Tag: tennis
For the first time-ever under head coach Patrick Fisher, the Northern Illinois men’s tennis team defeated Marquette, 4-3. The Huskies improved to 9-4 with the win to open their spring break, 1-0. “I am really proud of our Huskies,” Fisher said. “We hunted in a pack and stayed together all night. For that are reward...
The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team won its third match in 24 hours and recorded its 12th win of the season with a 6-1 victory over Central Arkansas Sunday morning at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center in Des Moines. In improving its record to 12-1 on the season, Northern Illinois has its most wins since...
Busting its non-conference skid Sunday afternoon, the Northern Illinois men’s tennis team completed its weekend when it defeated IUPUI in Indianapolis, 5-2. The win is NIU’s eighth of the season and puts the Huskies 8-4 on the season heading into their spring trip. A day removed from being swept in doubles versus Butler, NIU won...
NIU’s Haley Dekkinga came back from a set down to defeat Drake’s Lea Kozulic at No. 2 singles to clinch the Huskies’ 4-3 victory over the Bulldogs Saturday at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center in Des Moines. The victory extended Northern Illinois’ spring winning streak to eight matches as the Huskies shut out Nebraska-Omaha, 7-0,...
The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team extended its winning streak to six matches and improved its record to 9-1 on the spring season with a 7-0 shutout of Chicago State Friday afternoon at the Boylan Tennis Courts in Rockford. NIU opened the match by sweeping the three doubles matches, including an 8-5 win at No....
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,”...
Northern Illinois lost just nine games in its five singles wins and claimed the doubles point to defeat IUPUI 6-1 in women’s tennis action Friday night at the West Indy Racquet Club. The victory was Northern Illinois’ third straight and improved the Huskies’ spring dual meet record to 6-1. Northern Illinois’ No. 6 singles player,...
Northern Illinois junior Haley Dekkinga (Allegan, Mich./Allegan HS) has been selected as the Mid-American Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Week after completing a perfect 4-0 record in singles and doubles last weekend in NIU’s victories over Saint Louis and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, the MAC announced Wednesday. Dekkinga, who plays at the No. 2 singles spot...
Dor Amir was named the Mid-American Conference’s Men’s Tennis Player of the Week Wednesday afternoon following a 4-1 weekend Feb. 1 and 2 that led the Huskies to a 3-0 weekend and a 5-1 overall record. It is first honor of the season and second of his career. The Tel Aviv, Israel native finished 4-1...
The Northern Illinois men’s tennis team improved to 4-1 Friday with two wins at the Boylan Tennis Center, capturing victories over Dayton, 5-2, and previously unbeaten Valparaiso, 7-0. The Huskies will have a chance to improve to 5-1 Sunday with their match versus UIC to complete their weekend home stand. “We played better today than...
Collecting a two victory sweep last weekend in its home openers, the Northern Illinois men’s tennis team hopes to advance its record to 5-1 with a trio of matches this weekend, hosting Dayton, Valparaiso and UIC. The Huskies will play the Flyers and the Crusaders at 1 and 5 p.m. respectively Friday and follow up...
Northern Illinois sophomore Nelle Youel was named Mid-American Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Week, the league announced Wednesday. Youel becomes the second Huskie under sixth-year head coach Ryun Ferrell to earn the honor and the first since Kathryn Friedlund in 2009. The Crystal Lake Central (Crystal Lake, Ill.) product led the Huskies at No....
