The NIU men's tennis team came home this weekend from California with a three-match winning streak which improved the squad's record to 5-12. NIU first took care of Indiana State University (5-4). After losing the first three doubles matches, the Huskies...

Ohio is a state the NIU tennis team was happy to leave this weekend after losing to Ohio State University and Bowling Green State University by the identical scores of 7-2. NIU surrendered its fifth loss to a Big Ten school this year against the Buckeyes....

Two more difficult opponents, Ohio State University and Bowling Green State University, lay ahead for the NIU men's tennis team this weekend. The Buckeyes mark the fifth Big Ten team that the Huskies have done battle with thus far. Against the previous...

Victory has not been a familiar word in the NIU men's tennis team's vocabulary so far this season and Saturday's meets were no exception. The most recent losses came against the University of Illinois (5-2) and Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville...

An anxious bunch of NIU tennis players will head to Champaign Saturday to take on intrastate rivals, the University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. The 2-8 Huskies are hoping to erase the memories of last weekend when they were...

When the NIU tennis team traveled to Iowa this past weekend, they knew the competition would be stiff and wins wouldn't come easily. When the dust finally settled, Drake University (7-2), Iowa State University (8-1), and the University of Iowa (9-0),...

The state of Iowa has long been a hotbed for football and wrestling, but this weekend the focus is on tennis as far any Huskies are concerned. The NIU men's tennis team faces a tripleheader in the Hawkeye State. Tonight, NIU stops in Des Moines for a...

It took a while—five straight losses to be exact—but the NIU men's tennis team finally ended the drought on Sunday. The 2-5 Huskie netters hadn't tasted victory in over two weeks, so in came Eastern Michigan and out went NIU's frustrations. The end...

Frustrated and heartbroken: These two words may well describe the mood of the men's tennis squad after losing two matches this weekend, both by identical 5-4 scores. The first loss came on Saturday against Western Michigan University. Dustin Dorbin, Matt...

Quality, not quantity, is often a better measure of effort. At least NIU men's tennis coach Chuck Merzbacher thinks so. While the three Huskie entries in the Thursday through Sunday Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association (ITCA)/Rolex Midwest Indoor...

While the weather was better suited to the "Ducks" of the University of Oregon, victory was better suited to the NIU men's tennis team. Coach Chuck Merzbacher's crew hung on through the tough matches Friday to capture four of six singles matches and two...

The NIU men's tennis team received a tremendous boost this year with the addition of freshman Marty Engel. Engel is playing in the No. 1 flight against the best the other schools have to offer. And he is beating them. Engel is 5-0 with two tournament...