Northwestern University Athletics
Men's Tennis Seeded Seventh at Big Ten Championships
4/26/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 26, 2000
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern men's tennis team is seeded seventh for the 2000 Big Ten Men's Tennis Championship which will take place April 27-30 at the Varsity and HPER Courts on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington, Ind. The Wildcats will play the 10th-seeded Iowa Hawkeyes on Thursday, April 27 at 1:30 p.m. at the Varsity Courts.
The Wildcats enter the tournament ranked 60th in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) poll and are 10-10 overall (4-6 Big Ten). Northwestern closed out the regular season with a 4-3 win over the Hawkeyes. Northwestern leads the all-time series, 51-18. Iowa enters the tournament 5-15 overall (1-9 Big Ten).
At the 1999 Big Ten Championships, the Wildcats were seeded seventh and defeated Penn State and Michigan before falling to Purdue in the semifinals.
2000 Big Ten Championships
THURSDAY, APRIL 27
9:00 a.m. (6) Ohio State vs. (11) Penn State (Varsity)
9:00 a.m. (8) Wisconsin vs. (9) Michigan State (HPER)
1:30 p.m. (7) Northwestern vs. (10) Iowa (Varsity)
FRIDAY, APRIL 28
9:00 a.m. (2) Minnesota vs winner of Northwestern/Iowa (Varsity)
9:00 a.m. (4) Purdue vs. (5) Michigan (HPER)
1:30 p.m. (3) Indiana vs. winner of Ohio State/Penn State (Varsity)
1:30 p.m. (1) Illinois vs. winner of Michigan State/Wisconsin (HPER)
SATURDAY, APRIL 29
9:00 a.m. Semi-final match at Varsity Courts
1:30 p.m. Semi-final match at Varsity Courts
SUNDAY, APRIL 30
Noon Championship Final at Varsity Courts
