Pizza, Purdue on Hoosier team's menu

Dinner with Doubles? \nMost would consider this a double date. While it is a date of some sorts, the men's tennis team does not plan on treating its guests kindly on the court. \nDinner with Doubles is the catch phrase used by IU, which will play host to a buffet Sunday morning and battle rival Purdue at noon Sunday in the IU Tennis Center. For $5, spectators are invited to an all-you-can-eat buffet, sponsored by Pizza Hut, as well as being entered in a raffle of prizes including tennis rackets, sweat suits and T-shirts.\nAlthough IU (7-1) holds the overall match record against the Boilermakers (6-2) 46-22, the Hoosiers have not been able to pull off a victory in the past three years. After entering last year as the favorite, IU fell 4-3 in West Lafayette. But the Hoosiers are hoping to turn things around this year. \n"I have never beaten them," senior Ian Arons said. "Last year, we entered as the favorite and we lost an exciting match. It would be awesome for us to take them out this year, especially in our own place."\nPurdue enters the match after falling to Notre Dame 4-3, in a match-up which it led until the end. Earlier in the season, IU slid by Notre Dame 4-3, but the Hoosiers do not see this as any indication of what will happen Sunday. \n"Purdue is a good team," junior Rahman Smiley said. "There are going to be a lot of close matches and it should be very exciting. We just have to focus and continue fighting."\nBefore playing host to Purdue on Sunday, the Hoosiers will also battle Memphis at noon Saturday in the IU Tennis Center. The Tigers are coming off of a close 5-2 loss to No. 10 Mississippi. \n"We haven't seen Memphis in recent years," coach Ken Hydinger said. "They are coming in here after a close match with a very good team in Ole Miss. They played them pretty close from top to bottom, which says a lot about them."\nAfter a week in which midterms slowed the pace of practice, the team does not predict any problems if it enters these matches with the right mindset.\n"I think all the guys know that this weekend there are only two things we have to concentrate on, and that is Purdue and Memphis," Smiley said. \nHydinger said he believes his team will be ready, too.\n"With midterms, this hasn't been the best week to practice," Hydinger said. "We just have to keep our focus and do what we've been doing. It's going to be a knock-down, drag-out match. There is no other way to describe it"