Despite missing two players, the IU women’s tennis team will play its
first road matches of the spring season Saturday.
The team will travel
to Miami University (Ohio) for a 9:30 a.m. match, then relocate to Ball
State for a 6 p.m. contest.
“We went 4-3 with Miami last year,” IU coach Lin Loring said. “It was a
really close match that came down to the last match on the court. (They
are) one of the better MAC teams, like Western Michigan was. We’re
expecting a good match out of them.”
Loring expects the opening match to be more competitive than the team’s
afternoon tilt, but believes having the matches on the road will be
good preparation for the team.
“Both matches are going to be good because they’re on the road,” Loring
said. “We wanted a road trip early in the season. Normally we play
those teams early in the season, but I told those teams we’d come to
them this season because most of our matches in the whole month of
January are at home.”
Still missing from the team with injuries are junior Charlotte Martin
and sophomore Megan Matter. This leaves the Hoosiers with the minimum
of six players, meaning every healthy player will play two singles and
two doubles matches.
Team preps for first road match
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