After starting its season with the Notre Dame Invitational and ITA All-American Championships in early October, Northwestern women’s tennis turned its sights to the Midwest last weekend. The ‘Cats headed up to East Lansing on Thursday, Oct. 12 to participate in the ITA Midwest Regional Championships, which ran through Tuesday, Oct. 17. Returning most of their core from 2022-23, the ‘Cats were in prime position to push top players from Michigan, Ohio State and Notre Dame, among other schools.
NU immediately started off the opening day with a bang. Four Wildcats were slotted into the qualifying draw for the singles tournament, which meant each player had to win two matches in the field of 64 to snap up one of the 16 open spots in the main draw.