Women's tennis

On the weekend of March 24,the IU women's tennis team collected two wins against ranked Big Ten opponents at the Indiana Tennis Center and propelled coach Lin Loring, already the all-time winningest coach in NCAA history, to just one win shy of 300 Big Ten wins. \nIn a well-attended match that Friday, the No. 35 Hoosiers disposed of No. 33 Purdue 5-2. Two days later, IU defeated No. 59 Illinois 6-1 to remain tied for first in the Big Ten at 3-0. \nLoring said it was a good weekend for the Hoosiers. \n"We had really good team wins," he said. "Everyone contributed, whether winning in doubles, singles or both." \nLoring's prediction that the doubles point would be crucial in the IU-PU match proved correct. \nIn the deciding doubles match, IU's No. 3 pair of Alba Berdala and Cecile Perton overcame an early 4-1 deficit to force a tiebreaker against Purdue's Brittany Minna and Stephanie Wooten. The Hoosier duo won the tiebreaker 7-4 to give IU the early 1-0 lead. \n"To win that match was really crucial because I didn't think Purdue could take four singles off us," Loring said.