Illinois and South Dakota Primer

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State tennis team looks to add two more wins to their resume this weekend when they take on Illinois and South Dakota.

THE SCHEDULE
Friday, Feb. 14 – 4 p.m. CT
Atkins Tennis Center – Urbana, IL
Iowa State (4-1) vs. Illinois (2-5)

Sunday, Feb. 16 – 10 a.m. CT
Iowa State Tennis Facility – Ames, IA
Iowa State (4-1) vs. South Dakota (3-3)

FOLLOWING THE MATCHES
Live stats and live stream for the match are linked at the top of the page.

THE SERIES
Iowa State is 0-5 all-time against Illinois with the most recent matchup coming in 1991, when Illinois won 8-1.

Iowa State is 8-0 all-time against South Dakota and hopes to improve the series record on Sunday. The Cyclones and Coyotes have faced off in each of the last two seasons and six of the last seven. The Cyclones took down the Coyotes, 4-2, a year ago in Jaron Maestas' first career match as ISU's head coach.

LAST TIME OUT
The Cyclones defeated Wyoming, 5-2 on Saturday to improve to 4-1 on the season, already matching its' win total from the 2024 spring season. Click here to read about the match.

PLAYER TO WATCH
Senior Anna Supapitch Kuearum was dubbed Big 12 Player of the Week last week after going 2-0 in both singles and doubles, which included a singles win over No. 113 Daianne Hayashida from Iowa. Kuearum also moved into 17th in school history in career wins with the four victories last week and is currently ranked No. 70 in the ITA singles rankings.

FOLLOW THE CYCLONES
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