For the third time this season, NIU women’s tennis junior Nataly Ninova has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.
Winning both of her singles matches at the Mid-American Conference Championship tournament, Ninova was named to the...
Ending its record breaking season, NIU women’s tennis fell in a 4-1 match against the University at Buffalo to concede the Mid-American Conference championship.
“It’s not that we played bad tennis,” said NIU women’s tennis head coach Eric...
For the first time in school history, NIU women’s tennis has advanced to the finals of the Mid-American Conference Championship tournament.
The Huskies defeated the reigning champion University of Toledo Rockets in a 4-1 match and will take on...
Three NIU women’s tennis players have been named to the 2025 All Mid-American Conference teams, the most in school history.
For the first time since 2017, a Huskie has been selected for the All MAC first team. Senior Maria Dzemeshkevich was awarded...
Facing off against the Mid-American Conference-leading University of Miami Redhawks (10-9, 9-1 MAC), NIU women’s tennis (21-6, 7-3 MAC) lost its last match of the regular season in a 4-3 loss.
“It was a tough match,” said NIU women’s tennis...
Setting a new record for wins in a single season with its 21st win, NIU women’s tennis (21-5, 7-2 MAC) defeated the University at Buffalo Bulls (18-6, 5-4 MAC) in a 4-3 match to clinch the Mid-American Conference West Division title and earn its first...
Fresh off a perfect weekend in singles competition, NIU women’s tennis junior Nataly Ninova has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week for the second time of the Huskies’ spring season.
After opening the weekend with a loss at No....
With March coming to a close, the madness associated with it hasn’t.
As NIU’s spring sports are in full swing, the winter sports have wrapped up their season. Nonetheless, programs like women’s tennis and wrestling have flourished amid the...
DeKALB – When junior Nataly Ninova trailed 6-4, 0-5 in the second stanza of her match at the No. 4 singles slot against Ball State University on Sunday, she knew she’d been beaten for the set.
“I kind of went off the rails mentally,” Ninova...
NIU women’s tennis improved to 12-3 on the season after taking a 5-2 battle with the Marquette University Golden Eagles (3-10).
“It was a great win,” said NIU women’s tennis head coach Eric Burns. “Marquette played a really strong match...
NIU women’s tennis (10-2) extended its win streak to five matches on Friday, earning a 4-3 win against the University of South Dakota Coyotes (3-4) and a 7-0 sweep of the University of Sioux Falls Cougars (1-2).
SOUTH DAKOTA
The Coyotes went up...
NIU women’s tennis (6-2) swept the Western Illinois University Leathernecks (3-3) in a 7-0 win, its sixth sweep of the season.
“We fought really hard in the doubles when Western looked to have us in a tough position there,” said NIU women’s...
