Dec. 7, 2006
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame women’s tennis team will take part in the United States Tennis Association/Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Team Indoor Championships taking place Feb. 1-4 at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium in Madison, Wisc. The 16-team field for the nation’s premier national indoor tournament was announced today by the ITA with the Irish earning a bid for the first time since 2002.
Five teams on Notre Dame’s 2007 dual-match schedule are in the field: BYU, North Carolina, Northwestern, Vanderbilt and Wisconsin. Also making the tournament is Baylor, Cal, Clemson, Georgia Tech, Miami, Pepperdine, Stanford, TCU, UCLA and VCU.
Notre Dame participated in the tournament nine consecutive years from 1994-2002, finishing tied for fifth in 1994 and 2001, and have an overall record of 12-15. See year-by-year results below:
1994 (t-5th, ranked 17th)
W, 5-2 #18 BYU
L, 0-6 #3 Stanford
W, 5-2 #10 Arizona
1995 (t-7th, ranked 15th)
W, 5-2 #19 UC Santa Barbara
L, 0-6 #1 Georgia
L, 1-6 #3 Stanford
1996 (t-9th, ranked 16th)
L, 0-8 #1 Florida
W, 6-2 #12 South Carolina
W, 5-4 #6 Cal
1997 (t-11th, ranked 11th)
L, 2-5 #8 Pepperdine
W, 4-3 #21 Alabama
L, 0-5 #15 Vanderbilt
1998 (t-11th, ranked 15th)
L, 4-5 #16 Vanderbilt
W, 6-0 #17 South Alabama
L, 3-5 #9 Mississippi
1999 (t-13th, ranked 16th)
L, 2-7 #1 Florida
L, 4-5 #8 UCLA
W, 5-3 #13 USC
2000 (t-7th, ranked 17th)
W, 5-2 #12 William & Mary
L, 2-5 #1 Stanford
L, 2-5 #13 USC
2001 (t-5th, ranked 11th)
W, 5-2 #4 Oklahoma
L, 1-5 #2 Georgia
W, 6-1 #7 Pepperdine
2002 (t-7th, ranked 13th)
W, 5-2 #7 USC
L, 2-5 #4 Vanderbilt
L, 1-6 #16 North Carolina
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