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Women’s tennis: Young Badgers on cusp of big gains

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.