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Men’s tennis coach leaves for Marquette job

By Frank Rusnak | August 4, 2003

Come the end of the week, four-year NIU men’s tennis coach Steven Rodecap officially will be moving out of his office at the Convocation Center and to his new home in Milwaukee, Wis., with the Marquette Golden Eagles. This past season, the Anderson,...

Tennis teams both host home meets

By Brian Kelley | February 7, 2003

This weekend could be your chance to see some hard hitting-action. No, not the monster truck rally, but the NIU women’s and men’s tennis teams at the Student Recreation Center. The Lady Huskies (2-2) begin at 1 p.m. Saturday against Western Illinois...

Barriga, Martinez begin Championships

By Chris Jurmann | November 7, 2002

Starting with oh so many, the field has dwindled down to a select few for NIU tennis’ Erick Martinez and Juan Pablo Barriga. Over 10,000 players and nearly 600 schools participate annually in the Omni Hotels Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA)...

Swinging their way to nationals

By Marc Marin | October 30, 2002

While the NIU football team is stealing the headlines, the NIU men’s tennis team had some success of its own over the weekend at the ITA Midwest Regional IV Championship. The duo of Juan Pablo Barriga and Erick Martinez won the doubles draw to advance...

Who are the smartest jocks?

By Chris Jurmann | October 7, 2002

There are plenty of stereotypes associated with collegiate athletes and their ability as students. At NIU, some of those conceptions can be thrown out the window based on last spring’s grade point averages. Among the athletic teams found at NIU, the...

Van Wasbeek proves worthy

By Marc Marin | October 30, 2001

Raymond van Wasbeek further validated his selection to the 2000-01 All-Mid-American Conference First-Team this weekend as the NIU men's tennis team competed in the ITA Midwest Region IV Championships.

Van Wasbeek advanced the furthest of any Huskie as he won his first two matches in the singles flight. His run ended after a 6-2, 6-1 to Matt Lockin of the University of Michigan.

"Raymond won the matches he should win and that's good," said coach Steven Rodecap. "It was a bit disappointing that he couldn't go any farther, however. The draw really opened up if he could have made it past that round."

Like the previous year, van Wasbeek and Aaron Forsberg hooked up in doubles and were victorious in a first-round match, this time against a duo from the University of Illinois-Chicago.

They weren't as successful in the second round, as they fell to the second-seeded pair of Mike Costa and Nathan Zeder from the University of Illinois.

"We played pretty well in the first round and took care of them pretty easily," said Forsberg. "In the second round we ran into some tougher competition."

Also victorious for the Huskies was Erick Martinez, who emerged on top after a three-set match against fellow MAC competitor Pete Baghadati. But that was as far as Martinez advanced when he ran into fourth-seed Phil Stoldt of Illinois in the second round and lost 6-1, 6-1.

Juan Pablo Barriga had a short tournament; he suffered a hard-fought 6-7, 4-6 loss to Josh Axler of Northwestern.

"It's nice to get some matches in against upper echelon competition, but we just need to get better to win those battles," said Rodecap. "It did give us a chance to find out what we need to work on in preparing for the spring season in January."

Spring season is more than two months away, and the Huskies won't take the court again until Jan. 19 when they begin a trio of games against the Big Ten as they visit Northwestern.

"Hopefully we can get some good match play under our belts and build up some confidence for the MAC tournament," said Forsberg.

‘Pumped to play’

By Marc Marin | October 1, 2001

Sometimes practice does make perfect. Maybe not perfect, but after a strong week of practice, the NIU men's tennis team made an impressive showing at the Western Michigan Invitational over the weekend. The Huskies defeated Illinois State and DePaul Saturday...

Rodecap hopes for more stability

By Marc Marin | September 26, 2001

The NIU men's tennis team heads to Kalamazoo, MIch. for the Western MIchigan Invitational this weekend. After a less-than-desirable performance at the Ball State Invitational, the NIU men's tennis team travels to Kalamazoo, Mich., this weekend to take...

Seasoned Huskies have high hopes

By Marc Marin | September 5, 2001

The 2001-2002 NIU men's tennis team may look young on paper, but don't tell that to coach Steven Rodecap. While the roster features only three upperclassmen, Rodecap says the Huskies have more than enough experience. "We're not that young," said Rodecap,...

Barriga feels the love

By Marc Marin | September 5, 2001

Considering the circumstances, sophomore Juan Barriga had a pretty impressive showing last season for the NIU men's tennis team. Transplanted from his native Mexico in January and thrust into the No. 2 singles spot, Barriga put up a 13-10 record for the...

Doubles point miss ends tennis season

By Nick Gerts | April 30, 2001

Jon Perlman felt he was the reason the NIU men's tennis team did not win Saturday. In the 4-0 loss to Ball State in the semi-finals in the Mid-American Conference Tournament, the junior said it was mainly his fault the Huskies' season ended. Perlman said...

Tennis rides high after Toledo sting

By Nick Gerts | April 26, 2001

For the NIU men's tennis team, revenge is definitely sweet. The Huskies went into Thursday's first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament looking for payback against Toledo, who had bumped them from last year's tourney, and got it in a 4-0 win....

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