EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – The SIUE men's and women's tennis teams will  head for Nashville this weekend for a pair of Ohio Valley Conference matches at Tennessee State and Belmont.

The Cougars will face Tennessee State Friday at 2 p.m., before taking on Belmont Saturday at 10 a.m.

On the women's side, SIUE comes into the weekend with a 6-9 record overall and a 2-2 mark in the OVC.  The Cougars split a pair of conference matches last weekend, defeating Austin Peay 5-2 Friday but falling to Murray State by the same score Sunday.

Freshmen Monique Krutak and McKenzie Thomas both went 2-0 in singles play to lead the Cougars.

The SIUE men currently sit at 6-4 overall and 1-1 in conference.  They also split against Austin Peay and Murray State last weekend, falling to the Govs but defeating the Racers 4-3.

Freshman Nico Kuehn currently leads the squad with a 7-2 singles record in dual matches.