Horizon League Champions Take On Big Ten and SEC Foes in NCAA Championship Play

Nov. 3, 2004

The 23rd Annual NCAA Division I Championship Tennis Bracket was announced on ESPNews today. The Butler men will travel down south to face No. 12 seeded Kentucky, while the women's UIC team will travel across town to play No. 10 seeded Northwestern.

Butler will play either Friday, May 14 or Saturday May 15 in Lexington, Ky. Earlier in the season, the Wildcats downed the Bulldogs 7-0 despite a No. 1 doubles Butler victory. This will be Butler's third consecutive automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.

The UIC women claimed their eighth consecutive Horizon League championship title earlier this month and earned their sixth straight trip into the Round of 64. The Flames will take on No. 10 seeded Northwestern in Evanston on Saturday, May 25. The match up will mark the second time in two years that UIC has taken on the Wildcasts in postseason play. In 2002, Northwestern defeated the Flames 4-0 in the first round. The Wildcats claimed their sixth consecutive Big Ten title earlier this month.