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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...

The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team fought hard in Day Two of the DePaul Invitational, ending the day with a chance to win five championships – two of them being an all-Huskie affair. In Flight A of the doubles draw both Huskie teams clawed their way to the consolation championship. Haley Dekkinga (Allegan, Mich./Allegan) and Cristina...

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...

After a small taste of action at the Drake Invitational two weeks ago, the Northern Illinois woman’s tennis team is ready to take a bigger bite out of the competition at the DePaul Invitational this weekend in Chicago. The women had some time away from game action to practice and continue to fine tune their...

The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team wrapped up play at the Drake Invitational Sunday with Nelle Youel (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central) and Arantza De La Torre (San Luis Potosi, Mexico/Motolinia) winning their flights to complete a successful first fall weekend. The Huskies combined to go 5-4 in doubles play and 14-7 in singles during...

The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team came into Day Two of competition looking to build off a solid showing Friday. With all six singles players in contention to win a championship, the Huskies look to be in a great position at the Drake Invitational after Saturday’s play. “It was a very good day overall,” said...

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...

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...

The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team will welcome the other eight members of women’s tennis in the Mid-American Conference on Thursday, April 26, when the Huskies host the MAC Tournament. The event will run from Thursday until Sunday, April 29, when the MAC champion will be crowned and given an automatic berth to the NCAA...

The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team fell to the Buffalo Bulls (7-11, 3-5 MAC) on senior day Sunday by a score of 5-2. The loss ended the regular season for the Huskies (11-11, 2-6 MAC) while dropping them to .500 on the season and earned them the seventh seed in the Mid-American Conference Women’s Tennis...

The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team picked up its second Mid-American Conference victory on Saturday by taking down the Ball State Cardinals 4-3 at the Cardinal Creek Tennis Center. “This was a great win,” said NIU head coach Ryun Ferrell. “It was a total team effort. We played our butts off. We are ready for...

The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team fell to an extremely hot Miami (OH) (12-9, 7-0 MAC) team Friday at the Hepburn Tennis Courts, 6-1. The RedHawks are on a seven-match winning-streak and are just one win away from going undefeated in MAC play for the second straight year. Despite the loss, head coach Ryun Ferrell...