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Northern Illinois lost just nine games in its five singles wins and claimed the doubles point to defeat IUPUI 6-1 in women’s tennis action Friday night at the West Indy Racquet Club. The victory was Northern Illinois’ third straight and improved the Huskies’ spring dual meet record to 6-1. Northern Illinois’ No. 6 singles player,...

Northern Illinois junior Haley Dekkinga (Allegan, Mich./Allegan HS) has been selected as the Mid-American Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Week after completing a perfect 4-0 record in singles and doubles last weekend in NIU’s victories over Saint Louis and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, the MAC announced Wednesday. Dekkinga, who plays at the No. 2 singles spot...

Completing a perfect 3-0 weekend to open the spring season, Northern Illinois scored 7-0 wins over Valparaiso and Western Illinois on Saturday at Homewood-Flossmoor Tennis Club. The stellar weekend gives sixth-year head coach Ryun Ferrell his best-ever start to a season. “We had a solid performance today and played even better than we did yesterday,”...

Northern Illinois started its 2013 campaign impressively with a 6-1 win over Bradley on Friday afternoon at the Boylan Tennis Center. The win, fueled by a sweep in singles play, marks the first season opening triumph for sixth-year head coach Ryun Ferrell. “In doubles we weren’t flat, just too hyped,” said Ferrell. “We didn’t execute...

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...

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...

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...