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Haley Dekkinga
Two members of the Northern Illinois women’s tennis team claimed flights Sunday at the the Second Chance Regional, held at the Boylan Tennis Center in Rockford. Haley Dekkinga (Allegan, Mich./Allegan) and Cristina Alvarez (Zaragoza, Spain/Cristorey and Sagrado Corazon De Jesus) finished in the top three of the flights. Dekkinga had a finals match against Ali...
Ilse Pacheco
The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team continued its roll through February with a 7-0 victory Saturday over the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds at the UIndy Tennis Center. The win improved NIU’s spring dual match record to 7-1, including a perfect 6-0 mark on the road. “We looked a little tired but the discipline was great,”...
Ilse Pacheco
Completing a perfect 3-0 weekend to open the spring season, Northern Illinois scored 7-0 wins over Valparaiso and Western Illinois on Saturday at Homewood-Flossmoor Tennis Club. The stellar weekend gives sixth-year head coach Ryun Ferrell his best-ever start to a season. “We had a solid performance today and played even better than we did yesterday,”...
Arantza de la Torre
Northern Illinois started its 2013 campaign impressively with a 6-1 win over Bradley on Friday afternoon at the Boylan Tennis Center. The win, fueled by a sweep in singles play, marks the first season opening triumph for sixth-year head coach Ryun Ferrell. “In doubles we weren’t flat, just too hyped,” said Ferrell. “We didn’t execute...
Nelle Youel
As host of one of the many ITA Regionals throughout the country this weekend, the Northern Illinois women’s tennis team is off to a solid start after the first day of play at Boylan Tennis Center on Friday. Four Huskies are in the singles semifinals of their respective flights and one doubles tandem is in...
Nelle Youel
After a successful showing at the Drake Invitational two weeks ago, the Northern Illinois women’s tennis team fought its way to another positive outing at the DePaul Invitational as the Huskies claimed five titles on the final day of a three-day competition Sunday afternoon. “I can’t complain at all about the results,” said NIU Head...
Ilse Pacheco
Opening day of the DePaul Invitational was quite the learning experience for the young Northern Illinois women’s tennis team as wins were tough to come by in both doubles and singles play while in Chicago. However, the Huskies have a pair of doubles teams in contention for the Flight B title. In Flight A of...
Haley Dekkinga
The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team opened up fall play on a solid note, going a combined 5-4 in doubles play and winning a consolation championship during Day One of the Drake Invitational on Friday. “The attitude was nice,” said NIU head coach Ryun Ferrell. “The thing I like the most is that we started...
Ilse Pacheco
The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team gets back into the swing of things this weekend at the Drake Invitational in Des Moines, Iowa. After a grueling two weeks of practice NIU finally gets to see competition out side of each other as the Huskies look to build on an 11-12, 2-6 (Mid-American Conference), record in...
NIU Huskies women's tennis team and coach Ryun Ferrell
The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team dropped its quarterfinal matchup of the Mid-American Conference Tournament against the No. 2-seeded Akron Zips (22-3, 7-1 MAC) on Friday, 4-0. The loss marked the end of the Huskies’ season as the team finished with an 11-12 overall record and a 2-6 mark in MAC play. “We played great,”...
The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team closed the NIU Invite Saturday evening and showed some flashes of potential for the spring season as Haley Dekkinga took the “Black” consolation draw. Dekkinga finished a day earlier by winning the Huskie doubles draw with partner Nelle Youel. The Allegan, Mich. native finished the weekend 2-1, defeating Eastern...
The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team begins its fall season this weekend with the NIU Invitational. The Huskies will host Eastern Illinois and Lewis today and Saturday with competition starting at 10 a.m. both days. The invitational will take place at the newly resurfaced Huskie Tennis Courts as six of fifth-year head coach Ryun Farrell’s...
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