MANHATTAN, Kan.– The Okay-State girls’s tennis workforce accepted a bid to the NIT Championship set for Tuesday-Friday (May 5-8) in Rome, Ga., on the Rome Tennis Center, hosted by Berry College.
The #1 seed Wildcats will face #8 Northern Illinois University at 8 a.m. CT. This would be the first assembly towards the Huskies. The successful workforce will then proceed to the semifinal match on Wednesday (May 6) at 8 a.m. CT.
“Glad our program was selected for this opportunity to compete in May,” head coach Jordan Smith mentioned. “That’s the main focus from our team each year is to be playing in May. Hopefully, this week will spark a consistent tradition of that and our players give their best.”
The six different groups in the ladies’s area embody #2 North Texas, #3 Arkansas State, #4 North Alabama, #5 Army, #6 McNeese State and #7 Charleston.
UNI went 17-8, 3-5 in the MAC, ending the season with a 2-3 file in convention play. Northern Illinois competed in the NIT Championship final season as properly, falling in the quarterfinal spherical to Washington State, the eventual 2025 Champions.
The Wildcats ended the common season with an 8-13, 3-10 Big 12 file in the eighth season underneath Smith. During the season the Wildcats gained the doubles level 10 instances, aiding in seven victories. junior Maralgoo Chogsomjav led the workforce in singles play, with a 9-8 twin file this season, whereas three Cats had seven wins, freshman Varvara Bernovich, sophomore Chanel Rustemova and freshman Diana Smolinska.
Okay-State had two Wildcats named to All-Big 12 groups, Maralgoo and freshman Martaa Chogsomjav to the First Team Doubles. Individual accolades included Maralgoo to Second Team Singles and Martaa to the Freshman Team.
This is the fourth NIT Championship by UTR Sports, it is inaugural Championship again in 2023.
The #1 seed Wildcats will face #8 Northern Illinois University at 8 a.m. CT. This would be the first assembly towards the Huskies. The successful workforce will then proceed to the semifinal match on Wednesday (May 6) at 8 a.m. CT.
“Glad our program was selected for this opportunity to compete in May,” head coach Jordan Smith mentioned. “That’s the main focus from our team each year is to be playing in May. Hopefully, this week will spark a consistent tradition of that and our players give their best.”
The six different groups in the ladies’s area embody #2 North Texas, #3 Arkansas State, #4 North Alabama, #5 Army, #6 McNeese State and #7 Charleston.
UNI went 17-8, 3-5 in the MAC, ending the season with a 2-3 file in convention play. Northern Illinois competed in the NIT Championship final season as properly, falling in the quarterfinal spherical to Washington State, the eventual 2025 Champions.
The Wildcats ended the common season with an 8-13, 3-10 Big 12 file in the eighth season underneath Smith. During the season the Wildcats gained the doubles level 10 instances, aiding in seven victories. junior Maralgoo Chogsomjav led the workforce in singles play, with a 9-8 twin file this season, whereas three Cats had seven wins, freshman Varvara Bernovich, sophomore Chanel Rustemova and freshman Diana Smolinska.
Okay-State had two Wildcats named to All-Big 12 groups, Maralgoo and freshman Martaa Chogsomjav to the First Team Doubles. Individual accolades included Maralgoo to Second Team Singles and Martaa to the Freshman Team.
This is the fourth NIT Championship by UTR Sports, it is inaugural Championship again in 2023.
— k-statesports.com —
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