The No. 23 NC State men’s tennis team will hit the road for the first time for two matches against Big Ten opponents, Jan. 15 at No. 17 Michigan and Jan. 17 at Northwestern.

The match against Michigan will be a great early-season test for NC State (2-0), as it will be the first against a ranked opponent.

The Wolfpack is coming off a doubleheader sweep of Elon and USC Upstate in its opening dual-team matches this past weekend.

Senior Alexis Galarneau is the No. 1 singles player for the Wolfpack and went 3-0 in singles and doubles competitions combined this past weekend. Junior Tadas Babelis is the No. 2 singles player for NC State.

NC State has defeated Michigan three times out of five all-time matches, but the Wolverines got the best of the Wolfpack in a match last year 4-1. Against Northwestern, NC State has won 5 of 9, including a 4-0 win against the Wildcats last season.

This will be Michigan’s first match of the season, while Northwestern will have one match on the regular season against Illinois State prior to hosting the Wolfpack.

The match at Michigan will begin at 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 15, and the match at Northwestern will begin at 6 p.m. on Jan. 17.