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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...

The Northern Illinois men’s tennis team swept its home-opener Friday night at the Boylan Tennis Center to improve to 2-1 on the year with a 6-1 over Wisconsin Whitewater and a 7-0 triumph over Chicago State. The Huskies are 1-0 in the Mid-American Conference with the win over the Cougars. The Huskies lone point to the...

Following its season opener at No. 35 Minnesota last Sunday, the men’s tennis program will return to the court in a doubleheader Friday afternoon. Northern Illinois hosts both UW-Whitewater and Chicago State at the Boylan Tennis Center in Rockford. Matches will begin at 1 and 5 p.m., respectively. The Huskies also opened their 2012 campaign...

Huskie sophomore Dor Amir won his first round match in the main draw of the ITA Midwest Regional Friday night to become the second Huskie in as many years to advance to the second round of the tournament. “It’s great to have our guys do so well here,” said head coach Patrick Fisher. “It really...

Doubles play started Friday afternoon at the Drake Invitational, and the Northern Illinois duo of Axel Lagerlof and Simon Formont won the B flight with a trio of wins. It is the second-straight week a Huskie doubles pair has won a flight. Formont, a freshman from Orleans, France, and Lagerlof, a junior from Malmo, Sweden,...

Three Huskies were selected to this year’s All-Mid-American Conference list, highlighted by Dor Amir’s selection to the first team announced Tuesday by the conference office. Axel Lagerlof and Roman Turtygin were named to this year’s second team. It is the first time since 2009 the Huskies have had at least three selections to the All-MAC...

With a 3-2 lead late in the contest, the Northern Illinois men’s tennis team fell to Western Michigan in the Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinals, 4-3. The Huskies end their impressive 2012 season 21-7. The Huskies lost the doubles point with losses at Nos. 1 and 3, but Maksym Bartiuk and Roman Turtygin were leading in...

In a battle of conference unbeatens, the Northern Illinois men’s tennis team took their first loss in Mid-American Conference play with a 5-2 defeat from Buffalo Sunday at the Boylan Tennis Center. With the loss, NIU fell to 19-7 overall and 3-1 in MAC action. Meanwhile, the Bulls moved to 9-8 overall and 4-0 in...

The Northern Illinois men’s tennis team improved to 2-0 in Mid-American Conference play Saturday when it defeated the defending MAC Champions Ball State, sweeping singles play, and claiming victory, 6-1. “After we lost the doubles point, we found ourselves in a couple of holes. We could’ve just lost the match but our guys really battled...

Facing the preseason Mid-American Conference favorite Western Michigan (11-8, 0-1), the Northern Illinois men’s tennis squad (15-5, 1-0 MAC) entered unafraid and defeated the bucked the Broncos, 5-2. It was the Huskies 11th win all-time versus the Broncos and the first win in at least a decade against WMU. “Our guys were really jacked up...