DeKALB – Two victories in three-set matches pushed NIU women’s tennis (2-2) to a 4-3 victory over the Bellarmine Knights (3-5). Victories in doubles and singles matches led the team to its second win of the season, and its second of the weekend.
Junior...
Defeating the Marquette Golden Eagles 6-1, the NIU women’s tennis team earned its first win of the season. Winning every match that wasn’t incomplete or retired, the Huskies were successful in both singles and doubles.
Sophomore Jenna Horne and...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| January 23, 2024
DeKALB – NIU women’s tennis’ No. 1 doubles team of junior Erika Dimitriev and sophomore Nataly Ninova secured the first MAC Doubles Team of the Week honor of the 2024 dual match season after routing a ranked opponent, the conference office announced...
By Sana Polizzi, Sports Reporter
| January 22, 2024
NIU’s women’s tennis suffered a loss against James Madison University, their second of the season. Although the team dominated in doubles, they could not keep pace with the Dukes in singles and were defeated 5-2 by last season’s No. 2 seed in the...
Winning 18 matches in its opening weekend at the Hoosier Invitational, the NIU women’s tennis team finished the weekend in Indiana with an 18-10 record between doubles and singles matches.
Competing over three days, NIU faced opponents from around...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| April 24, 2023
DeKALB – A rally during the closing matches wasn’t enough to complete a comeback as NIU women’s tennis lost 4-3 to Western Michigan University at Nelson Tennis Center in the Chick Evans Field House. NIU ended its season on three consecutive losses,...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| April 22, 2023
DeKALB - NIU women’s tennis was again dominated in a 7-0 blowout against Miami University Friday. Friday was the second consecutive game in which a MAC foe shut out NIU.
A poor performance during singles crippled NIU’s opportunity at a MAC tournament...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| April 16, 2023
DeKALB – NIU women’s tennis struggled during doubles competition en route to a 7-0 shutout at Nelson Tennis Center in the Chick Evans Field against conference foe Ball State University. BSU shut out NIU for the second time this season.
NIU got...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| April 14, 2023
DeKALB – NIU women’s tennis dropped its contest against Eastern Michigan University by a score of 5-2 Friday (April 14) at Nelson Tennis Center in Chick Evans Field. EMU evened the season series against NIU at 1-1.
With the loss, NIU falls to 12-13...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| April 8, 2023
DeKALB – Friday afternoon’s MAC matchup between the Huskies and the Eastern Michigan University Eagles ended in a narrow 4-3 NIU victory.
The Huskies trailed 3-1 in the first four matches of play and were just one loss away from defeat. Three...
DeKALB – NIU women’s tennis was swept away by the Ball State University Cardinals Friday afternoon in Muncie, Indiana, by a final score of 7-0.
NIU’s number one doubles team of sophomore Nataly Ninova and freshman Erika Dimitriev were knotted...
DeKALB –NIU women’s tennis lost its second straight Mid-American Conference matchup as its late rally fell short in a close loss to the University at Buffalo to a final score of 4-3.
The Huskies put together a late rally in the final two matches...
