Gopher Sports Spotlight visited the Baseline Tennis Center to talk with Alexa Palen and Coach Tyler Thompson of the Minnesota women’s tennis team. We asked Alexa, a sophomore from Rochester, about this weekend’s Big Ten Tournament, playing at number-one singles and the international flare on the Gopher roster this season.

Coach Thompson has this team playing their best tennis heading into Big Tens. The Gophers open tournament play against Iowa.