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NIU men’s tennis: Huskies earn MAC Player and Doubles Team of the Week awards

By Northern Star staff | April 2, 2015

Men’s tennis swept the MAC Player of the Week and MAC Doubles Team of the Week, the conference announced on Wednesday.Senior Frederic Cadieux picked up the MAC Player of the Week honor. The doubles team of freshmen Kevin Daun and Georg Lundkvist earned...

Men’s tennis: Huskies undefeated as they take down Western Michigan Broncos

By Patrick Smith | March 30, 2015

Men’s tennis remained undefeated in MAC play as it took down conference rival the Western Michigan Broncos over the weekend.The Huskies (14-4, 2-0 MAC) beat the Broncos, 4-3, on Friday at the Boylan Tennis Center in Rockford.“Our mindset going into...

Men’s tennis: Huskies claim wins over weekend

By Northern Star staff | January 26, 2015

Men’s tennis bounced back from a season-opening loss with a winning record in its second weekend of competition.The Huskies beat the Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks, 7-0, and the Illinois-Chicago Flames, 5-2, Friday in Rockford. Sunday, the Huskies beat...

Senior Axel Lagerlof returns the ball during Saturday’s game against Toledo. Men’s tennis is headed to the MAC Tournament, where it lost in the finals in 2013 and the semi-finals in 2012.

Men’s tennis to fight to finally stand atop MAC

By Darwin Minnis | April 16, 2014

The MAC Tournament is something this year’s men’s tennis team is no stranger to.With four players from their 2012 run and five from their 2013 run still on board, the Huskies have a lot of experience in the tournament. The players have shared the...

 

Men’s tennis faces stern test in first round of MAC Championships

By Thomas Hiley III | April 25, 2013

The men’s tennis team’s (15-8, 3-2 MAC) MAC conference play came to a close last weekend with the win over Buffalo (9-9, 3-2 MAC) 4-3. Next for the Huskies will be the MAC Championship to be played in DeKalb. Their first opponent will be the Ball...

Freshman tennis player inspires victory for team

By Thomas Hiley III | April 15, 2013

The men’s tennis team (14-8, 2-2 MAC) was able to get an important conference win last weekend against the Toledo Rockets (18-9, 0-3 MAC), 6-1. Those six wins all came from singles, and one of the players that helped in that victory was freshman Simon...

Men’s tennis beats Toledo

By Thomas Hiley III | April 14, 2013

The men’s tennis team (14-8, 2-2 MAC) comes out of the weekend 1-1, with a win coming off conference rival Toledo (18-9, 03 MAC), 6-1, and a loss from the Detroit Titans (8-12), 4-2. The first matchup was against the Titans from the Horizon League....

Men’s tennis headed for Ohio

By Thomas Hiley III | April 10, 2013

This weekend the men’s tennis team will head to Michigan and Ohio to face off against the Detroit Titans (5-12) and Toledo Rockets (18-8, 0-2 MAC). The Huskies are coming off a 7-0 loss last weekend to conference rival Ball State (13-7, 2-0 MAC). NIU...

Men’s tennis falls to Ball State

By Thomas Hiley III | April 7, 2013

The men’s tennis team couldn’t do what was needed to win over the weekend to improve its MAC record, losing to rival Ball State 7-0 (13-7, 2-0 MAC) and defeating non-conference team Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (5-12). The Huskies...

Men’s tennis set for Indiana

By Thomas Hiley III | April 3, 2013

After losing to Western Michigan 5-2 last weekend, the men’s tennis team (12-6, 1-1) will travel to Indiana this weekend to face off against conference rival Ball State (12-6, 1-0 MAC) and non-conference team Indiana University-Purdue University Fort...

Senior Max Phillips scores a point in a March match against Western Michigan University.

Mens tennis lose to Westen Michigan

By Thomas Hiley III | March 31, 2013

With an early win in conference playing against the Chicago State Cougars (1-16) earlier in the season, the men’s tennis team got back into its conference games Friday against Western Michigan (15-7, 1-0 MAC), losing 5-2. Heading into the matchup, the...

Men’s tennis to take on Western Michigan

By Thomas Hiley III | March 27, 2013

NIU men’s tennis will travel to Kalamazoo, Mich. Friday to open up its MAC play against Western Michigan (11-7, 1-0 MAC).

Western Michigan won the MAC Tournament from 2006 to 2010, but lost in the semifinals last season to eventual champion Ball State. NIU coach Patrick Fisher is familiar with Western Michigan’s success and knows first-hand how tough the Broncos are; he’s never beaten them in his tenure at NIU.

“Everyone in their lineup is a threat,” Fisher said. “They’ve won the league and gone to the tournament, I would say, seven or eight times out of the last 10. They are the team to beat. They are the class of the league. I think in a lot of ways they’ve been like the Akron of men’s soccer; no one really can beat them on a regular basis.”

The Huskies (14-5) have not matched the Broncos’ success over the past few seasons, but have steadily improved in each campaign.

This season has gone exceptionally well for NIU, already accumulating its most team wins since its 16-win 2002-03 showing with nine matches still scheduled.

The Huskies have made it clear they are ready to be the new breed of the MAC, and with a lineup capable of putting up 14 wins without two-time All-MAC performer Maksym Bartiuk, the once-tested depth of the lineup seems to no longer be a problem.

“We’ve had to deal with an unhealthy lineup this whole year,” Fisher said. “Regardless of where we are at, we still feel we have a good chance to win. We’ve won a lot already without having guys in the lineup at certain times this year.”

Fisher said his current roster has what it takes to avenge last season’s 6-1 loss to the Broncos.

“We’re really excited,” Fisher said. “We’re probably in the best shape going into the conference play in the last four or five years. Obviously, we’ve won a lot and our guys have some great confidence right now. Except for a couple matches, we’ve been in position to win every single match and I don’t see that changing this week.”