Victories were few and far between for NIU's tennis squads this weekend: ‘NIU's women's tennis team had a rough time of it in Iowa City, Iowa, as the Huskies lost both matches they played. NIU lost to host Iowa on Friday 9-0 then battled to a 5-3 defeat...

NIU's women's tennis team will be facing adversity and stiff competition this weekend when it takes on Iowa and Nebraska. "We're hurting right now," said NIU coach Patty Groth-Newbrough. "We're down to six, maybe even five girls." The Huskies travel to...

The NIU women's tennis team will get its first test of the new season when it heads to Indiana University on Friday to participate in the Hoosiers' Fall Invitational at Bloomington, Ind. NIU head coach Patty Groth-Newbrough is anxious to start the season...

Sarah Murfey and Hild Andersch preserved the NIU women's tennis team's third-straight 9-0 victory with a dramatic three-set win over DePaul yesterday. After dropping the first set 7-5, Murfey and Andersch rallied for a 6-2, 6-4 win, but it was a hard-fought...

Sarah Murfey, NIU's No. 1 women's tennis player, shedded her "wimp" image yesterday, while NIU continued its dominance in the North Star Conference with a 9-0 victory over Illinois-Chicago. During the third set of her match against Mara Lencina at the...

While the NIU women's tennis team was able to shut out Valparaiso University, the Huskies couldn't overcome Mother Nature and had to settle for a 1-0 weekend trip. The Huskies chalked up a 9-0 whitewashing over Valparaiso Friday, but a Saturday morning...

It was a gorgeous day for tennis Thursday and the NIU women's tennis team came up with a beautiful 6-3 triumph over Illinois State University at the West Campus courts. Hild Andersch, Jami Cheek, Svetlana Nedeljkovic and Breda Dean all gathered victories...

While it may seem like the worst of times, NIU women's tennis coach Patty Gorth hopes something good can come out of a weekend in which Miami (Ohio) University defeated the Huskies by an 8-1 margin. The 8-6 Huskies were originally slated to play Ball...

Yet another weekend is here, which means some of NIU's teams are on the road again. ‘The men's tennis team carries a three-game winning streak to Valparaiso Saturday for its season openers in the Mid-Continent Conference. The Huskies (6-12) meet the...

The NIU women's tennis team had a couple of good reasons for beating Eastern Michigan University 6-3 Friday at the Kishwaukee YMCA Indoor Tennis Courts. First, the Huskies wanted revenge for last season's 6-3 defeat to the Eagles in Ypsilanti, Mich. Another...

Saturday the NIU women's tennis team will be hosting a "pretty good" Eastern Michigan squad with the hopes of continuing their winning ways. NIU is on a bit of a hot streak, coming off of a thorough thrashing of North Star Conference foe Wisconsin-Green...

The NIU men's tennis team came home this weekend from California with a three-match winning streak which improved the squad's record to 5-12. NIU first took care of Indiana State University (5-4). After losing the first three doubles matches, the Huskies...