The No. 25 Washington men’s tennis team is on the road for the second weekend in a row to take on two of the conference’s big guns in the Bay Area. The Huskies will compete against No. 28 Stanford today and No. 36 California tomorrow.

“We’ve been preparing for it as usual, and the guys are ready for it,” Washington coach Matt Anger said.

The Huskies will have to be ready if they want to improve their conference record (2-3) and have some sort of payoff for the NCAA tournament just a few weeks away.

“The conference has dramatically improved over the last year,” Anger said. “There are no easy matches, but the good side of that is there will be a lot of reward … for whatever wins we are able to pull out.”

Washington’s first challenge of the weekend comes today at 1:30 p.m. against the Stanford Cardinal, which boasts the No. 2 player in the nation , freshman Alex Clayton.

Just last year, the Huskies were able to pull out a victory against Stanford 6-1, but it was only their fourth win over the Cardinal in the all-time series and won’t be easy to repeat unless the Huskies are in top form.

Washington also has plenty of young talent in the lineup, with freshman Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in the rankings at No. 97, and freshman Martin Kildahl, who has had solid doubles performances all season.

Tomorrow at 1 p.m., the Huskies will go head-to-head with Cal. There will be a past grudge to settle from the fall, as the No. 1 players from both schools will likely meet again.

The last time the Huskies and the Golden Bears met, junior Patrik Fischer lost to Cal sophomore Kallim Stewart, so the rematch this weekend in the No. 1 singles position should be a marquee matchup.

This road trip will be the last regular season dual match for the Huskies.

“We’re going against two very good teams this weekend,” Anger said. “But we’ve been on the road this last weekend, and that will make things a lot easier for us this weekend.”

[Reach reporter Sheena Nguyen at sports@thedaily.washington.edu.]