Chicago State University head men's and women's tennis coach
Jack Barton released the 2022 men's tennis schedule today. The team will open Jan. 14 at Northwestern, and features matches at Marquette (1/21), Illinois (1/22), Purdue (2/4), Michigan State (2/12) and Notre Dame (2/13) before Western Athletic Conference pod plays opens in March.
"This season's schedule will be challenging," Barton said. "With matches against Power Five teams and some of the best mid-majors in the region on the schedule, it should give us the challenge we need going into conference play and the tournament."
During the fall, for the first time in the history of the Chicago State men's tennis program, Cougars individuals advanced into the main draw of the singles bracket of the ITA Division I Midwest Regional.
Pedro Alvarez became the first Cougars men's player to accomplish the feat, then, about an hour later,
Jakov Suler advanced and history was made twice on the same day. Alvarez, a First Team all-WAC Singles No. 5 and Second Team all-WAC Doubles performer a season ago, won 17 consecutive singles matches before dropping a match during the fall season. In addition to Suler, Alvarez will be joined by
Javier Sanchez Pradillo, who also earned Second Team all-WAC Doubles last year and
Jakub Zamorski, who was a Second Team all-WAC singles performer a season ago as well.
"We had a great fall season," Barton said. "I'm expecting us to come out ready to go this spring."
2022 Chicago State University Men's Tennis Schedule
| 01/14/22 |
Northwestern University |
Evanston, IL |
| 01/14/22 |
Northwestern University |
Evanston, IL |
| 01/17/22 |
UIC |
Homewood, IL |
| 01/21/22 |
Marquette University |
Milwaukee, WI |
| 01/22/22 |
University of Illinois |
Champaign, IL |
| 01/28/22 |
Eastern Illinois |
Homewood, IL |
| 01/30/22 |
IUPUI |
West Lafayette, IN |
| 01/30/22 |
Purdue |
West Lafayette, IN |
| 02/04/22 |
Illinois State |
Champaign, IL |
| 02/12/22 |
Michigan State University |
East Lansing, MI |
| 02/13/22 |
Notre Dame |
South Bend, IN |
| 02/15/22 |
Lewis |
Plainfield, IL |
| 02/18/22 |
Omaha |
Omaha, NE |
| 02/19/22 |
Creighton |
Omaha, NE |
| 02/26/22 |
Lindenwood |
St. Louis, MO |
| 02/27/22 |
St. Louis University |
St. Louis, MO |
| 03/05/22 |
Holy Cross-Notre Dame |
Homewood, IL |
| 03/05/22 |
Purdue Northwest University |
Park Forest, IL |
| 03/18/22 |
Abilene Christian |
Las Cruces, NM |
| 03/19/22 |
UTRGV |
Las Cruces, NM |
| 03/25/22 |
New Mexico State University |
Beaumont, TX |
| 03/26/22 |
Grand Canyon |
Beaumont, TX |
| 04/14/22 |
Lamar |
Abilene, TX |
| 04/15/22 |
Seattle |
Abilene, TX |
| 04/21/22 |
Western Athletic Conference Tournament |
Beaumont, TX |
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title and made an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. In 2021, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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