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Junior Lara Slisko prepares for an opponents swing at the NIU Tennis Courts.

Women’s tennis goes scoreless in two weekend MAC meets

By Marcel Carrasco | April 9, 2019

DeKALB — After two weekend conference shutout losses, the women’s tennis team failed to score in a Mid-American Conference match for the first time since the 2015-16 season.The Huskies fell 0-7 to the University of Akron Friday. The last time NIU...

Huskies drop two MAC matches to fall to 0-4 in conference play

By Marcel Carrasco | April 2, 2019

DeKALB — Two defeats over the weekend saw the women’s tennis team stay winless in Mid-American Conference play. The Huskies faced Bowling Green State University Friday, and Miami University Sunday, losing both matches 1-6.The two road losses keep...

Women’s Tennis drops first two in MAC play

By Marcel Carrasco | March 27, 2019

DeKALB — Two weekend Mid-American Conference losses kept the women’s tennis team winless in conference play since the 2016-17 season.The Huskies opened up MAC play with two home matches held at the Boylan Tennis Center in Rockford.NIU first faced...

Winning streak hits three as Women’s Tennis wins two in Florida

By Marcel Carrasco | March 14, 2019

It couldn’t get any better for the women’s tennis team as they took two victories in their spring break trip to Florida this week.The Huskies faced Bethune-Cookman University Tuesday beating them 4-1, and took out Bucknell University 5-2 Wednesday.With...

Women’s tennis snaps month-long losing streak

By Marcel Carrasco | March 11, 2019

ROCKFORD, IL- With their 4-3 victory over the Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis Jaguars, the women’s tennis team snapped a six-match losing streak that dated back to Feb. 8.February was a tough month for NIU as they went 1-6. A team...

Women’s tennis drops sixth straight

By Marcel Carrasco | March 9, 2019

The women’s tennis team fell 0-7 in their sixth straight loss to the University of Illinois-Chicago Flames Friday.The Huskies didn’t have enough in their tank to ignite any spark on their way to a fifth away defeat.First-year Fernanda Nava and sophomore...

Women’s tennis falls to SIUE for fifth straight loss

By Marcel Carrasco | February 25, 2019

After splitting six matches in singles play the women's tennis team dropped a hard fought 3-4 meet Sunday to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.Although it ended in defeat, the Huskies had their best performance in an away loss. Prior to Sunday’s...

Women's Tennis drops two over weekend

Women’s Tennis drops two over weekend

By Marcel Carrasco | February 11, 2019

For the first time since the 2009-10 season, the women’s tennis team lost back-to-back home-opening matches, falling to Bradley University 2-5 on Friday and the University of North Dakota 3-4 on Sunday.The home loss to Bradley is also the first time...

Women’s Tennis splits weekend meets in Wisconsin

By Marcel Carrasco | February 4, 2019

The women’s tennis team split weekend matches, losing to the University of Wisconsin 7-0 Saturday before responding with a dominant 7-0 sweep over the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay Sunday. "Overall, I am happy with the way we finished the weekend,"...

The men's tennis team finished the season with a 15-8 overall record, and a 5-1 Mid-American Conference record.

Top 5 Teams of Academic Year

By Tom Burton | May 7, 2018

The men's tennis team finished the season with a 15-8 overall record, and a 5-1 Mid-American Conference record.