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...

Is collegiate tennis really this easy? That's the question NIU men's standout Marty Engel must be asking himself following the Bowling Green State University Fall Invitational this weekend. Engel took his second consecutive No. 1 singles tourney title,...

The NIU men's tennis squad travels to Bowling Green State University this Saturday for a two-day individual tournament. After dominating the Mid-Continent Conference's Fall Invitational at the end of September and fresh off of an exhibition against alumni...

For the young NIU men's tennis team, the best way to prepare for the future is to go back to the past. So, the Huskies took on former NIU standouts in an exhibition match Saturday with coach Chuck Merzbacher using the event as an opportunity to expose...

The NIU men's tennis team showed once again that it is the team to beat in the Mid-Continent Conference by dominating the Mid-Continent Fall Invitational last weekend. This year's tournament took place at Valparaiso University, and the NIU players were...

Now that fall has arrived, the NIU men's tennis team can't wait to go out and repeat the results from a year ago. Huskie head coach Chuck Merzbacher will take his team to Valparaiso, Ind., this weekend to see if 1991-92 will be as promising as 1990-91....

It was almost a perfect ending for the NIU men's tennis team's long season. The tennis team joined the men's basketball team and the soccer team as Mid-Continent Conference champions in the 1990-1991 season. Also, team captain Erik Andersch was voted...