Men's Tennis | 1/17/2015 9:57:00 AM

WASHINGTON, DC --- The Howard Men's & Women's tennis teams open Spring season play this weekend with a pair of road matchups against quality opponents.

The Lady Bison will travel to the University of Delaware on Saturday, January 17 at 6:30 p.m. while the Bison take on the sixth-ranked University of North Carolina on Monday, January 19.

On the women's side, Howard - predicted to win the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Northern Division - boast a pair of returning HBCU Singles All-Americans in senior Maame Osei and junior Umarah Mughnee. The duo were both ranked in the Top 40 of the HBCU Final Rankings for 2014.

The men were picked to finish second in the Northern Division, behind Morgan State.