IU will play against Maryland at 11 a.m. Saturday and Rutgers at 10 a.m. Sunday.
“We haven’t played Maryland in about six years due to coaches switching schools,” IU Coach Lin Loring said. “We think we should match up well with Maryland. We have some similar scores that Maryland has with mutual opponents.”
Loring said IU has been playing its strongest in its singles matches.
“We’ve done better than Rutgers on some of our mutual opponents,” Loring said. “Singles is still our strongest part of our team play. We’ve been doing a little better in doubles, and we’ve been trying some different combinations, so we’ll see how we do this weekend, but our singles are definitely our strong point.”
Both matches will also help determine IU’s seeding in the Big Ten Tournament.
“These upcoming matches are going to determine who gets the bye in the tournament,” Loring said. “They are very important because there is a bunch of teams stuck in the middle right now all ?competing for the bye.”
The Hoosiers will play at home after being on the road for its past five matches.
“Against all these teams, the home team has been winning a lot of these matches,” Loring said “It’s an advantage because it’s our home court, and at this point in the year everyone is run down, so it’s nice that we’ve been able to finally be at home for these past few matches.”
