Women's Tennis heads to Wichita for MVC Championships
04/25/2013 | 12:00:00 | Women's Tennis
April 25, 2013
By Tim McCaughan
SIUSalukis.com
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The Southern Illinois women's tennis team is set to open play Friday at the 2013 Missouri Valley Conference Championships hosted by Wichita State.
Southern enters the tournament as the No. 2 seed after finishing (17-4, 6-1 MVC) during the regular season. SIU will face seventh seeded Creighton in the first round on Friday at 12:30 p.m. at the Coleman Center in Wichita.
The Salukis swept Creighton on April 20 in Carbondale, dominating the Bluejays 7-0.
Southern is looking for its first MVC Championship title in school history. This seasons No. 2 seed is the highest seed since 1988 when SIU was the also the No. 2 seed.