NIU sports programs have been trying to become more competitive on the national scene and have gone overseas to bring in the talent that is needed to compete at such a level. The NIU men's tennis program is led by two strong Swedish players and some tennis...

The NIU women's tennis team faces Wheaton College today at 3 p.m. on the Gullikson Courts by Anderson Hall to conclude the 1990 spring season. The 16-11 Huskies are coming off two victories on home turf. This past weekend, NIU handed Illinois-Chicago...

NIU women's tennis coach Patty Groth told her squad concentration was key in the Huskies' Parents' Weekend matches. The squad took her words to heart, whipping University of Illinois-Chicago, 7-0, Friday, and Creighton University, 8-1, Saturday. "I told...

A pair of road losses at Notre Dame and Miami (Ohio) closed the traveling portion of the NIU women's tennis season on a low note. NIU, 13-11 in dual match competition, began the weekend with a 9-0 loss at Notre Dame Friday afternoon. The Huskies, who...

The good and the bad will surface in the NIU men's tennis team's only outdoor home meet of the season today at 3 p.m. Today's meet will "almost positively" be held at the Stadium Courts, which is located north of Huskie Stadium. The meet will be held...

The NIU women's tennis team, even in spring play with a 7-7 dual match record, dropped identical 8-1 matches at Drake University and Nebraska. NIU salvaged the weekend with a 6-3 victory against Gustavus adolphus college Saturday morning. "It's been a...

Although its only mid-February, the NIU men's and women's tennis team have been busy competing—indoors, of course. For Coach Patty Groth's team, things went well last weekend, despite Sunday's 5-4 loss to Southern Illinois University. On Friday, the...

The NIU men's and women's tennis teams will both be hitting the courts this weekend. Coach Charles Merzbacher and his men's squad head to Milwaukee to face Marquette today at 3:00. On Saturday morning the Huskies face off against the University of Illinois-Chicago...

NIU women's tennis coach Patty Groth took her Huskie squad to the University of Notre Dame Eck Doubles Classic in search of experience. They gained that and more. Thanks to Kathi Kennedy and Monica Larson, the NIU van returned to DeKalb with some additional...

In its constant quest to earn national respect and gain an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament, the North Star Conference has turned its volume up a notch in order to be heard. A notch? Maybe even two. Behind the new leadership of Commissioner Arnold...

A player of the week, a coach of the year and a first-ever North Star Conference championship—that is what the NIU women's tennis team ended its fall season with. The women ended with an overall record of 4-2, but they won the big one, the North Star...

It was nail-biting time for NIU women's tennis coach Patty Groth when her team trailed Purdue 4-3 and only two matches remained undecided. Everyone probably knows what's coming next. Yes, the NIU netters pulled off those last two matches and got the 5-4...