Three Big Ten Teams Selected for NCAA Women's Tennis Championship

No. 5 Northwestern leads the conference into the tournament

Freshman of the Year Samantha Murray joins two other Wildcats who earned invitations to compete in the 2007 NCAA Women's Tennis Championships.

Freshman of the Year Samantha Murray joins two other Wildcats who earned invitations to compete in the 2007 NCAA Women's Tennis Championships.

May 2, 2007

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The NCAA Division I tennis committee has selected three Big Ten teams into the field of 64 which will compete in the women's tennis championships. Northwestern (21-4), which won last weekend's Big Ten Championship and the Big Ten's automatic berth for the ninth-straight year, leads the conference with a No. 5 ranking and will host Western Michigan (22-6) in first-round action.

No. 24 Indiana (20-6), who placed second in the Big Ten regular season standings, will face Boise State, also in Evanston, setting up a potential meeting between the two conference squads in the second round on the Wildcats home court.

No. 23 Michigan (16-7), who reached the Big Ten Championship final, will face Colorado in South Bend, Ind.
 
The Round of 16 through the National Championship match will be May 18-28 in Athens, Georgia at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on the campus of the University of Georgia.

In addition, three student-athletes will represent the conference as individuals.  From Northwestern, Big Ten Athlete of the Year Georgia Rose received the conference's automatic qualification, while freshman teammate Samantha Murray earned an at-large bid.  Wisconsin's Caitlin Burke was also an at-large selection.  In doubles competition, Alexis Prousis and Rose team up for the Big Ten's automatic bid.


 

 

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