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Mens Tennis moves on to MAC Semi-Finals

Men’s tennis drags win streak to six

By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter | February 7, 2022

DeKALB — Men’s tennis remains unbeaten after completing a sweep against the visiting Cardinal Stritch University Wolves in back-to-back matches on Sunday in DeKalb. NIU opened play with a 6-1 victory over Cardinal Stritch before finishing the day...

April 27, 2018: during the 2018 Mid-American Mens Tennis Championship between the Buffalo Bulls and Northern Illinois Huskies at the Miller Tennis Center in Amherst, N.Y. (Nicholas T. LoVerde)

Men’s tennis pushes win streak to four in home sweep

By Waleed Alamleh, Sports Reporter | January 26, 2022

DeKALB — Men’s tennis hosted Eastern Illinois University and the University of Illinois at Chicago for a doubleheader Tuesday, winning 4-0 and 4-1 respectively. The Huskies kicked off their first of two matchups Tuesday with a 4-1 win against the...

Mens tennis impresses at Bulldog Cup

Men’s tennis impresses at Bulldog Cup

By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter | October 20, 2021

DeKALB —The NIU men’s tennis team saw junior Mikko Malinen and redshirt senior Khristopher Ortego each win a pair of singles as they competed at the Bulldog Cup over the weekend in Des Moines, Iowa. Malinen began the event with a 6-3, 6-4 victory...

Tennis opens season in River Forest

Tennis opens season in River Forest

By Carlos Finney Jr., Sports Reporter | September 16, 2021

DeKALB—Men’s tennis opened its fall season winning five flights on the weekend at the River Forest Collegiate Tennis Invitational at River Forest Tennis Club and Oak Park Tennis Center. Junior Oliver Valentinson, sophomore’s Mikael Vollbach,...

Mens Tennis drops both weekend meets to fall to 8-7 on the year

Men’s tennis remains unbeaten in MAC play

By Abby Hostman | March 22, 2021

DeKALB — With a 5-2 win over the Binghamton University Bearcats Sunday, the men’s tennis team won its fifth straight match to improve to 15-1 on the season and 4-0 in Mid-American Conference play.  The Huskies lost just two games in all of their...

Mens tennis remains undefeated in MAC play

Men’s tennis remains undefeated in MAC play

By Abby Hostman | March 19, 2021

DeKALB — A 6-1 victory over the University at Buffalo Bulls Friday moves the men’s tennis team to 14-1 on the season, with a 3-0 record in the Mid-American Conference.  The Huskies won five singles matches and two doubles matches in the contest....

Huskies win seven straight

Huskies win seven straight

By Wes Sanderson | February 22, 2021

DeKALB — Men’s tennis advanced to 7-0 on the season after defeating the Drake University Bulldogs 4-3 Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa.  The Huskies came out strong, capturing the first point of the evening after red shirt junior Kristopher Ortega...

Mens tennis remains undefeated in Nebraska

Men’s tennis remains undefeated in Nebraska

By Abby Hostman | February 6, 2021

DeKALB — The men’s tennis team remains undefeated Friday at 4-0 after a 7-0 win against the Creighton Bluejays on the road at Hanscom Tennis Center in Omaha, Nebraska.  The Huskies started the day with doubles matchups at all three positions....

Mens tennis drops close match to Nicholls State

Men’s tennis drops close match to Nicholls State

By Mattieu Koetters | March 12, 2020

DeKALB — Men’s tennis suffered another difficult day Wednesday as it was defeated by the Nicholls State University Colonels, 4-3. Tuesday’s loss marks the second consecutive defeat on the road for the Huskies, who began a long stretch of away matches...

Men’s tennis opens MAC play with a win over Binghamton

By Mattieu Koetters | March 2, 2020

DeKALB — NIU men’s tennis was victorious on Sunday in its first match of Mid-American Conference play against the Binghamton University Bearcats. Overcoming two early losses to Binghamton, the Huskies rallied to record five straight singles victories,...

Men’s tennis records three shutouts over the weekend

By Mattieu Koetters | February 18, 2020

DeKALB —  NIU Men’s Tennis was victorious in both of its matches in Saturday’s doubleheader against Cardinal Stritch University, shutting out the Wolves in both games, 7-0 and 4-0, respectively. The Huskies would then shutout Eastern Illinois University...