Extending its winning streak to five matches, four of which being in conference play, NIU men’s tennis (16-3, 5-1 MAC) defeated the University of Illinois Chicago (9-8, 1-5 MAC) in a 6-1 victory.
The Huskies swept doubles matches to earn the double’s...
NIU swept the Mid-American Conference Doubles Team of the Week honors, with a team from both NIU men’s (15-3, 4-1 MAC) and women’s tennis (12-7, 1-2 MAC) being awarded the honor.
Senior duo Cheng En Tsai and Mikael Vollbach were named the MAC...
Losing to Western Michigan University (10-3, 2-0 MAC), NIU men’s tennis’ (11-3, 1-1 MAC) winning streak has ended at nine matches.
The Huskies won two matches to clinch the doubles point, before losing all but one of the singles matches.
Seniors...
Adding another win to the now nine match win streak, NIU men’s tennis (11-2, 1-0 MAC) defeated Ball State University (6-6, 0-1 MAC) 5-2, earning its first conference win.
The Huskies won two of the three matches to clinch the doubles point, dropping...
NIU men’s tennis senior Mikael Vollbach was named the MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week, the conference announced Wednesday.
MAC faculty athletics representatives consider athletic performance from the previous week and grade-point average when selecting...
Improving to 10-2 on the season, NIU men’s tennis defeated both Southern University (0-9) and the University of Nebraska Omaha (10-6) on Saturday.
Defeating Southern 7-0 with two doubles and four singles matches being played, only five Huskies...
DeKALB – Former McKendree University men’s and women’s tennis head coach René Vidal was named NIU men’s tennis head coach Wednesday, NIU Athletics announced.
Vidal served as McKendree’s head tennis coach from 2020 to 2024. In 2022, Vidal...
By Sana Polizzi, Sports Reporter
| January 27, 2024
Following a 6-1 defeat on the road against the Drake University Bulldogs, the NIU men's tennis team returned home to crush the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks in a 6-1 win. NIU was undefeated in doubles and only had one loss in singles.
NIU...
Sophomore Iker Gaztambide Arrastia led a strong showing for NIU men’s tennis at the 2023 MAC Indoor Championships, taking first place in both flight three singles and flight two doubles.
Arrastia won every set he faced the entire weekend. In singles,...
By Lucas Didier, Sports Reporter
| October 24, 2023
DeKALB – NIU sophomore Christopher Norlin took the spotlight in a solid showing from NIU men’s tennis at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships this past weekend in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Norlin won all three of his qualifying matches to earn a place...
Six NIU sports teams will be tested on the home front this week as NIU settles in for its second week of classes. All competitions on NIU's slate will be played within Illinois state boundaries.
Men's and women's basketball will each host a pair Mid-American...
