Illinois
Illinois women’s tennis makes impressive return to Wahoowa Invite – The Daily Illini
Sidney Malone
Senior Ashley Yeah readies to hit the ball throughout her match towards Rutgers on March 27. Yeah was certainly one of 4 Illinois girls’s tennis gamers to attend the Wahoowa Invite in Virginia this previous weekend.
Illinois girls’s tennis opened its season this previous weekend on the Wahoowa Invite in Charlottesville, Vir., Hosted by No. 5 Virginia, Illinois additionally confronted off towards opponents from No. 6 NC State, No. 14 Auburn, No. 42 Princeton and No. 74 LSU. The Illini earned a formidable 10-2 file in singles together with profitable 5 of their six doubles matches for an total file of 15-3.
This yr’s outing was far more profitable than the Illini’s earlier journey to the Wahoowa Invite, the place they received 15 of their 41 matches.
4 of the eight Illinois girls’s tennis gamers attended the invite: seniors Josie Frazier and Ashley Yeah, junior Kate Duong and sophomore Megan Heuser.
Illinois noticed standout performances throughout the board with every competitor profitable extra matches than they misplaced. The doubles duo of Frazier and Yeah went undefeated, whereas Heuser and Duong misplaced only one match. Each Heuser and Yeah went undefeated in singles matches, whereas Duong and Frazier dropped only one match every.
The Illini went undefeated of their first day of the invitational, profitable 4 singles matches and two doubles matches towards opponents from LSU.
The second day of the invitation noticed only one Illinois loss towards opponents from Virginia, with three singles wins and two doubles wins. The Illini confronted off towards two extremely ranked opponents in singles, with Duong falling to No. 18 Natasha Subhash and Yeah pulling out a formidable singles win over No. 35 Julia Adams.
Within the third and closing day of competitors, Illinois confronted off towards rivals from Princeton, Auburn, NC State, and Virginia. The Illini received three singles matches and one doubles match as they suffered their first and solely doubles lack of the competitors.
Regardless of the smaller pattern dimension, Illinois’ enhancements from simply three years in the past will be seen, profitable the identical quantity of matches as three years in the past, whereas taking part in 23 fewer matches. This exhibiting is bound to set the tone for Illinois transferring ahead as they appear to make a return to the NCAA event this spring.
Illinois will see its first residence motion of the season this Saturday as Illinois hosts the UTR Faculty Circuit at Atkins Tennis Middle.
@blountco21
[email protected]