The Illini tennis teams entered this season in a state of flux. Major contributors from both squads moved on, making expectations reset basically to their defaults. The men, after a run to the Sweet Sixteen and a B1G Tourney Title, weren’t likely to have a similarly magical season, but the program standard is to make the NCAA tournament and be in the mix at the top end of the B1G standings. The women probably weren’t going to have a tournament team, but their standard has been top half of the B1G.
Let’s start with the faceplant. The men’s record currently sits at 13-13.