Both the Iowa men’s and women’s tennis teams will be back in action this weekend for the first time since October.

The men will take to the courts today at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex against Marquette at 11 a.m., then against Western Michigan at 6 p.m.

Head coach Ross Wilson’s squad dealt with a rocky fall season but excelled in its most recent outing, the Big Ten Singles and Doubles Championships in East Lansing, Michigan, on Oct. 27.

Iowa’s freshmen showed up to play in the tournament. The recruiting class, which was ranked No. 16 in the country, demonstrated that in the last half of the fall season.

The pair of Will Davies and Piotr Smietana finished as runner-ups in the doubles section of Big Tens, and Smietana advanced to the Round of 16 in singles. Joey Tyler joined Smietana in the Round of 16.

Senior Josh Silverstein leads the team in singles and is ranked No. 66 in the country. Iowa’s other senior in the lineup, Josh Jacoby, sits at 107 career singles and doubles wins as a Hawkeye.

“Since I’ve been at Iowa, we’ve been building our roster to get to the point where we are right now,” Wilson said in a release. “We have eight players who can play and win in our lineup. Our depth and doubles will need to be our strength if we want to make it into the NCAA Tournament and accomplish our goals.”

The Iowa women will play on Saturday at the tennis complex, with Creighton at noon and Northern Iowa at 6 p.m.

Iowa leads the all-time series with Creighton, 2-0, and dominated the Bluejays last season, winning, 7-0. Against Northern Iowa, the Hawkeyes are 10-0 all time, and won, 7-0, in 2016‘s rendition.

The team played strongly throughout the fall. A major addition to the team came in freshman Yufei Long, who has posted a 7-4 singles record and a 5-3 doubles record so far.

Iowa welcomes back 2017 Big Ten Freshman of the Year Elise van Heuvelen. She was 13-9 in singles and excelled in doubles alongside senior Zoe Douglas, posting a 16-5 record.