At Northwestern, success in any sport is rightly celebrated, with teams’ coaches revered for continued dominance and sustained high levels of play. By that standard, a sport that should be held in higher regard among Wildcat circles is tennis.
Last season, both the NU men’s and women’s tennis squads reached the NCAA Tournament, each of which had secured a berth for the second season in a row. Though Arvid Swan and the men lost to No. 8 Kentucky in the Second Round and Claire Pollard and the women fell to Wake Forest in the First Round, there remains hope for both programs this upcoming year.