Northwestern women’s and men’s tennis have been dominant in conference play, at 7-1 and 7-4, with the Wildcat women making noise on the national level.
Women’s tennis rose in the rankings to No. 4 this week after completing a four-game weekend road trip sweep, including beating No. 48 Wisconsin. The ‘Cats put up two 4-0 matches against Purdue and Indiana and beat Minnesota 4-3 as well.
Currently, two singles players and one duo are ranked in the top 100. The doubles pair of graduate student Julie Byrne and junior Hannah McColgan are ranked 54th while junior Clarissa Hand ranks 65th in singles and first year Maria Shusharina comes in at 89th.