Finished the season ranked No. 23 in doubles ... Had a preseason singles ranking of No. 30 and No. 8 in doubles ... Played primarily at No. 2 singles, posting 16 wins including 10 in dual match play ... Rallied from a set down to defeat Vanderbilt's 28th-ranked Christina Rosca 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 (2/3) ... Topped 40th-ranked Felicity Maltby of Texas Tech 6-2, 7-6 (3/19) ... Defeated No. 113 Madison Harrison of Mississippi State in the NCAA tournament 6-0, 7-6 (4) ... Defeated the ninth-ranked team of Elizabeth Profit and Blair Shankle from Baylor, 7-6 (2/17) ... Topped Michigan's ninth-ranked team of Kate Fahey and Alex Najarian, 6-4 (4/21) ... Paired with Rheeya Doshi to defeat Texas Tech's 24th-ranked team of Sabrina Federici and Sarah Dvorak, 6-3 (3/19) ... Teamed up with Doshi to defeat Michigan State's 40th-ranked duo of Emily Metcalf and Davina Nguyen in the Big Ten tournament, 6-3 (4/28) ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-Big Ten.2015-16: All-Big Ten selection ... Participated in NCAA Singles Championship and NCAA Doubles Championship along with teammate Alex Chatt ... Team leader with 24 singles wins, including 8-1 against Big Ten foes with seven victories over ranked opponents ... Collected nine doubles wins against ranked teams ... Teamed with Chatt to win doubles title at ITA Summer Nationals, while finishing as the runner-up in singles ... Paired with Chatt to win doubles consolation bracket at Riviera Women's ITA All-American ... Runner-up in singles at ITA Midwest Regional Championships ... Posted a 12-3 singles record during the fall season ... Earned a three-set victory over 41st-ranked Andie Daniell of Alabama at the Wildcat Duals (1/15) en route to being named the MVP of the event ... Defeated No. 75 Desirae Krawczyk of Arizona State in straight sets in the Wildcats' season-opening victory over the Sun Devils as part of ITA Kickoff Weekend (1/23) ... Paired with Chatt to take down the ninth-ranked team of Maria Alvarez and Kelsey Laurente of Oklahoma State (1/24) ... Posted a 6-2 win with Chatt over the sixth-ranked team of Sydney Campbell and Courtney Colton of fifth-ranked and defending national champion Vanderbilt (2/14) ... Notched a 6-3 win with Chatt over the seventh-ranked Ohio State team of Miho Kowase and Anna Sanford (4/17) ... Overcame a 4-1 third-set deficit to defeat No. 18 Brienne Minor of Michigan, giving the Wildcats a 4-3 win over the 10th-ranked Wolverines and snapping Michigan's 37-match Big Ten regular-season winning streak in the process ... Earned a three-set win over 41st-ranked Whitney Kay in an NCAA tournament match at No. 3 North Carolina (5/14) ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2014-15: Redshirt season.
2013-14: Partnered with Nida Hamilton to upset No. 80 Ronit Yurovsky and Laura Ucros of Michigan in doubles play of the Big Ten championship match (4/27) ...Ranked for the first time in the ITA singles poll on Feb. 11 ...Helped Northwestern upset No. 2 Florida at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships with a win at No. 5 singles over 39th-ranked Kourtney Keegan (2/8) ...Partnered with Nida Hamilton to knock off two ranked opponents in doubles play, including a 7-5 win over No. 51 Rutuja Bhosale and Ines Deheza to lead NU to an upset of Texas A&M (2/7).
High School: Ranked as high as No. 4 in the country among all girls 18 and under, including No. 1 in the Midwest ... Rated as a blue chip recruit by TennisRecruiting.net ... 2012 IHSA State Doubles Champion and member of team state championship ... Team also won state championship in 2010 ... All-Section ... Completed undefeated singles seasons as a sophomore and senior ... Took junior year of high school season off to focus on national tournament play ... Has performed well in numerous national events, including winning the USTA National Open G18 singles title in February 2012 and doubles title in May 2011 ... All-state and all-conference selection ... Team MVP ... Recipient of Coaches Award, Chicago Sun-Times Athlete of the Week ... Lake Forest High School Athletic Wall of Fame recipient ... Honor roll student ... Student council member ... High school coach was Denise Murphy.
Personal: Born Madeline Kendall Lipp ... Daughter of Kathy and Roman Lipp ... Father played soccer at Dartmouth, while sister, Nicole, played soccer at Duke ... Chose Northwestern over Duke, Michigan, North Carolina and Virginia.
Lipp's Stats
SINGLES
| Season | Overall W-L | Dual Match |
Fall |
Conference | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2013-14 | 15-7 | 4-3 | 11-4 | 3-2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1-1 | 3-2 |
| 2015-16 | 24-12 | 12-8 | 12-3 | 8-1 | 2-3 | 7-4 | 3-1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2016-17 | 16-16 | 10-12 | 6-4 | 5-4 | 1-1 | 9-11 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 55-35 | 26-23 | 29-11 | 16-7 | 3-4 | 16-15 | 3-1 | -- | 1-1 | 3-2 |
DOUBLES
| Season | Overall W-L | Dual Match |
Fall |
Conference | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013-14 | 26-9 | 12-7 | 14-2 | 4-1 | -- | 11-6 | 1-1 |
| 2015-16 | 26-12 | 14-7 | 12-4 | 7-2 | 10-6 | 3-1 | 1-0 |
| 2016-17 | 25-10 | 15-7 | 10-3 | 7-2 | 15-7 | -- | -- |
| Career | 77-31 | 41-21 | 36-9 | 18-5 | 25-13 | 14-7 | 2-1 |