The MSU women's tennis team was shut out 7-0 at Wisconsin on Sunday, finishing its conference season winless in the league.

MSU (8-14 overall, 0-10 Big Ten) failed to win a set against the Badgers (10-11, 5-5) after also getting blanked at Northwestern on Friday.

Junior Caroline Lay (No. 2 singles) and sophomore Kate Thomas (No. 4 singles) turned in MSU's best performances, winning a total of seven games in their Sunday matches.

MSU's No. 3 doubles team of Thomas and sophomore Karen Gustafson lost 8-5 - which was the closest a Spartan team came to winning.

The Spartans will be the No. 11 seed in this weekend's Big Ten Tournament in Champaign, Ill. They will play the same Badgers - the sixth seed - in the first round at 9 a.m. Thursday.

Head coach Tim Bauer is hoping freshmen Shelley Brady and Jean Willmann return to action this weekend.

Both singles players have missed the last month with injuries.

James Jahnke