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Struggles continue for both tennis teams

By CHRIS DERTZ | April 7, 2009

There's not a situation in the world where a person wouldn't want to end on a good note. That is something that NIU's seniors were unable to do after their last home match of the season on this weekend's Senior Day as they had to bust out the brooms and...

Men’s rugby continues winning streak

By MIKE BUDA | March 31, 2009

The NIU Tennis Club is currently in the process of looking for men and women players. "Right now we have a lot of lesser experience recreational players," said NIU Tennis Club President Andrew Norte . "We would like to get players who at least played...

Men’s tennis beaten by unexpected move at Carbondale

By CHRIS DERTZ | March 29, 2009

While the Midwest was getting pelted by storms, the NIU men's tennis team was on the road, getting pelted with another loss away from DeKalb. The rain fell hard in Carbondale and forced the Huskies (4-7) indoors, where they fell in a 5-2 decision to Southern...

Men’s tennis hopes to gain momentum with its final non-conference match-up this weekend

By CHRIS DERTZ | March 26, 2009

There's no stopping a train that's chugging along, but when it's hardly moving, you've got to do something to get its momentum going. That's what NIU men's tennis will be looking to do as it concludes the non-conference portion of its season Saturday....

NIU men’s and women’s tennis have mixed results

By NORTHERN STAR STAFF | March 23, 2009

In their first action since before Spring Break, the NIU men's tennis team served up a pair of road losses this weekend. The Huskies lost to Illinois State Saturday, 5-2, and Marquette Sunday, 7-0. The pair of losses puts NIU on a three-match skid after...

Men and women’s basketball team should be held to same standards in the MAC

By CHRIS DERTZ | March 16, 2009

Men's and women's soccer teams play on the same pitch, tennis plays on the same court and basketball on the same slab of hardwood. Call me crazy, but if there were a professional women's football league - here's looking to you, Vince McMahon -I'm pretty...

Huskies tennis falls to No. 10 Illinois in MAC Championship format

By CHRIS DERTZ | March 3, 2009

Pawel Gajdzik, NIU men's tennis head coach, called it the team's biggest match of the past few years. Yet even though the Huskies walked away from No. 10 Illinois with a loss, Gajdzik was able to see the building blocks of the program he wants to create...

NIU men’s tennis chalks up two wins; looks forward to facing Illinois mid-season

By CHRIS DERTZ | February 24, 2009

Anytime you can allow the same number of points as matches you played in a weekend, something is going right. That's just what the NIU men's tennis team did last weekend as it notched two 6-1 wins, hosting Eastern Illinois University and on the road against...

Men’s tennis dominates weekend matchup

By CHRIS DERTZ | February 17, 2009

Men's tennis: Domination was the name of the game Sunday for NIU men's tennis as the Huskies blanked in-state rival Bradley University, 7-0. The Huskies won their first doubles point of the season and went undefeated in singles play at the Clock Tower...

Track, tennis fall in contests

By MIKE BUDA | February 3, 2009

This past weekend did not go as planned for some of Huskie sports, but there were still some positives that can be taken from it. The women's track and field team took fourth place at the Illinois Intercollegiate in Charleston on Saturday. Sophomore Nancy...

Losses strike men’s tennis, women’s track and field

By ANDREA BRADLEY | January 27, 2009

For the second consecutive time, the NIU men's tennis team fell to a Big Ten school. After losing 6-1 to Michigan last week, the Huskies (0-2) dropped a 5-2 decision to No. 31 Wisconsin on Sunday. "This weekend we competed very well in every spot," said...

Men’s golf sits in ninth place at Arlington

By DERRICK SMITH | October 28, 2008

The NIU men's golf team sits in ninth place after two rounds of play at the University of Texas-Arlington Shootout. The Huskies shot a 611 in their first day at the Waterchase Country Club Monday. Jeff Dick and Tim Kay both shot rounds of 76 and 75 and...