Victories were few and far between for NIU's tennis squads this weekend: ‘NIU's women's tennis team had a rough time of it in Iowa City, Iowa, as the Huskies lost both matches they played. NIU lost to host Iowa on Friday 9-0 then battled to a 5-3 defeat...

NIU's men's tennis team will have all the competition it will need this weekend when the Huskies travel to the University of Nebraska for the Cornhusker Invitational. "This is the toughest (competition) we have faced since I've been here," coach Chuck...

The NIU men's tennis team is returning to the courts in a big way. The Huskies began training for the upcoming season Tuesday. The pre-season regimen calls for a lot of running and conditioning workouts, with practice commencing on Sept. 8. "We want to...

The way the NIU men's tennis team played over the weekend at the Mid-Continent Conference Championships, no one could beat them, not even Mother Nature, as the Huskies took their second Mid-Con crown in as many years. Cold and wet weather plagued the...

Talk about the perfect tuneup for this Friday and Saturday's Mid-Continent Conference Championship in DeKalb. The NIU men's tennis team chalked up an 8-1 triumph over Illinois-Chicago Friday at NIU's West Campus Courts and then moved back indoors Saturday...

While the Mid-Continent Conference Men's Tennis Championship is actually scheduled for May 24-25 in DeKalb, today and tomorrow could be billed as the Mini-Mid-Con for the NIU team. The Huskies, 8-14 after Tuesday's 6-3 loss to Marquette, host the University...

Andy Schoeberlein is becoming a whole new tennis player. Tuesday, "Schoebs" accounted for two of the three NIU points in a 6-3 loss at Marquette. Schoeberlein beat the Warriors' Matt Tobin in straight sets, 6-4, 6-0 and teamed up with Dustin Dobrin to...

As the schedule winds down to its final stretch, NIU men's tennis coach Chuck Merzbacher is focusing his crew to secure the first seed in the Mid-Continent Conference Championships to be held April 24-25 at the West Campus Courts. The 8-13 Huskies have...

For the past two weeks, the NIU men's tennis team has done without the expertise of its coach, Chuck Merzbacher. They will no longer have to make due without him as Merzbacher is expected back in DeKalb for today's 3 p.m. home match against Illinois State...

In one respect, the NIU men's tennis team was 1-1-1 in its weekend trip to Indiana. The Huskies started their trek Saturday morning with a 7-1 Mid-Continent Converence victory over Valparaiso University and were on track for a second league win over the...

Yet another weekend is here, which means some of NIU's teams are on the road again. ‘The men's tennis team carries a three-game winning streak to Valparaiso Saturday for its season openers in the Mid-Continent Conference. The Huskies (6-12) meet the...

NIU's men's tennis team picked up an emotional 8-1 victory over Purdue University Sunday at the Aurora Tennis Club. While NIU had practiced all week without direct guidance from coach Chuck Merzbacher, sidelined by a bout with chicken pox, the Huskies...