The Illinois Women’s Tennis team has had an improbable season. After posting the second-most wins in program history (21), seeing its best national ranking in program history (#5), and first win over a Top-20 program since 2012 (Texas, #11), the Illini women look like a team that could make some noise in Lubbock, Texas.
The road to the quarterfinals, however, leaves the Illini a razor thin margin of error. The Illini will face off Friday against a 19-3 Princeton team that defeated then-#12 Auburn, 4-2, and ran like a buzzsaw through Big Ten opponents, going 4-0 in those matchups.