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...

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....

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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....

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...

The women's tennis team's win against Butler has boosted its confidence for an upcoming dual meet against Drake and Southern Illinois this weekend at Rush-Copley in Aurora. The Huskies play SIU at 1 p.m. Friday and Drake at 1 p.m. Saturday. With five...

The cold winter months can be hard for a team on the road. The NIU women's tennis team has experienced those winter blues, starting the season 0-3. But that string of hardship came to a close this weekend. After dropping their third straight match Friday...

It can take a while for a team to build itself into a contender, especially when youth and inexperience are an obstacle. For the NIU women's tennis squad, this process is all too real. The Huskies dropped their second meet of the semester Saturday, losing...

When Jan Rintala competed in sports during her high school days in the 1960s, she did so without realizing the vast difference in athletic opportunities for men and women. Today marks the 15th anniversary of National Girls and Women in Sport Day, which...