Senior Nelle Youel was named MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week, the conference announced Wednesday.Youel extended her undefeated start of the spring to 24-0 with a pair of victories this weekend. She earned wins against the No. 1 singles players from Bowling...

Women’s tennis suffered its first conference loss of the season as it went 1-1 in MAC play over the weekend.The Huskies (10-4, 1-1) opened conference play with a 4-3 win over the Bowling Green Falcons on Friday in Bowling Green, Ohio. Then they lost...

The women’s tennis double team of senior Nelle Youel and junior Cristina Alvarez was named MAC Women’s Tennis Doubles Team of the Week, the conference announced today.Youel and Alvarez, playing as the team’s No. 1 doubles squad, went 3-0 over the...

Women’s tennis hasn’t tasted defeat eight matches into the season.The Huskies (8-0) picked up a trio of wins this weekend at the Boylan Tennis Center in Rockford.The Huskies beat Southeast Missouri State, 7-0, Friday. They took down Valparaiso, 7-0,...

Women’s tennis continues to serve up victory after victory as it pushed its record to 5-0 Thursday.The Huskies beat the Milwaukee Panthers, 6-1, at the Boylan Tennis Center in Rockford.NIU opened the day by taking the doubles point with a 3-0 sweep...

Women’s tennis looks to continue its longest winning streak to start a season in more than a decade.The Huskies (4-0) will host the Milwaukee Panthers 2 p.m. today at the Boylan Tennis Center in Rockford.Through four matches seniors Nelle Youel and...

Women’s tennis senior Nelle Youel is now alone at the top as the all-time career wins leader in program history.Youel notched her 138th and 139th career wins Saturday in Rockford as the Huskies beat the Bradley Braves, 4-3, to push their season-opening...

Tanya Gombera isn’t fazed by being the youngest head coach of any Division I sport at NIU.Gombera was hired in August as the ninth head coach in the history of the women’s tennis program. She replaced Ryun Ferrell, who resigned over the summer after...

A pair of NIU student-athletes swept the MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week awards for the first time since 2012, the conference announced Thursday.Men’s tennis junior Simon Formont and women’s tennis senior Nelle Youel were honored with the weekly conference...

Women’s tennis is off to a 2-0 start under first-year head coach Tanya Gombera.The Huskies (2-0) beat the Lewis Flyers, 6-1, Friday in Aurora. Sunday, the Huskies eked out a 4-3 win over the Cleveland State Vikings in Cleveland, Ohio.The 6-1 win over...

Women’s tennis will serve up its first action of 2015 with a pair of matches this weekend.The Huskies take on the Lewis Flyers 11 a.m. Friday in Aurora. They then travel to the Cleveland State Vikings 11 a.m. Sunday in Cleveland.NIU is under the direction...

Ryun Ferrell, women’s tennis head coach, is leaving the program after eight seasons to pursue another coaching option in the best interest of his family.Ferrell will officially begin his new job as head coach at Central College, in Pella, Iowa, on July...