Rarely do collegiate sports teams get second chances these days.
With major overhauls of personnel nearly every year, it’s never easy for teams to build on high-achieving years in successive seasons.
But the Wisconsin women’s tennis team is undergoing such a change since head coach Tina Samara took over last year, with a chance to reinvent themselves after two disappointing seasons.
“I feel so good about the future,” Samara said. “No one is graduating, we’re bringing in two, maybe three new players, and I feel that everyone here has so much more room for improvement. With us hosting Indoor Nationals next year and being in the tournament, we have a lot to prove.