Sunday, February 23
Seattle, WA
11:30 AM
University of Washington
vs
Illinois
Huskies To Raise Awareness for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma During Illinois Match
February 21, 2020 | Women's Tennis
SEATTLE --- Washington's women's tennis team returns home for its first match inside the Nordstrom Tennis Center since the start of February, hosting Illinois on Sunday at 11:30 a.m.
The Huskies, who moved up to No. 20 in the latest ITA rankings, are coming off a split of a pair of matches in Kansas as they improve to 8-3 on the season. The Illini (3-6) are starting a two-match trip through the Northwest tonight at Oregon before playing in Seattle on Sunday.
The match will be a special one as the Washington players will be wearing lime green ribbons to support Gonzaga tennis player Katie Day, who is battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. More about Katie can be found in this KREM story on her.
Washington's Natusho Arakawa earned National Player of the Week honors to go along with Pac-12 Player of the Week honors after last week's matches in Kansas as she went undefeated in two singles and two doubles matches including a pair of wins over ranked teams. Arakawa, who is ranked No. 106 in the national rankings, is perfect so far this spring, going 11-0 in singles and 6-0 in doubles play thus far including four wins over nationally-ranked opponents.
Vanessa Wong continues to play well at No. 1, posting a 10-1 record in duals and a 19-3 mark overall. She enters Sunday's match ranked No. 82 nationally. Wong and Arakawa--who are a perfect 6-0 in doubles play in the spring--are ranked No. 54 in the ITA rankings.
Illinois comes into the weekend at 3-6, having lost five-straight matches. The Illini played host to the ITA National Indoor Championships in early-February, losing all three matches including two to Top 5 teams. Illinois is led by Asuka Kawai at No. 1, who is ranked No. 121 and is 2-1 in spring matches.
Admission to the match is free to all fans with free pizza served at the end of doubles play. For those unable to make it out to the match, live stats and video will be available for the match can be found here: https://gohuskies.com/sports/2018/2/27/womens-tennis-live-stream.aspx.
The Huskies, who moved up to No. 20 in the latest ITA rankings, are coming off a split of a pair of matches in Kansas as they improve to 8-3 on the season. The Illini (3-6) are starting a two-match trip through the Northwest tonight at Oregon before playing in Seattle on Sunday.
The match will be a special one as the Washington players will be wearing lime green ribbons to support Gonzaga tennis player Katie Day, who is battling Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. More about Katie can be found in this KREM story on her.
Washington's Natusho Arakawa earned National Player of the Week honors to go along with Pac-12 Player of the Week honors after last week's matches in Kansas as she went undefeated in two singles and two doubles matches including a pair of wins over ranked teams. Arakawa, who is ranked No. 106 in the national rankings, is perfect so far this spring, going 11-0 in singles and 6-0 in doubles play thus far including four wins over nationally-ranked opponents.
Vanessa Wong continues to play well at No. 1, posting a 10-1 record in duals and a 19-3 mark overall. She enters Sunday's match ranked No. 82 nationally. Wong and Arakawa--who are a perfect 6-0 in doubles play in the spring--are ranked No. 54 in the ITA rankings.
Illinois comes into the weekend at 3-6, having lost five-straight matches. The Illini played host to the ITA National Indoor Championships in early-February, losing all three matches including two to Top 5 teams. Illinois is led by Asuka Kawai at No. 1, who is ranked No. 121 and is 2-1 in spring matches.
Admission to the match is free to all fans with free pizza served at the end of doubles play. For those unable to make it out to the match, live stats and video will be available for the match can be found here: https://gohuskies.com/sports/2018/2/27/womens-tennis-live-stream.aspx.
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