Entering Big Ten competition with a two-game win streak, Northwestern looked to continue its momentum against No. 45 Iowa and Nebraska, but split the matches Friday and Sunday.
Despite differing outcomes, the script of the matches looked nearly identical.
The Wildcats (8-5, 1-1 Big Ten) took both of the weekend’s doubles points, as well as the first singles points. However, they fell in the next three singles matches against both opponents and trailed 3-2. After tying it up at 3-3, the No. 5 singles match was all that remained both times…