{"id":74796,"date":"2019-01-20T10:05:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T16:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=74796"},"modified":"2019-01-20T10:07:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T16:07:08","slug":"wildcats-championship-aspirations-set-on-high-team-opens-dual-match-season-with-win-against-uic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wildcats-championship-aspirations-set-on-high-team-opens-dual-match-season-with-win-against-uic\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildcats\u2019 championship aspirations set on high &#8211; team opens dual-match season with win against UIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Neel Madhavan<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">The Northwestern University women&#8217;s tennis team cruised to a 7-0 win over the University of Illinois-Chicago to open the winter\/spring dual-match season on Friday night at Combe Tennis Center in Evanston.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought it was a good start,\u201d head coach Claire Pollard said. \u201cWe have lots of things to work through. I thought our opposition were very crafty and unpredictable. Looking ahead to Sunday, we\u2019re going to play a team that\u2019s really crafty too, so I think it was good for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coming off a Big Ten regular season championship and a Round of 16 appearance in the NCAA tournament last season, the Wildcats again have lofty expectations for the season ahead.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019re championship hungry,\u201d Pollard said. \u201cWe\u2019re always hungry for a championship. Whatever that looks like &#8211; if it\u2019s Big Ten, if its national. We try to be the best we can be, and we\u2019ll see where that lands us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After winning 11 straight Big Ten titles from 1999-2009, last season\u2019s Big Ten championship was the team\u2019s first since 2012. Northwestern spent the past five years in contention for the title, but ultimately came up short each season.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74802\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74802\" style=\"width: 1100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/NU-vs-UIC-3.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74802\" title=\"NU-vs-UIC-3\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/NU-vs-UIC-3.jpg\" alt=\"NU-vs-UIC-3\" width=\"1100\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/NU-vs-UIC-3.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/NU-vs-UIC-3-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/NU-vs-UIC-3-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/NU-vs-UIC-3-1024x615.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northwestern\u2019s Clarissa Hand (left) and Lee Or (right) ready to return during a point at No. 1 doubles. (Neel Madhavan\/Medill)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Friday, Northwestern began with three doubles victories to claim the doubles point for the match.<\/p>\n<p>While in singles, the Wildcats swept all six matches without dropping a set.<\/p>\n<p>At the No. 1 singles position, Clarissa Hand showed why Pollard has so much faith in the young, talented freshman, defeating UIC\u2019s Lejla Colic 6-1, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I played pretty well,\u201d Hand said. \u201c(Colic) played much better in the second set. I just had to stay focused and stay disciplined to close it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_74801\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74801\" style=\"width: 766px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/NU-vs-UIC-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-74801\" title=\"NU-vs-UIC-2\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/NU-vs-UIC-2-766x1024.jpg\" alt=\"NU-vs-UIC-2\" width=\"766\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/NU-vs-UIC-2-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/NU-vs-UIC-2-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/NU-vs-UIC-2-768x1026.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/NU-vs-UIC-2.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northwestern\u2019s Clarissa Hand hits a serve during a match at No. 1 singles. (Neel Madhavan\/Medill)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a tune-up invitational at Miami last week, Hand upset the seventh-ranked singles player in the country, Estela Perez-Somarriba, in straight sets. Perez-Somaribba was named ACC Player of the Year last year as a sophomore and was a national semifinalist in singles at the NCAA tournament as a freshman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought we played really well at No. 1 doubles after a shaky first game,\u201d Pollard said. \u201cI was also happy with Julie\u2019s (Byrne) performance in singles, and I thought Lee (Or) had a good first match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Wildcats face a much tougher test Sunday afternoon, as they travel to Lawrence, Kansas to face No. 16 Kansas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be a battle,\u201d Pollard said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a great test for us. I\u2019ll play as tough a schedule as I can find. The program that we\u2019re providing is that we\u2019re challenging you to bring out your best, and you\u2019re going to find out just how good you are here. We\u2019ll find that out on Sunday.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Northwestern\u2019s Clarissa Hand (right in purple) and Lee Or (left in purple) shake hands with Lucie Prochazkova (left in red) and Karyna Bihel (right in red) after a 6-0 win at No. 1 doubles. 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