The ISU tennis team is looking to rebound from two home losses last weekend with a few victories this weekend. The Cyclones will be on the road playing against the Missouri Tigers on Friday.

Coach Armando Espinosa said the Cyclones (9-7, 0-2 Big 12) had trouble finishing on the opportunities that they had last weekend against Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, so that’s what they have been working on this week in preparation for the Tigers.

“We just need to do a better job of taking opportunities and just, you know, making sure that we capitalize on the opportunities that we are creating,” Espinosa said. “We created a couple of opportunities against Oklahoma State, and the momentum was with us during the match, but we just couldn’t finish.”

It’s a possibility that the match against the Tigers (8-5, 0-3) — who Espinosa described as an aggressive team — will be played indoors, which he thinks will be to their advantage.

“Even playing indoors, we’re still going to try and be patient and wait for the right opportunity to actually hit the ball instead of trying to force the issue like we did against Oklahoma,” Espinosa said.

Senior co-captain Erin Karonis said the team is keeping their spirits high despite the losses last weekend.

“Everybody is really excited for this weekend because we won both of these matches last year and these were our only two Big 12 wins last year,” Karonis said. “Everyone, I think, is really focused because they know that Missouri and Colorado are two teams that we are definitely capable of beating.”

Karonis will be trying to take advantage of her opportunities just like Espinosa has been preaching in practice all week. Last weekend, Karonis lost a close first match and then won her second one against Oklahoma State.

“The only difference of the two was that I won the key points in the second match and not the first,” Karonis said.

The Cyclones take on the Tigers at 6 p.m. Friday in Columbia, Mo.