Chicago State Women’s Tennis Turns Back Short-handed IUPUI 6-1

The Chicago State women's tennis team picked a 6-1 win over IUPUI Friday afternoon at the West Indy Racquet Club in Indianapolis, Indiana. IUPUI played with four players so the Cougars picked up default wins at No. 3 doubles and No. 5 and 6 singles.

The Cougars played well in contested matches, earning the doubles point with victories at No. 1 and 2 while, in singles, CSU won a No. 1, 3 and 4. Complete results listed below. 

"It's good to get back in the win column," head coach Jack Barton said. "I know it was tough for IUPUI to have only four healthy players, but they were their top four and I've seen teams win under those circumstances. We couldn't take anything for granted and our goal was to stay focused each point. The women successfully did that tonight."

The Cougars will be back on the court Sunday, March 6, hosting on Northern Illinois at 10 a.m. at the Park Forest Health & Fitness Club in Park Forest, Illinois

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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