Tennis

Men's tennis to face No. 9 Kentucky, Wright State

Tuesday, Jan. 22,2013 10:42 p.m.

The No. 22 Hoosiers will have their first home tennis match at 1 p.m. today in the Indoor Tennis Center against No. 9 Kentucky, and will follow it up against Wright State at 6 p.m.

IU dominates at tournament

By Andy Wittry · Monday, Jan. 14,2013 12 a.m.

The No. 49 Hoosiers hosted No. 52 Missouri, Marquette and Bowling Green over the weekend in a tournament that was organized into seven singles flights and one doubles flight.

Clash of ranked opponents pits Hoosiers against Irish

By Ben Simmons · Tuesday, Feb. 28,2012 11:23 p.m.

The Hoosiers will seek to peg back a University of Notre Dame team rolling into Bloomington on a wave of momentum today as the two squads reprise their intrastate rivalry. The teams are scheduled to face each other at 2 p.m. at the IU Tennis Center.

Hoosiers lose by wide margin to Sooners

By Ben Simmons · Sunday, Feb. 12,2012 8:51 p.m.

For the Hoosiers, the third road match in a month against a top-20 opponent proved almost as insurmountable as the first two.

IU looks for first road win against Oklahoma

By Ben Simmons · Thursday, Feb. 9,2012 11:50 p.m.

Despite being competitive in its first two road matches, IU returned home empty-handed in both cases, failing to register a single point at Kentucky or Ohio State. This weekend, the team will travel to the Sooner State in search of its first away victory in a Sunday showdown with No. 19 Oklahoma.

Hoosiers pile up wins in Orlando matches

By Ben Simmons · Sunday, Jan. 8,2012 11:32 p.m.

The Hoosiers, who debuted at No. 29 — one spot above last year’s final standing — in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association national team rankings released Tuesday, have gone 21-8 thus far at the event, with wins against opponents representing Louisville, Radford and Alabama.

Men’s tennis follows mantra: ‘This is our year’

By Ben Simmons · Monday, Nov. 14,2011 9:47 p.m.

Forty-eight long years have elapsed since the team won a Big Ten Championship, but players and coaches are brimming with confidence and optimism ahead of the upcoming season, fully convinced they are capable of bringing the conference title to Bloomington.

Women’s tennis team ends year with Western Michigan Invite

By Evan Hoopfer · Monday, Nov. 7,2011 12:01 a.m.

The Hoosiers participated in the Western Michigan Invitational in Kalamazoo, Mich. The team finished with five wins in singles play.

MacTaggart fails to repeat at Big Ten Championships

By Ben Simmons · Monday, Oct. 31,2011 11:13 p.m.

Senior Will Kendall joined junior Josh MacTaggart, who was the top overall seed in the tournament, in the last eight of singles action. Both were defeated while vying for a spot in the semifinals.

Men’s tennis travels to Iowa City for Big Ten Indoor Championships

By Ben Simmons · Thursday, Oct. 27,2011 9:30 p.m.

The IU men’s tennis team travels to Iowa City, Iowa, for the Big Ten Men’s Indoor Tennis Championships, hoping to muster another strong showing and continue to build on its early momentum. The tournament starts Friday and lasts through Monday.

MacTaggart honored with conference award

Wednesday, Oct. 26,2011 11:57 p.m.

The Big Ten Conference named Josh MacTaggart the conference’s Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for Oct. 17 to 23.

Twin Towers tragedy affects IU tennis player, family

By Ben Simmons · Monday, Sept. 12,2011 12:06 a.m.

Ten years later, senior IU tennis player Will Kendall can still vividly recall the moment his life came to a sudden and unexpected halt.

Venus Williams enrolled at IU-East, pursuing business degree online

By Stephanie Kuzydym · Wednesday, Aug. 31,2011 12:20 a.m.

It started with a sweatshirt. That’s what caught the eye of the American media and many IU students back in the United States. They recognized an IU-East shirt during Williams’ press conference after a match at Wimbledon — and the buzz began.

Tennis star Venus Williams enrolled in online courses at IU East

Tuesday, Aug. 30,2011 3:45 p.m.

The former world No. 1 is taking online business classes to pursue a bachelor’s degree through a online degree-completion program.

IU players reach third round in tournament

By Ben Simmons · Wednesday, Aug. 3,2011 9:20 p.m.

High school and college tennis players competed against each other last weekend at the IU Tennis Center as part of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Summer Circuit Midwest Regional open tournament.

As sports go global, the US proves it’s slipping

By Sean Logan · Wednesday, June 29,2011 7 p.m.

There seems to be an unsurprising correlation between a nation’s political power and its sports prowess. It makes perfect sense that given a larger pool of resources and manpower, a nation would be athletically dominant.

Despite late push, Hoosiers fall to Cardinals

By Justin Albers · Wednesday, April 14,2010 11:38 p.m.

For the second consecutive match, the Hoosiers played exceptionally well against a top-40 team. But for the second consecutive match, the IU men’s tennis team walked away with a 4-3 loss.

Hoosiers bring outdoor dominance to Big Ten

By Justin Albers · Friday, March 26,2010 12:02 a.m.

Most college tennis teams in the Midwest get used to the fact that with inclement winter weather they have to be inside nearly five months of the year. For that reason, they feel more comfortable and play better indoors. The IU men’s tennis team is an exception to this rule.

The match that never ends

By Zina Kumok · Sunday, July 5,2009 6:59 p.m.

Andy and Roger started playing, not knowing when it’d stop.

Federer beats Roddick for record 15th Grand Slam

Sunday, July 5,2009 6:57 p.m.

Roger Federer won his record 15th Grand Slam title Sunday, outlasting Andy Roddick for his sixth Wimbledon championship in a marathon match that went to 16-14 in the fifth set.

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