Indiana University Athletics
IUWT Hosts No. 28 Northwestern Saturday
3/6/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- No. 42 Indiana women's tennis returns home for a matchup with No. 28 Northwestern on Saturday, March 7 at 1:30 p.m. ET inside the IU Tennis Center..
Due to the expansion of the Big Ten Conference to 14 teams, Big Ten women’s tennis teams will not play a full round robin against all conference foes in regular season play going forward. Each team will play all but two conference opponents during the regular season and every year the two programs each team does not play will rotate.
Indiana will play all of the other 13 Big Ten teams this season, but its matches against Illinois and Northwestern will not count toward the conference standings in 2015.
The Hoosiers are hoping to rebound after a tough road loss last weekend to the hands of Illinois on the road in Champaign. Paula Gutierrez earned IU's only team point in that match as she won at No. 4 singles. Indiana now sits at 9-2 on the year heading into this weekend's matchup with the Wildcats.
Northwestern is 4-3 this season. All of NU's defeats have came to teams currently ranked in the top 33, including two in the to 25 (No. 4 Baylor, No. 21 Duke). The Wildcats had their way with Indiana when the two schools met in 2014, sweeping the match, 7-0.
Fan attending the match will receive free pizza and an IU women's tennis poster while supplies last.
Media Contact: Ryan Sheets, rmsheets@indiana.edu
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