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For the first time in his Northern Illinois career, freshman Dor Amir was selected as the Mid-American Conference’s Men’s Tennis Player of the Week. It is the second-consecutive weekly award for the Huskies and the third this season. Amir, a native of Israel, earned the honor after finishing 2-0 in a match against No. 68...

With two singles matches left to play, Northern Illinois was at the heels of No. 68 Brown, 3-2. However, the Huskies were unable to overcome of the deficit and fell to Bears, 5-2. “This match was there for the taking today,” said Patrick Fisher. “Unfortunately we came up short today, but we put up an...

Northern Illinois junior Mikhail Titov was selected as the MAC’s Men’s Tennis Player of the Week, the league announced Thursday. It is the first such honor of his career and the second for NIU this season: Axel Lagerlof earned the recognition Feb. 22. Titov finished the weekend 3-1 for Huskies, earning two wins in singles...

The Northern Illinois men’s tennis team opened its season flawlessly with a pair of wins over Division III power Wisconsin-Whitewater, 7-0, and Butler, 5-2. It is the first time the Huskies have opened the season 2-0 since at least 2004. “A lot of good things came out of today,” said Fisher. “Dor (Amir) and Frederic...

After a compact fall season to hone their skills, the Northern Illinois men’s tennis team will kickoff its duel season Friday, Jan. 27, in Rockford at the Boylan Tennis Center, hosting UW-Whitewater at 1 p.m. and Butler at 5 p.m. Head coach Patrick Fisher, now entering his third season at the helm, is 1-1 in...

Northern Illinois designated hitter Jeff Zimmerman was named Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year as he was one of four Huskies recognized for the first time by the conference’s coaches, the league announced Tuesday evening. Along with Zimmerman, shortstop Alex Jones was named an All-MAC First Team performer.  Starting pitcher Tony Manville and third baseman...

Northern Illinois freshman Axel Lagerlof capped off his first season with the Huskies by being named Mid-American Conference Newcomer of the Year, announced today by the conference office. This is the second-straight year that a Huskie has won the award, with Maksym Bartiuk winning the honor last year. “It’s a great honor for Axel,” said...

The Northern Illinois men’s tennis team will play three home matches this weekend at the Boylan Tennis Center in Rockford, Ill. The Huskies will open Mid-American Conference play Friday, April 1, against Western Michigan at 1 p.m. and will also face Chicago State at 5 p.m. Friday. NIU will wrap up the weekend hosting Drake at...

Coming off a successful four-match spring break trip, the Northern Illinois men’s tennis team faces its last tune-up before beginning conference play at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, when the Huskies will take the short trip south to Peoria, Ill., to play Bradley at the David Markin Tennis Courts. NIU (8-8) was in Orlando, Fla., last...

The Northern Illinois men’s tennis team completed its four-match spring break trip to Florida on Tuesday. The Huskies went 4-0 on the trip, defeating Siena, Weber International, Oklahoma Baptist and Youngstown State, to improve to 8-8 on the season. NIU was originally scheduled to play just one match on its Florida trip but picked up...

In its only dual meet of the weekend, the Northern Illinois men’s tennis team (4-7) travels today to Madison, Wis., to play the last of its Big Ten competition at Wisconsin. Matches are slated to begin at 6 p.m. at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. The Huskies are coming off a weekend split, dispatching St. Louis 5-1 last...