University of Minnesota Athletics
Minnesota Heads to B1G Tournament
4/26/2017 12:00:00 AM | Tennis
Tournament Bracket Tournament Central
Minneapolis, Minn. - The University of Minnesota women's tennis team begins Big Ten Tournament play on Thursday after securing the No. 8 seed. They will face Nebraska, the No. 9 seed, in the first round this Thursday, April 27 at 10 a.m. CT.
This year's tournament will be hosted at the University of Illinois' Atkins Tennis Center through Sunday, April 30. Because Ohio State and Michigan both clinched a share of the Big Ten Regular Season Champions title, they have secured the first and second seeds, respectively.
If Minnesota grabs the victory over Nebraska, they will go on to challenge #1 Ohio State in the second round.
The Golden Gophers are going into the tournament 5-6 in conference play and 13-11 overall. The Gophers fell to Maryland, but took a commanding 6-1 win over Rutgers.
Tina Kreinis and Caroline Ryba now lead Minnesota with 14 victories in singles dual match play, seven of which were conference wins for each. Ryba is on a five game win streak, including two wins this past weekend.
Camila Vargas Gomez sits at a 21-12 record, slating 13-8 in dual match play. Her record at the No. 6 spot is 8-4.
Doubles play is led by the tandem of Caroline Ryba and Cammy Frei with a dual record of 10-10, followed by the duo of Vargas Gomez and Annemarie Emme slating a 9-6 record.
You can follow all of the action this year on the Minnesota Women's Tennis Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
About Nebraska
The Cornhuskers finished the regular season 18-6 overall and 5-5 in the Big Ten. Mary Hanna leads the team with 14 singles victories while Katerina Matysova is 13-0. Vasanti Shinde leads the team with eight wins from the No. 1 spot and is 10-6 overall.
Claire Reifeis and Hayley Haakenstad lead the team with an 11-4 doubles record while Mary Hanna and Lisa Anderson are ranked No. 51 as a pair.
Last Meeting
The last time the two teams played was March 25, 2017 that saw the Gophers come out on top in the final set of the match. Senior Maja Vujic clinched the victory for the Maroon and Gold with a 7-5, 5-7, 7-5 win over Jeannie Lozowski from the No. 4 spot.
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