Last Week's Action, March 13-19, 2017

Here's the first post for this new blog on tennis in the B1G 10.

#31 Wisconsin leads the Big Ten (3/19) with a 2-0 record. They defeated San Diego 5-2 in a non-conference match this week. (ITA national rankings)

#3 Ohio State lost to #6 Texas, 4-3, on Wednesday in Texas in a very tight match. All 6 singles went 3 sets. OSU also lost on Sunday to #8 Texas A&M, 4-3, in another tight match. OSU is 1-0 in the Big Ten.

#16 Michigan is 1-0 in the Big Ten. They defeated Michigan State 7-0 this week on the road.

#25 Illinois is 2-1 in the Big Ten. They did not play this week.

Iowa is 1-1 in conference. They defeated Harvard, 4-2, and lost to #25 Oregon, 4-0, and San Diego, 4-3, all played in San Diego this week.

#35 Indiana is 1-1 in the Big Ten. They lost to Texas Tech this week, 4-3.

#50 Penn State is 1-1 in conference play. They defeated Michigan State 6-1 this week.

Purdue is 1-1 in conference. They played 3 times this week, losing to #13 California 4-3, and #33 SMU, and defeating #45 Tulsa, all played in Indian Wells, CA.

Nebraska is 0-1 in conference. They defeated Toledo and Wichita State this week.

#32 Minnesota is 0-1 in the Big Ten. They beat Miami (FL) 4-3 this week.

#20 Northwestern is 0-1 in the Big Ten. They did not play this week.

Michigan State is 0-2 in the conference. They lost to Michigan this week, 7-0, and Penn State, 6-1, at home.

Big Ten players ranked in the top 100
(3/21, ITA)

#1   Mikael Torpegaard, Ohio State
#4   Hugo Di Feo, Ohio State
#20  Aleks Vukic, Illinois
#30  Aron Hiltzik, Illinois 
#41  Strong Kirchheimer, Northwestern
#53  Konrad Zieba, Northwestern
#68  Gergely Madarasz, Purdue
#74  Myles Schalet, Michigan
#80  Matic Spec, Minnesota 
#91  Jathan Malik, Michigan
#93  Herkko Pollanen, Ohio State
#98  JJ Wolf, Ohio State

Wake Forest of the ACC remains #1 in the nation this week. Virginia (ACC) moved up to #2.