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Do-or-die in last week of season for women’s tennis

By Danielle Brown | April 21, 2016

Women’s tennis heads into its final week of the season at sixth place in the MAC, and must defeat both Miami University and Eastern Michigan University in order to make it to the tournament.Continuing to lead the Huskies is junior Adey Osabuohien, who...

Women’s tennis struggles to win games late in season

By Danielle Brown | April 4, 2016

Women’s tennis (6-9, 1-2 MAC) played at the Boylan Tennis Center in Rockford for the last time this season Friday, losing to the University of Akron (13-6, 3-0 MAC) with a 7-0 score line.Junior Adey Osabuohien came close to winning her No. 1 singles...

Evelyn Youel serves against Western Michigan University on April 12.

Huskies start strong, but can’t defeat UIC

By Danielle Brown | February 29, 2016

Women’s tennis dropped to 4-4 this weekend after falling to the University of Illinois at Chicago (4-2), breaking its two-game winning streak.Senior Cristina Alvarez and junior Adey Osabuohien won the No. 1 and No. 2 singles matches for the Huskies,...

Women’s tennis back over .500 after big win

By Danielle Brown | February 22, 2016

Women’s tennis (4-3) picked up a 6-1 win against Chicago State University (0-8) on Saturday, its largest road win of the season.The Huskies won five of their six matches from singles and the rest from doubles. It was the second straight win for the...

Adey Osabuohien 

Osabuohien striving to go pro with tennis

By Danielle Brown | February 18, 2016

Adey Osabuohien 

Tennis to face winless Cougars

By Danielle Brown | February 18, 2016

Women’s tennis (3-3) will look to win its second consecutive game this weekend as it travels to play Chicago State University (0-6).NIU is coming off a victory over the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (3-4) on Saturday. Senior Cristina Alvarez earned...

Evelyn Youel serves against Western Michigan on April 12. The Huskies would fall to the Broncos 4-3.

Women’s tennis picks up first road victory

By Danielle Brown | February 15, 2016

Evelyn Youel serves against Western Michigan on April 12. The Huskies would fall to the Broncos 4-3.

Women’s tennis drops to 2-2

By Danielle Brown | February 1, 2016

Women’s tennis (2-2) played Bradley University on Saturday, dropping the 4-3 bout in a hard-fought contest.Saturday’s loss marks the first time NIU has lost to Bradley in seven years. “It was a tough loss for the team [Saturday],” said head coach...

Alvarez approaching 100 wins

By Danielle Brown | February 1, 2016

Cristina Alvarez is the lone senior on the 2016 women’s tennis squad, remaining as one of the Huskies’ most productive players in her fourth year.Alvarez is approaching 100 combined wins for her career at NIU. She had 57 singles wins and 36 doubles...

Women’s tennis beats Lewis for another win

By Danielle Brown | January 28, 2016

Women’s tennis (2-1) went to work against Lewis University on Friday, outplaying the Flyers by a 6-1 score.The Huskies managed to win against Lewis in singles matches, going 5-1. They got singles wins in the top two matches from both junior Adey Osabuohien...

Then-freshman Christina Alvarez returns a serve on March 29, 2013 in a doubles match versus Bowling Green University at the Huskie Tennis Courts as then-sophomore Stephanie McDonald stands ready for the volley.

Women’s tennis picks up first win of season

By Danielle Brown | January 21, 2016

Women’s tennis (1-1) went toe-to-toe with North Dakota (0-2) on Monday, downing the Hawks with a 6-1 score line.The Huskies dominated in singles matches for the day, winning five of the six matches. The No. 1 singles match featured NIU junior Adey Osabuohien...

Meeting the 2016 women’s tennis team

By Danielle Brown | January 21, 2016

Women’s tennis is coming off an 11-9 record last season, but lost six of its last eight games.The Huskies have a chance to improve this season as most of their players have returned. Sports writer Danielle Brown breaks down key players for the Huskies...