against Messiah really favor us. And we think that's where in years past we've been sort of weak in that spot. And we think we're really strong to share and we look forward to showing that Tuesday and Wednesday on the ladies side. Yeah, yeah, obviously that's very important. All right, coach, we wish you the best of luck this week and we'll chat next week. Thank you. All right, for Evan Clifton, I'm Greg Royce. This has been the Evan Clifton Show.