By Sana Polizzi, Sports Reporter
| January 27, 2024
Following a 6-1 defeat on the road against the Drake University Bulldogs, the NIU men's tennis team returned home to crush the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks in a 6-1 win. NIU was undefeated in doubles and only had one loss in singles.
NIU...
Sophomore Iker Gaztambide Arrastia led a strong showing for NIU men’s tennis at the 2023 MAC Indoor Championships, taking first place in both flight three singles and flight two doubles.
Arrastia won every set he faced the entire weekend. In singles,...
DeKALB – NIU sophomore Christopher Norlin took the spotlight in a solid showing from NIU men’s tennis at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships this past weekend in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Norlin won all three of his qualifying matches to earn a place...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| October 5, 2023
DeKALB – NIU men’s tennis senior Mikael Vollbach strung early success in the Pre-Qualifying draw of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s All-American Championships this past weekend in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Vollbach was one of four Huskies to...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| April 26, 2023
DeKALB - Three of NIU's men’s tennis team members received post-season honors, NIU announced Wednesday
Iker Gaztambide Arrastia won the MAC Freshman of the Year award while senior Oliver Valentinsson and junior Mikael Vollbach secured Second Team...
DeKALB – The NIU men’s tennis team was defeated in a close battle 4-3 Friday afternoon against the University of Toledo Rockets.
SINGLES
The Rockets put the first singles points on the board when junior Pawit Sornlaksup defeated NIU junior Cheng...
DeKALB – NIU men’s tennis dropped its Sunday match 5-2 against the University at Buffalo. The Bulls controlled the whole match against the Huskies and snapped NIU’s 15-game first-double match winning streak.
The Huskies drop to 12-7 on the season...
DeKALB – NIU men’s tennis won four out of the six singles matches and two out of the three doubles matches en route to a 5-2 win over the Binghamton University Bearcats Friday.
The Huskies improved to 12-6 on the season and 2-0 in Mid-American...
DeKALB – NIU men’s tennis took two out of the three doubles matches, but dropped its matchup with Western Michigan University (WMU) by a final score of 4-3.
The match with WMU Saturday was the 14th time this season that the Huskies took the first...
By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
| February 22, 2023
DeKALB – The doubles duo of juniors Cheng En Tsai and Mikael Vollbach continued their dominant season with their seventh straight win at No. 1 Wednesday.
The Huskies defeated the University of Illinois Chicago 4-3 Wednesday afternoon, marking NIU’s...
By Kumail Razvi, Sports Reporter
| February 21, 2023
DeKALB – The NIU men’s tennis team (6-3) remained undefeated at home after defeating the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks (10-2) by a final score of 4-1 Sunday.
DOUBLES: 1-0 NIU
Juniors Mikael Vollbach and Cheng En Tsai played...
By Kumail Razvi, Sports Reporter
| February 19, 2023
DeKALB – The NIU men’s tennis team went up against the Youngstown State University Penguins at home. The Huskies beat the Penguins with a final score of 5-2.
The Huskies (5-3, 0-0 MAC) are yet to lose a match at home this spring and extended...
