Women’s tennis went winless at home this weekend.The Huskies lost to the Toledo Rockets (14-3, 5-3 MAC) Friday, 5-2. They also fell to the Eastern Michigan Eagles Saturday, 6-1.After Friday’s loss, the Huskies were eliminated from the playoffs. The...
Women’s tennis (7-10, 1-5 MAC) will play host to a pair of conference opponents, including the No. 2 team in the MAC, this weekend.The Huskies will play the Toledo Rockets 11 a.m. Friday. They will then face the Eastern Michigan Eagles 1 p.m. Saturday....
Women’s tennis (7-10, 1-5 MAC) snapped its three-game losing streak as it beat Cardinal Stritch (18-4), 6-0, Friday in DeKalb.The win should give NIU some much-needed momentum as it heads into the final two games of the season. The Huskies will try...
Women’s tennis failed to pick up any wins during its weekend road trip.The Huskies fell to Bowling Green, 6-1, on Friday in Bowling Green, Ohio, and lost to Western Michigan, 5-2, Saturday in Kalamazoo, Mich.Arantza De La Torre picked up NIU’s lone...
Women’s tennis split this weekend’s games, beating the Akron Zips Friday and falling to the Buffalo Bulls Saturday.On Friday, the Huskies beat Akron, 4-3.In singles, Nelle Youel defeated Olga Shkundina, 6-1, 6-0, while Cristina Alvarez knocked off...
Women’s tennis took to the home court this weekend with wins against Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and Cleveland State.The Huskies ended the weekend with a 2-0 record to make them 3-1 on the season.On Friday, the Huskies took on SIUE, winning...
Coming in at the No. 3 in the Northern Star’s top 10 athlete list is women’s tennis No. 1 player, Nelle Youel. Youel, who is a sophomore, broke the NIU record for most singles wins in a season as she grabbed her 27th win on April 20. The Crystal Lake...
The women’s tennis team’s season finally came to a close last weekend as it lost its eighth straight conference match. The Huskies finished the season 14-10 and 0-8 in conference play. At the beginning of the season the Huskies won three of their...
The women’s tennis team’s unbeaten streak of nine games came to a close over spring break by the hands of a 6-1 loss to University of Illinois-Chicago. The Huskies bounced back with wins against Missouri-Kansas City, 6-1, and Emporia State, 7-0, to...
Women’s tennis has a 12-1 record and someone that has contributed to that success is No. 1 player Nelle Youel. Youel is a sophomore pre-physical therapy major from Crystal Lake. She attended Crystal Lake Central High School. Youel decided to go to NIU...
As the fall season nears its end, NIU women’s tennis coach Ryun Ferrell is seeing progress in his program, which has been rapidly rising over the past two seasons. Coming off a bounce-back season, Ferrell is anxious to see what his team can do once...
Without any seniors on NIU women’s tennis, someone needed to step up and fill the empty leadership role. It appears that sophomore Nelle Youel and junior Haley Dekkinga are working on becoming the leaders of the squad. “Vocally speaking, the leader...
