Room to improve for women's tennis

The IU women's tennis team looks to continue its perfect season against two non-conference opponents this weekend. The Hoosiers will face Western Michigan University at 9:30 a.m. and the Miami University of Ohio at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Indiana Tennis Center.\nThe team is getting into the rhythm of the season as it prepares to play the Big Ten schedule and face ranked opponents later this year.\nLast week, the Hoosiers beat Bowling Green State University 7-0 and the University of Cincinnati 7-0 in the season openers. \nWestern Michigan beat the University of Valparaiso 7-0 in its season opener but lost to Big Ten opponent Michigan 6-1. The Broncos have been to the NCAA tournament the past two seasons and were ranked No. 69 in the preseason.\nMiami (Ohio) opened its season losing 7-0 at Kentucky and was unranked in the preseason.\nThe Hoosiers are undefeated in the all-time series with both teams. IU is 18-0 against the Broncos and 21-0 against the Redhawks.\n"I think the team should build on our performance last weekend," senior No. 1 singles player Amanda Field said. "We should have gotten rid of all the first match jitters then."\nField said the level of competition of the teams the Hoosiers will face this weekend will be higher than last weekend's opening matches.\n"Western should be the tougher of the two teams," coach Lin Loring said. "They have been in the tournament and are well coached in doubles. Both teams are two of the top three in the Mid-American Conference year in and year out."\nLoring also said the injuries the team was faced with have not gotten worse from the previous matches.\n"Everyone is dealing with the same injuries," Loring said. "Everyone on the team is working on individual things for singles and doubles. We just need to get a little better every time."\nAssistant Coach Ramiro Azcui agreed with Loring's assessment.\n"We were very happy the way everybody played (last weekend)," he said. "We have the goal to improve every day, and we did this weekend. We played to our level, not the opposition's"