Kawai finds home at UI
By Gabby Vazquez, Staff Writer
April 18, 2019
Filed under Sports, Tennis, Women's Sports
Only a handful of Illinois athletes call other countries home, and even fewer have lived in more than one. For sophomore Asuka Kawai, it’s no different. Kawai has had to move from place to place and overcome challenge after challenge to get her to where she is at now. Kawai started playing tennis after w...
Illini take care of business against Badgers, Golden Gophers in weekend matchups
By Gabby Vazquez, Staff Writer
April 16, 2019
Filed under Showcase, Sports, Tennis, Top Stories, Women's Sports
The Illinois women’s tennis team competed against Wisconsin and Minnesota this weekend and cruised through both matches for the wins, 5-2 and 6-1, respectively. The Illini have been working harder during practices, according to the team, and it’s reflecting well during their most recent matches. The...
Illini defeat Spartans, fall to Wolverines in weekend matchups
By Gabby Vazquez, Staff Writer
April 9, 2019
Filed under Showcase, Sports, Tennis, Top Stories, Women's Sports
The Spartans couldn’t withstand the force of the Illini this weekend and lost at the Atkins Tennis Center 6-0. This Saturday, the Illini were at home for the first time in a month and able to play their match under a blanket of sunshine and 70-degree weather. And the Illini brought the heat onto...
Illini push past losing streak to sweep Terrapins, Scarlet Knights
By Gabby Vazquez, Staff Writer
April 3, 2019
Filed under Sports, Tennis, Top Stories, Women's Sports
Somebody hand Illinois a broom and a dustpan because it just swept the tennis courts at Maryland this weekend. The Illini went through a rough patch this season with three straight losses, but they ended their losing streak during the match against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Friday and kept up the...
Team anticipates first home match after month-long road trip
By Gabby Vazquez, Staff writer
March 28, 2019
Filed under Sports, Tennis, Women's Sports
The team will compete Friday against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. The team will also be competing on Sunday against the Maryland Terrapins. This will be the Illini’s first home match after being on a month-long road trip. After a 1-4 loss to No. 18 University of Texas on March 19 and another 1-4...
Team uses losing streak to prepare for Big Ten play
By Gabby Vazquez, Staff Writer
March 25, 2019
Filed under Sports, Tennis, Women's Sports
The Illinois women’s tennis team attacked the court in full force last week during the University’s spring break against Texas but came up short to the 18-ranked team, 1-6. The Illini took the lead in the doubles matches, granting them a one-point advantage to start off. Doubles pair senior Jaclyn...
Women’s tennis breaks through to high rankings
By Meghan Rest, Assistant Sports Editor
February 25, 2019
Filed under Sports, Tennis, Women's Sports
The Illinois women’s tennis team lost three straight duals to open the spring season. But nearly a month later, the same team hasn’t only won five matches in a row (losing only to Wake Forest 2-5 and Texas Tech 2-4 in weeks since) – it has also broken into the NCAA’s top-25 rankings. N...
Bulldog Classic to be a performance indicator for women’s tennis
By Gabby Vazquez, Contributing Writer
November 2, 2018
Filed under Sports, Tennis, Women's Sports
The Bulldog Classic is known as a “hidden dual” for the women’s tennis teams at Vanderbilt, Wake Forest Georgia and Illinois. The Illinois team is set to compete in the doubles round in the morning and singles in the afternoon. As far as recent performances, the Illini didn’t compete the w...
First tournament an ‘eye-opening’ experience for women’s tennis
By Gabby Vazquez, Contributing Writer
October 10, 2018
Filed under Showcase, Tennis, Top Stories, Women's Sports
The Illinois women’s tennis team concluded its first tournament of the fall season at the ITA Riviera All-American Championships in Azusa, California this weekend. The Riviera Tennis Club has hosted the All-American Championships for 34 years and has been a staple on the Illini's fall calendar. ...
Soccer thrives, tennis and golf gear up
By Meghan Rest, Assistant Sports Editor
September 17, 2018
Filed under Golf, Golf, Men's Sports, Soccer, Sports, Tennis, Tennis, Women's Sports
For the Illinois soccer, men’s golf and men’s tennis teams, the fall serves as a chance to shake the off-season rust. While the men’s tennis team starts up this coming weekend, the Illinois soccer and men’s golf teams are in full swing. Soccer Illinois soccer kicked off their regular Big Ten seaso...
Men finish second in Big Ten, women lose in semifinals
By Miles Powers-Huang, Assistant Sports Editor
April 30, 2018
Filed under Men's Sports, Sports, Tennis, Tennis, Women's Sports
After an opening-round victory over Minnesota, the Illinois women’s tennis team was unable to continue its winning ways, as it fell in the semifinals to Michigan. The Wolverines opened the match by securing the doubles point, as the sophomore duo of Lera Patiuk and Chiara Lommer defeated the Illin...
Illinois wins Blue Gray National Tennis Classic
By Gavin Good, Assistant sports editor
February 26, 2018
Filed under Sports, Tennis, Women's Sports
Illinois freshman Asuka Kawai survived a long, three-set match, ripping backhand after backhand during the final rally to defeat Wake Forest’s No. 33 Emma Davis 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 and deliver the No. 5 Illini women’s tennis team a 4-3 win over the No. 10 Demon Deacons. Kawai, throwing her racket to the side, was ...
