Kenyon plays host to the opening rounds of the 2015 NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Tournament. The Lords enter tournament play with 19-5 record and a No. 9 national ranking. They received a bye in the opening round of the tournament and will await the winner of Friday's match between John Carroll University and Franciscan University. Winners of its last 12 matches, Kenyon earned its spot on the national stage by claiming the North Coast Athletic Conference title for the ninth straight season. The appearance in the NCAA Tournament is the Lords' 14th straight and 19th overall.

John Carroll brings an 11-11 mark and an Ohio Athletic Conerence Tournament championship to Gambier. It's the team's first appearance in the tournament since 2006. The Blue Streaks are not nationally-ranked, but do enter tournament play as a winner in their last eight matches. They'll go up against Franciscan, another non-ranked team. The Barons punched their ticket to the tournament by taking the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference title for the third straight season. They have a 9-5 record this season, and like John Carroll, have an eight-match win streak on the line.

Saturday's other match in Gambier will pit Kalamazoo College against Johns Hopkins University. Kalamazoo has a 15-5 record, won the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and continued its streak of being the only team to compete in every national championship since its inception in 1976. The Hornets do not have a national rank, but are slotted at No. 10 in the Central Region. Johns Hopkins is ranked No. 17 in the nation and carved out its spot in the NCAA Tournament by winning the Centennial Conference for the ninth season in a row. The Blue Jays sport a 17-7 record and were victorious in seven of their last eight matches.
 

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Kenyon College	John Carroll University	Franciscan University	Johns Hopkins University	Kalamazoo College
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MATCH SCHEDULE
Friday, May 8
John Carroll 5, Franciscan 1 --  BOX SCORE

Saturday, May 9
Johns Hopkins 5, Kalamazoo 0 -- BOX SCORE
John Carroll 0, Kenyon, 5 -- BOX SCORE

Sunday, May 10
Johns Hopkins 5, Kenyon 1 -- BOX SCORE
 

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2015 NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Tournament Bracket
NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Digital Guide
ITA Division III Rankings
 

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Directions to VandenBerg Courts:
From the center of Kenyon's campus at the intersection of Route 308 and Wiggin Street, follow Wiggin Street east for about 100 yards and make a right turn onto Duff Street. Follow Duff Street passed both the Kenyon Athletic Center (on the left) and the Kokosing Gap Trail. After you pass the trail, and before you get to Route 229, take a left turn at the road marked with the 'Athletic Fields' sign. After taking a left, drive to the stop sign straight ahead and turn left. Parking is available next to the tennis courts.

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