The Toledo women’s basketball team has served notice to the rest of the Mid-American Conference that it will factor into the 2021-22 championship race.
The Rockets rang in the new year with a 64-58 victory against upset-minded Akron on Saturday at Savage Arena.
Toledo is 2-0 in the MAC for the first time in seven seasons.
The Rockets entered the season with losing conference records in three of the past four seasons. The 20-win seasons, which had become commonplace during the Tricia Cullop era, had dwindled.
But there was heightened optimism around the program during the summer and fall as UT brought in several transfers and returned all of its impact players.