After sweeping both Colgate and Lehigh last Sunday, the No. 52 Penn State men's tennis team faces its first real test of the spring season.

The Nittany Lions (2-0) will face Cornell at noon tomorrow at the Penn State Indoor Tennis Center. Tomorrow's match will be the first for the Big Red.

"Cornell returned a lot of guys from last year. They have a nationally ranked doubles team. They're a very good team," Penn State coach Todd Doebler said. "What makes them strong is they've got some seniors playing up top. They're very capable of winning against any team in the country."

And a lot of the Lions' success may hinge on how they fare in doubles matches. Last week, winning doubles was especially important.

"If we have the doubles point, it'll be key, with the momentum," Adam Slagter said about this weekend.

Slagter, along with partner Michael James, are the No. 23 doubles team in the nation. Cornell has a nationally ranked doubles team, too, in No. 41 Nicholas Brunner and Joshua Raff.

The Lions will again be missing No. 95 Brendan Lynch (collarbone) and co-captain Brad Hunter.

"Some guys like me will get more matches in," freshman Guilluame St-Maurice said. "That's good for our confidence to see if we're able to win some big matches without our big lineup."

Junior James Dwyer added that everybody on Penn State has to do his part, especially with a competitive Cornell team coming to University Park.

"Everybody just needs to do their part. Some people are stepping in because people are injured," junior James Dwyer said. "Step up to the plate and do their business. Doubles will be big. It will be a good opportunity for us to move into the Big Ten season, because Cornell is a good team."

Dwyer added that early matches, no matter the opponent, are beneficial for the rest of the season.

"It'll get everybody a lot of playing time. You never know what could happen; [injuries] could happen anytime in the season. This is why there's more than six players on a team."

Doebler said that this match will be a good test for the Big Ten season which begins in two weeks.

"Everyone has to come out just play their game, everyone on the team has the ability to win their matches. If everyone comes out and does what we've been doing, works hard, works the point and stays positive and just gets after it," Slagter said.