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Men’s squad wipes out DePaul

April 11, 1991

Neither cold, wind nor the scrappy DePaul crew could stop the NIU men's tennis team Thursday at the west campus courts. The Huskies (14-8) stomped DePaul 6-0 for NIU's seventh in a row. No. 4 player Dustin Dobrin evened his singles mark to 17-17 by beating...

Tennis team wins; O’Neil suspended

By Hyun Moon | April 10, 1991

NIU men's tennis coach Charles Merzbacher suspended Greg O'Neil indefinitely after the Huskies' 7-2 victory over Marquette Wednesday. Merzbacher said he didn't feel O'Neil was putting enough effort into his matches. O'Neil suffered a 6-4, 7-5 loss to...

NIU tennis team battles Warriors

By Hyun Moon | April 9, 1991

The Huskies' men's tennis squad will be looking to tear apart the Marquette Warriors today in a 3 p.m. home match. NIU barely beat the Warriors 8-1 in Marquette last year. How does a team barely win 8-1? The Warriors forced the Huskies into seven 3-set...

M-C mark shoots to 4-0

By Hyun Moon | April 7, 1991

Barring any unseen circumstances, this year's Mid-Continent Conference men's tennis tournament could be a runaway. The Huskies are 4-0 in the Mid-Continent after winning three conference meets last weekend. NIU (12-8 overall) had to battle through three...

Men’s tennis squad dismantles EMU

By Hyun Moon | March 25, 1991

Greg O'Neil might have played himself right out of the No.1 spot last Saturday. Although the NIU men's tennis team (9-8) dismantled Eastern Michigan (3-10) 7-2 at the NIU Recreation Center, O'Neil ended up in the wrong side of a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 score. The...

Men’s tennis squad hosts first home dual meet against EMU

By Hyun Moon | March 22, 1991

Eastern Michigan's experience provides a challenge for the NIU men's tennis team's first home dual meet of the year. The 4-5 Huskies will host the Hurons at the NIU Recreation Center Friday at 10 a.m. after 16 straight road matches. The Hurons have five...

Men’s tennis team buries opponents

By Hyun Moon | March 5, 1991

The ever-evolving lineup for the NIU men's tennis team changed again in hopes of competing against Big Ten schools. Greg O'Neil stepped into the spotlight at the No. 1 singles position. He won all his singles and doubles matches to hoist the Huskies past...

M-C faces big changes

By Carl Ackerman | February 15, 1991

Several NIU women's sports programs will find themselves in a new home for the 1992-93 season. Although a formal announcement isn't expected until Friday, NIU's Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell confirmed NIU's decision during a telephone call Thursday...

Men’s tennis team gears for challenging matches in Iowa

By Hyun Moon | February 15, 1991

Five-thousand miles is a long way to travel to play tennis. Erik Andersch, the Huskies' No. 3 singles player, made the trip from Sweden with the help of his friend Ova Pipkorn. Pipkorn convinced Andersch to come to the U.S. to pursue his academic and...

Tennis team suffers loss to Big Ten rival

By Hyun Moon | January 23, 1991

Mats Persson got a key win for himself in NIU's men's tennis meet against Purdue, but his efforts did not help Huskies' coach Charles Merzbacher get his first Big Ten win. The Huskies suffered a 6-3 setback to the Boilermakers, the same margin they lost...

Netters await Big Ten contest

By Hyun Moon | January 18, 1991

Hearing the words "Big Ten" doesn't frighten second-year NIU Men's Tennis Coach Charles Merzbacher. This Spring, the Huskies will face six Big Ten opponents, who are all ahead of NIU in the Midwest Region Poll. Merzbacher's crew, ranked No. 13 in the...

New conference studied by Board

January 17, 1991

Several NIU women's sports, including basketball, may no longer be members of the North Star Conference by the 1992-93 season.

NIU's Athletic Board will vote on whether the women's sports will be moved from the NSC to the Mid-Continent Conference at its Feb. 13 meeting.

Many members of the board expressed their unofficial approval of the move to the M-C at Wednesday's NIU Athletic Board meeting.

The M-C administers league competition and championship events in nine men's NCAA Division I sports. All nine schools must decide on whether to affiliate its respective women's programs by the Feb. 15 deadline. NIU's men's basketball team is in its first season in the M-C, which was formed in 1982.

NIU's women's basketball, volleyball, softball and tennis teams currently belong to the NSC which was founded in 1983-84. With the board's approval, each of these sports and women's swimming would become an M-C member. NIU's women have competed in the NSC since the 1987-88 academic year.

Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois and Northern Iowa also have the opportunity to move its women's programs into the M-C.

"If (the other three schools) didn't support the effort to move to the Mid-Continent, I would be much more concerned about (NIU's move to the M-C)," NIU athletic director Gerald O'Dell said. "However, I don't see that happening."

If the other schools do back out on last-minute notice, then NIU may reconsider its decision.

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