Chicago State University head men's and women's tennis coach
Jack Barton released the 2022 women's tennis schedule today. The team will open Feb. 21 at Marquette, and features eight home matches before Western Athletic Conference pod plays opens in April.
"Last year, we were very short handed due to injuries and COVID protocols," Barton said. "Now that we get everyone back, the team is motivated to compete this spring."
This year's Chicago State women's tennis team will feature
Katarina Drazic and
Kristina Pukhaeva who were each named to the 2020-21 all-WAC women's tennis team. The duo was named First Team all-WAC Doubles No. 1 while
Sofiya Sedovich and
Susana Andres were named Women's all-WAC Honorable Mention. The honor is Drazic's second First Team all-WAC Doubles recognition, previously earning the award in 2019 alongside
Diana Borodina. She was also named a Second Team Singles honoree that same year.
"If we can stay focused and take care of all the things we can control, we will be a tough team to beat come conference time," Barton said.
2022 Chicago State University Women's Tennis Schedule
| 01/21/22 |
Marquette University |
Milwaukee, WI |
| 01/23/22 |
SIUE |
Homewood, IL |
| 01/28/22 |
Eastern Illinois |
Homewood, IL |
| 01/30/22 |
Illinois State |
Bloomington, IL |
| 02/05/22 |
Bradley |
Homewood, IL |
| 02/06/22 |
St. Thomas University |
Homewood, IL |
| 02/11/22 |
Western Illinois |
Galesburg, IL |
| 02/15/22 |
Lewis |
Plainview, IL |
| 02/18/22 |
Omaha |
Omaha, NE |
| 02/19/22 |
Creighton University |
Omaha, NE |
| 02/26/22 |
UT-Martin |
St. Louis, MO |
| 02/27/22 |
St. Louis University |
St. Louis, MO |
| 03/04/22 |
IUPUI |
Indianapolis, IN |
| 03/06/22 |
Northern Ilinois University |
Homewood, IL |
| 03/09/22 |
UIC |
Homewood, IL |
| 03/12/22 |
Milwaukee |
Homewood, IL |
| 03/13/22 |
Oakland |
Homewood, IL |
| 04/01/22 |
New Mexico State University |
Seattle, WA |
| 04/02/22 |
Seattle University |
Seattle, WA |
| 04/14/22 |
Grand Canyon |
Phoenix, AZ |
| 04/15/22 |
Dixie State |
Phoenix, AZ |
| 04/21/22 |
Western Athletic Conference Tournament |
Beaumont, TX |
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title and made an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. In 2021, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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