No. 4 Northwestern Wildcats (18-9) vs No. 5 Nebraska Cornhuskers (9-14)
Friday, April 29 at Noon CT
Nielsen Tennis Stadium (Madison, Wisc.)
Live Stats: http://sidearmstats.com/wisconsin/mten/
Live Video: https://uwbadgers.com/sports/2016/11/1/tennis-video-streams.aspx?id=1239
Link to Bracket: https://bigten.org/news/2022/4/24/general-2022-big-ten-mens-tennis-tournament-bracket-announced.aspx
Nebraska is riding a three-game winning streak into the tournament, knocking off Purdue, Indiana, and Penn State to end the regular season. The Huskers’ five conference wins was the most NU has had since joining the Big Ten, and just their third, five-win season in program history. As the No. 5 seed, Nebraska will take on the No. 4 seed Northwestern on Friday, April 29 at Noon CT. The Huskers have already played Northwestern once this year, losing narrowly 4-3 at the Dillon Tennis Center, but took them to the limit in last year’s Big Ten Tournament.
Live streams and stats are available in the links provided above. Updates will be posted to Huskers.com and @HuskerMTennis on Twitter.
Scouting Northwestern
• The Wildcats enter Friday’s matchup with an 18-9 record, having won five of their last seven matchups. They also boast a 6-3 conference record.
• Northwestern has one player on the ITA Top-125 Singles Rankings List: (No. 41 Steve Forman) and one team on the ITA Top-90 Doubles Rankings List: (No. 73 Steven Forman/Felix Nordby):
• They hold wins over several ranked teams including Memphis, Louisville, North Carolina, Duke, Princeton, and Oregon.
• Steven Forman leads the team with 16 wins, holding an 16-3 record in singles play. He has competed in the No. 1 spot for the Wildcats in all 19 of his matches.
Series History
• Nebraska is 0-12 against Northwestern, however they almost defeated them at the Dillon Tennis Center earlier this season, losing 4-3.
• Although the Huskers have never defeated the Wildcats, they also took them to the limit last season in the Big Ten Championships, falling just short, 4-2.
Up Next
• If the Huskers win, they will get the winner of Ohio State vs Michigan State/Purdue on Saturday, April 30 at 11 a.m. CT. Should they win that, the Big Ten Championship will be held on Sunday, May 1 at Noon CT.
Last Weekend Notes:
• The victory marked Nebraska’s first…
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