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Northern Illinois women’s tennis players Haley Dekkinga (Allegan, Mich./Allegan HS) and Nelle Youel (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central HS) have been named to the 2013 Academic All-MAC Women’s Tennis team as selected by the league’s faculty athletics representatives, the Mid-American Conference Office announced Thursday. In addition, Youel earned one of 10 spots on the Capital...

Jordan Lynch of the Northern Illinois football team and Mary Kurisch from the Huskie volleyball team were named NIU’s male and female Athletes of the Year on Thursday night as NIU Athletics held its fourth annual Victors Awards at the Egyptian Theatre. The all-sports, ESPY-style awards show highlighted the on-field and off-field accomplishments of Huskie...

Northern Illinois women’s tennis player Nelle Youel (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central) was named the Mid-American Conference’s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week, the league announced Friday. The award is voted on by a select group of faculty athletic representatives from the conference’s member institutions. Youel completed the most successful season by an individual in NIU...

Northern Illinois women’s tennis player Nelle Youel became the first Huskie in 11 years named to the first team All Mid-American Conference squad Thursday, capping a historic season which saw her break the NIU school record for single season singles victories. Youel is the first Huskie player since 2002 (Branka Savic) to be selected to...

Nelle Youel of the Northern Illinois women’s tennis team has been honored as the Mid-American Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Week for the third time this season, the league office announced Wednesday. Youel, a sophomore from Crystal Lake, Ill. (Crystal Lake Central HS) who plays No. 1 singles and doubles for the Huskies, completed...

Northern Illinois sophomore Nelle Youel completed the most successful season in NIU women’s tennis history with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Miami’s Nimisha Mohan at No. 1 singles Saturday at the Boylan Tennis Courts in Rockford, as the Huskies closed out 2013 with a 5-2 loss to the league-leading Redhawks. Youel’s win was her 27th...

Northern Illinois sophomore Nelle Youel tied NIU’s 24-year-old school record for singles wins with her 26th victory of the season as the Huskies fell to Ball State, 5-2, in women’s tennis action Friday at the Boylan Tennis Courts in Rockford. Youel, who plays No. 1 singles for the Huskies, defeated Courtney Wild of Ball State,...

Northern Illinois’ No. 1 player Nelle Youel (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central HS) improved her singles record to 18-2 on the season to record the Huskies’ lone victory in a 6-1 loss to Western Michigan Saturday at the Huskie Tennis Courts in DeKalb. Youel and the Broncos’ Nina Sujashvili split the first two sets, with...

Northern Illinois won a pair of singles and one doubles match Friday, marking the first time NIU has won multiple matches in Mid-American Conference play this season, but the Huskies dropped a 5-2 decision to Bowling Green at the Huskie Tennis Courts in DeKalb. Northern Illinois fell to 14-5 overall and 0-3 versus the MAC...

Mid-American Conference women’s tennis preseason favorite Akron handed Northern Illinois its first road loss of the season Friday with a 7-0 victory over the Huskies at the LaTuchie Tennis Center in Stow, Ohio. Northern Illinois, which had won its previous 12 matches played away from its indoor home in Rockford, Ill., falls to 14-3 with...

With its 14th dual-match win of the season – a 7-0 victory over Emporia State in Emporia, Kan. Wednesday – the 2013 Northern Illinois women’s tennis team has reached uncharted territory. In raising its record to 14-2 on the season, NIU has now won more dual matches than any Huskie team in the last 15...

NIU’s Cristina Alvarez and Haley Dekkinga earned three-set victories at No. 5 and No. 2 singles, respectively, leading the Northern Illinois women’s tennis team to a 6-1 victory over Missouri-Kansas City Tuesday afternoon in Kansas City. Northern Illinois won its 13th match of the 2013 spring season, tying the most wins in a season by...