DES MOINES, Iowa – The 46th-ranked Drake University men's tennis team travels to the Sooner state for three matches this weekend. The Bulldogs will begin the weekend against No. 15 Oklahoma on Saturday at 1 p.m. Drake then heads to Tulsa, Okla. for a doubleheader versus the Tulsa Golden Hurricane and Oral Roberts Golden Eagles at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., respectively Sunday.
 
The Bulldogs enters the weekend with a 11-7 overall record and a 3-0 Summit League mark. Junior Tom Hands earned his second Summit League Player of the Week honors for his performance against Indiana and Purdue last week. Hands recorded a combined 4-0 singles and doubles record, including a pair of straight-set wins over Big Ten opponents. He defeated Indiana's Antonio Cambellin (6-4, 6-4) and Purduue's Stepahn Koenignsfest (6-3, 6-4) at No. 2 singles. He teamed up with Ben Clark for a 6-3 doubles win over the Hoosiers and a 7-6 victory over the Boilermakers. Hands leads the team with an overall 11-4 singles record and 12-5 doubles mark this season.

The 15th-ranked Sooners will host Wichita State for a mid-week dual on Thursday before hosting the Bulldogs on Saturday. Oklahoma is coming off a dominating 6-1 win over No. 28 Kentucky last week and improved to 10-1 overall. The Sooners have three players ranked in the top 100 in the latest ITA rankings. Ferran Calvo is ranked 40th, while Jack van Emburgh and Alex Bakshi are tabbed No. 85 and No. 91, respectively.
 
Tulsa will host No. 14 Oklahoma State on Friday before welcoming the Bulldogs on Sunday. The Golden Hurricane fell to No. 26 TCU in their last time out. Joshua Goodger and Majed Kilani both moved up in the latest ITA rankings. Goodger climbed 10 spots to No. 71 and Kilani moved up one spot to No. 118.
 
Summit League foe Oral Roberts will play a league match against on Friday prior to hosting the Bulldogs. The Golden Eagles are on a three-match losing streak after falling at No. 10 Oklahoma State on Feb. 25.
 
Following this weekend's matches in Oklahoma, the Bulldogs travel to the Sunshine state to square off against No. 16 Florida State on Friday, March 16.