Toledo women get WNIT bid

3/12/2018
BY BRIAN BUCKEY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER
Toledo head coach Tricia Cullop and the Rockets will be playing in the WNIT.
Toledo head coach Tricia Cullop and the Rockets will be playing in the WNIT.

The University of Toledo women’s basketball team earned an invite to the WNIT, the Rockets found out Monday night.

Toledo is one of three Mid-American Conference teams selected into the 64-team field, joining Ball State and Miami.

The Rockets will host Wright State on Friday in the first round.

Toledo finished the regular season 17-14 overall and 8-10 in the MAC during the regular season. The Rockets earned a No. 7 seed in the MAC tournament but was upset by No. 10 Kent State in a first-round game at Savage Arena.

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