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The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team looks to build on their late success from the fall season as the Huskies open their spring campaign today with three matches. This is the first time the Huskies will take the court since Oct. 21 at the ITA Regionals. Nelle Youel (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central) looks to...

As host of one of the many ITA Regionals throughout the country this weekend, the Northern Illinois women’s tennis team is off to a solid start after the first day of play at Boylan Tennis Center on Friday. Four Huskies are in the singles semifinals of their respective flights and one doubles tandem is in...

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...

What better to do during the summer months while waiting for your favorite Northern Illinois team to return to action than talk Huskie sports online with other NIU fans, and Northern Illinois coaches, win prizes and have fun while keeping up with your social media platforms? That’s exactly what the Northern Illinois Huskies are doing...

Northern Illinois women’s tennis sophomore Haley Dekkinga (Allegan, Mich./Allegan) was an honorable mention Academic All-MAC selection for the 2011-12 season, the Mid-American Conference announced Tuesday. Overall, Dekkinga was one of 17 honorable mentions and 25 overall selections. Dekkinga is the first Huskie since 2007 (Chrissy Nagel) to be recognized on the Academic All-MAC Team. Since...