The Northern Illinois University men’s tennis program has announced it has added No. 11 Illinois to its schedule and will travel to the Fighting Illini on Friday, March, 6 for a 12:30 p.m. match.

Illinois will be the second top 25 team NIU has played this season, facing No. 21 Wisconsin on Feb. 21. The Illini are coming off back-to-back top 10 victories over No. 6 TCU and No. 8 Baylor.

Friday will be the first match between NIU and Illinois since 2017.

The Huskies begin conference play on Saturday, March 7 for a 3 p.m. match against UIC.