The women’s tennis team is still undefeated as the home team as it added two wins Saturday against Valparaiso University and Eastern Illinois University.

“It was a great day for the team,” said NIU head coach Tanya Mahefu, according to NIU Media Services. “We got two wins against two extremely tough opponents.”

Saturday Morning – Eastern Illinois University

The Huskies were able to notch the win 4-3, especially because of the success they had in doubles matches.

“It was going to come down to the last match,” Mahefu said. “[I told them to] expect a battle out there.”

Freshman Thisuri Molligoda and senior Evelyn Youel started the day off with a 6-2 win over the Panthers’ Stella Cliffe and Grace Summers in match No. 1.

The teams of freshmen Maria Potsi and Lara Slisko took home a 6-4 win at No. 2 while senior Abigail Dekkinga and sophomore Brodie Walker won at the No. 3.

The singles matches were close for both teams as they split the matches.

Molligoda won her match against Cliffe at No. 1 in three sets.

The Panthers responded with a win of their own. Summers beat Potsi to give them their first point at match No. 2

Dekkinga was able to get the first set but dropped the last two sets 6-0 to lose her match at No. 3.

At No. 4, Emily Pugachevsky of the Panthers carried the momentum to defeat Youel and put Eastern Illinois up 3-2 in the overall match.

It was up to Slisko to tie it and give the Huskies one more chance to win, and she delivered as she defeated Abby Carpenter in three sets.

In the deciding match, Walker got the win for herself and the Huskies, knocking out Claire Martin in two sets.

Saturday Afternoon – Valparaiso

In match No. 1 of the doubles, Claire Czerwonka and Jelena Vujanic of the Crusaders got the win over Molligoda and Youel.

The teams of Potsi and Slisko, along with Dekkinga and Walker got wins for the Huskies to get them the first point of the match.

“We need to work on our doubles for next week when go up against Depaul,” Mahefu said.

Czerwonka and Vujanic gave NIU’s top two players losses in singles, taking down Molligoda and Slisco.

Dekkinga got the first singles win for the Huskies, knocking down Meg Modesto at No. 3.

In match No. 4, Youel was able to give the Huskies back the lead as she defeated Dao Sysouvanh.

Slisko and Randi Wind had a close match, but the NIU freshman took the win at No. 5

In the final match of the day, Walker shut out her opponent in both sets to pad the Huskies victory.

Women’s Tennis will be back on the court 10 a.m. Sunday when they face DePaul in Chicago.