Northwestern University Athletics
2006-07 Schedule Announced
9/20/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Sept. 20, 2006
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Head coach Paul Torricelli announced the schedule for the upcoming 2006-07 season. It features three matches against teams that finished 2005-06 ranked in the top-10. The schedule is highlighted by a Jan. 21 meeting with defending national champion Pepperdine in Evanston.
"We are very excited about this year's schedule, which has to be one of the toughest we've ever put together," head coach Paul Torricelli said. "Once again we'll face some of the best teams in the nation."
The Wildcats begin their dual season with seven-straight home matches, starting Jan. 12 against DePaul. The 'Cats will face No. 26 Louisville, No. 1 Pepperdine, No. 28 Wake Forest and No. 22 Arkansas during the seven-match home stand. After traveling to Boston to face Harvard the 'Cats reutrn home for four-straight matches against No. 13 Mississippi, No. 43 Penn State, No. 38 Michigan and No. 60 Oklahoma.
I'm excited about our home non-conference line-up. The likes of defending national champs Pepperdine, Mississippi, Wake Forest and Arkansas are highlights," Torricelli said. "Louisville has emerged as one of our region's toughest teams and we'll face San Diego at home for the first time in our history. I know our players are really looking forward to the challenge."
The first event of the fall season is the 2006 Polo Ralph Lauren All-American Tennis Championships. Senior Christian Tempke (Wentorf, Germany/Gymnasium LohbrÜgge) is an alternate for the main singles draw and will be playing the qualifying singles draw along with senior Willy Lock (Lima, Peru/Markham College). Senior Matt Christian (Troy, Mich./Brother Rice) and Lock are in the qualifying doubles draw. Junior Juan Gomez (Mexico City, Mexico) is in the pre-qualifying singles draw. The championships start Oct. 2 in Tulsa, Okla.
