Champaign, Illinois – Women’s tennis from Illinois is on the road for the first time at the Big Ten Conference event this weekend, as they travel to Iowa City, Iowa for the 3 p.m. CT game in Iowa at Hawkeye Tennis & Recreation Complex on Friday (April 1), before taking in Nebraska in The Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center in Lincoln, NE, on Sunday (April 3) at 11 a.m. Cairo time.
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The Illinois women’s tennis team had a huge hit this weekend as Illini continued to play the league with a 4-3 victory over Maryland last Friday, before dominating Rutgers with a 7-0 win on Sunday. With the pair’s wins, the Illini team improved to 10-6, edging out their total earnings last season. Carpentry ashley yes Eleni again led 4-0 at the weekend as she teamed up with her classmate Josie Fraser to take both doubles matches, before securing her 10th and 11th wins for second in the singles.
Number 1 in Illini doubles a team of sophomores Kit Dong | and demanded Megan Houser He went 2-0 at the weekend as well, while Heuser was a freshman cassia driver He also added a pair of singles wins each, with Treiber winning fifth singles to seal both wins over the weekend.
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The Illini have a 31-26 advantage in the all-time series with the Hawkeyes and have won six of their last seven games, including a 4-3 win on March 13 at the Atkins Tennis Center pre-season.
The Illini and Huskers tied 6-6 in the all-time series, with the UI dropping in the two games against Nebraska pre-season, including a 5-2 setback on February 14 at Lincoln and a 4-3 defeat at home on March 14. .
Ileni’s notes
- Illinois is 10-6 on the season and 3-1 at the Big Ten and holds the home record 9-1 at the Atkins Tennis Center in 2022, with its only away loss.
- Illinois holds a record of 258-225 (.534) in the Big Ten Conference.
- Entering the weekend, Illinois ranked #59 in the latest ITA Collegiate Tennis Division I women’s team rankings.
- Yeah and Frazier lead the Illini team by scoring 10-3 in the No. 2 doubles, with the No. 1 doubles team for the second student Kit Dong | and demanded Megan Houser He sits at 9-5. Carpentry Emily Cassati and demanded cassia driver Possessing a 4-4 record in doubles No. 3, Casati has also teamed up with a freshman Kida Ferrari Three to one victory on the field.
- On the singles level, Yeah is leading the way with No. 11-3 on the season, with Duong owning an 8-5 mark in the No. 1 singles. Treiber is 7-5 in her first season, while teammate Heuser also has seven wins with a 7-6 number.
- All eight players scored at least one singles win in 2022.
- Carpentry ashley yes She brought home the top 10 female tennis players of the week on March 22 after setting a record 4-0 in her matches, including two wins with her doubles partner and classmate. Josie Fraser When No. 2 doubles and a pair of singles wins in the second court. He was the first pro athlete of the week for Yeah and the first since then for Illini My Rabinowitz Received the honor on February 18, 2020.
- Coach Evan Clark He is in his sixth year as the head of Illinois women’s tennis and has a record of 91-64 (.587) and a 45-23 (.662) in the Big Ten Conference.
- Illini exits the 9-9 Big Ten Conference season only in 2021.
- The Illini team brought back five players from last season, including senior Ingle and junior Casati, Frazier, Yeah and second student Duong.
- Illinois welcomes three new students in 2022 with the addition of Heuser, Ferrari and Treiber.
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Illinois returns to the Atkins Tennis Center for its second-to-last home game of the regular season against Purdue on Friday (April 8) at 1 p.m. CT, before traveling to University Park, Pennsylvania, to face Penn State on Sunday (April 10). At 11 am Cairo time.
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