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Tennis wins in home tournament

By Marc Marin | October 1, 2001

All season NIU women's tennis coach Laura Scott maintained her team had the ability to sweep its home tournament. Scott's thoughts seemed prophetic after the dust settled on this past weekend's Huskie Fall Invitational. The Huskies swept all 19 singles...

Tennis craves payback against conference foes

By Tia Carol Jones | April 25, 2001

The NIU women's tennis team has its sights set on rematches with Marshall and Miami University when the teams head to the Mid-American Conference tennis tournament. "It would be a little bit of revenge if we could see them again," said junior Molly Opel....

Tennis loses last match of season

By Tia Carol Jones | April 23, 2001

The NIU women's tennis team finished their regular season match play with a loss to Western Michigan on Saturday. The 6-1 loss hands the Huskies a Mid-American Conference record of 3-6 for the season. The only win came from Kris Tiedt, who played No....

Women’s tennis sweeps weekend

By Tia Carol Jones | April 17, 2001

Just as NIU women's tennis coach Laura Scott expected, the Huskies defeated both their opponents over the weekend. On Friday, the Huskies beat Buffalo 7-0, sweeping all nine doubles and giving up only seven matches out of 106 games played. "We expected...

Tennis takes it outside

By Tia Carol Jones | April 12, 2001

Favorable weather this weekend means the NIU women's tennis team will have its first outdoor home match of the season. The team plays the University of New York at Buffalo at 1 p.m. Friday and the University of Akron at 1 p.m. Saturday. If it rains, the...

Women’s tennis falls short

By Tia Carol Jones | April 9, 2001

The NIU women's tennis team may have lost both their matches over the weekend, but they did not give up without a fight. On Friday at Bowling Green, the women lost by only one point, winning two of the three doubles and two of the six singles matches....

Tennis takes aim through tough practices

By Tia Carol Jones | April 5, 2001

NIU women's tennis coach Laura Scott knows this weekend is a big one for the Huskies, as they face Bowling Green and Ball State. The Huskies will face Bowling Green at 1 p.m. Friday and Ball State at 1 p.m. Saturday. Scott put her team through a concentrated...

NIU gets mixed results

By Tia Carol Jones | April 2, 2001

After coming up short against Marshall and Miami University, the NIU women's tennis team won its Friday match but lost Saturday afternoon. On Friday, the Huskies won 7-0 against University of Toledo, securing a 1-2 record in the MAC, but then they lost...

NIU tennis drops deuce to Marshall and Miami

By Tia Carol Jones | March 27, 2001

The NIU women's tennis team lost its fourth- and fifth-straight matches this weekend. With losses to Marshall and Miami in their first Mid-American Conference matches of the season, the Huskies have already gone 0-2. Friday, the women played MAC co-champions,...

Women psych up for MAC court start

By Tia Carol Jones | March 23, 2001

After a loss at the Boise State Invitational, women's tennis players are looking to win in their first Mid-American Conference match of the season. This weekend, the team plays Marshall and Miami of Ohio at the Rush-Copley Center in Aurora. Coach Laura...

Women’s tennis scratches over weekend

By Tia Carol Jones | March 20, 2001

NIU's women's tennis team lost to all three of its non-conference opponents over the weekend at the Boise State Invitational. On Friday, NIU lost to Boise State 7-0 and had to play without their No.2 player Karrie Tyioran, who was out because to sickness....

Women’s tennis takes down SIU, Drake

By Tia Carol Jones | March 7, 2001

It might have taken the NIU women's tennis team 15 years, but it finally got a win over Southern Illinois on Friday, 4-3. The Huskies dropped the doubles point but still beat SIU 4-2 in singles matches. "Our freshmen really played tough," said coach Laura...