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NIU women’s tennis senior Maria Dzemeshkevich reaches high to return the ball in a 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) win against Valparaiso University junior Moira Silva. NIU women’s tennis is now 8-2 after wins against Valparaiso University and Lewis University on Saturday. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

Women’s tennis sparks 3 match win streak against Valparaiso and Lewis

By Kalin Schaefer, Assistant Sports Editor | February 16, 2025

NIU women’s tennis improved to 8-2 on Saturday with a 4-0 victory against the Valparaiso University Beacons and a 6-1 win over the Lewis University Flyers. “We got pushed in some matches today,” said NIU women’s tennis head coach Eric Burns....

NIU women’s tennis junior Jenna Horne prepares to strike a tennis ball over the net at the NIU Huskie Invitational on Nov. 3. The Huskies defeated Western Illinois University Saturday by a score of 7-0. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

Huskies conquer Leathernecks, earn sixth sweep

By Kalin Schaefer, Assistant Sports Editor | February 9, 2025

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...

A graphic shows NIU women's tennis freshman Lucia Yecora as this week's Huskie of the Week. With a 6-4 singles victory against the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Saturday, Yecora also earned this week's Mid-American Conference singles player of the week. (Edison Miller | Northern Star)

Huskie of the Week: Yecora downs Badger foe

By Northern Star Sports Staff | February 4, 2025

After being named the Mid-American Conference Co-Singles Player of the Week and defeating an opponent from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, NIU women’s tennis freshman Lucia Yecora has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.   In...

NIU women's tennis junior Nataly Ninova returns the ball during her doubles match against Marquette University on Nov. 2 at the Huskie Invitational. On Friday, the Huskies overcame the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee by a score of 4-0 before falling to the University of Wisconsin-Madison by a score of 6-1. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

Women’s tennis splits Friday matches

By Kalin Schaefer, Assistant Sports Editor | February 1, 2025

NIU women’s tennis (5-2) defeated the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers (2-2) in a 4-0 victory, before a 6-1 loss against the University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers (3-1) on Friday. “We competed really well across the board,” said NIU...

NIU women's tennis freshman Irmak Budak returns the shot close to the net during her doubles match against Lewis University at the Huskie Invitational on Nov. 2 in DeKalb. This week, Budak was named Mid-American Conference Singles Player of the Week. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

Budak named MAC Singles Player of the Week

By Kalin Schaefer, Assistant Sports Editor | January 27, 2025

Freshman Irmak Budak has been named the Mid-American Conference Singles Player of the week, the conference announced on Monday.  Burdak went 2-0 over the weekend in the Huskies’ 7-0 victories against the University of Northern Iowa and Eastern Illinois...

NIU women's tennis freshman Lucia Yecora returns the ball with a two-handed swing during her doubles match with junior Jenna Horne against Lewis University on Nov. 13 at the Huskie Invitational. NIU picked up two 7-0 victories Saturday over the University of Northern Iowa and Eastern Illinois University. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

Women’s tennis downs Northern Iowa and Eastern Illinois

By Kalin Schaefer, Assistant Sports Editor | January 25, 2025

NIU women’s tennis (4-1) took two 7-0 victories on Saturday against the University of Northern Iowa (0-1) and Eastern Illinois University (0-2). “I thought we competed well, especially in the first match,” said NIU women’s tennis head coach...

NIU women's tennis freshman Irmak Budak returns the shot close to the net during the doubles match against Lewis University on Nov 2. NIU women's tennis suffered a 4-3 loss against the University of Missouri Sunday. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

Women’s tennis suffers narrow loss to Mizzou

By Kalin Schaefer, Assistant Sports Editor | January 22, 2025

NIU women’s tennis (2-1) suffered its first defeat of the season in a 4-3 loss against the University of Missouri Tigers (2-0).  “We fought really hard today,” said NIU women’s tennis head coach Eric Burns. “It was a really good match for...

A graphic shows NIU women’s tennis junior Nataly Ninova pictured as this week’s Huskie of the Week. Ninova went undefeated throughout her singles matches this weekend, as well as earned Mid-American Conference singles player of the week honors.  (Edison Miller | Northern Star)

Ninova nabs Huskie of the Week after singles streak

By Northern Star Sports Staff | January 20, 2025

NIU women’s tennis junior Nataly Ninova has been named this week's Huskie of the Week after sweeping her singles matches over the weekend and being named the Mid-American Conference singles player of the week.  In the Huskies’ 7-0 win against...

Junior Jenna Horne lunges and returns the ball during her doubles match against Lewis University. Horne snatched a singles victory over University of Notre Dame freshman Bianca Molnar in three sets Saturday at the Northwestern Invitational. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

Huskies take down Notre Dame and Northwestern in singles

By Kalin Schaefer, Assistant Sports Editor | January 13, 2025

NIU women’s tennis began its 2025 season with singles wins against the University of Notre Dame and Northwestern University. The Huskies competed against three schools across three days, starting with the University of Colorado, at the Northwestern...

A graphic shows NIU women’s tennis senior Erika Dimitriev and junior Nataly Ninova sharing this week’s Huskie of the Week Award. Dimitriev and Ninova won the doubles match in flight 1 of the NIU Huskie Invitational which wrapped up on Sunday. (Edison Miller | Northern Star)

Ninova and Dimitriev share Huskie of the Week Award

By Northern Star Sports Staff | November 4, 2024

NIU women’s tennis senior Erika Dimitriev and junior Nataly Ninova earned Co-Huskie of the Week honors after winning the doubles match in flight 1 of the NIU Huskie Invitational, which wrapped up on Sunday.  The duo won flight 1 after conquering...

Freshman Irmak Budak (left) and junior Jenna Horne (right) high five after earning the point against Lewis University. NIU women's tennis won 29 of 32 matches at the NIU Huskie Invitational from Friday to Sunday. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)

Women’s tennis shines at NIU Huskie Invitational

By Kalin Schaefer, Assistant Sports Editor | November 3, 2024

NIU women’s tennis went 29-3 in 32 matches played during the Huskie Invitational, hosted by NIU this weekend. Players from University of St. Thomas, Marquette University, Indiana University of Indianapolis and Lewis University joined NIU players at...

Sophomore Isabella Righi serves on March 9 at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House. NIU women's tennis won its final match of the regular season 5-2 on Sunday against the University at Buffalo Bulls. (Northern Star File Photo)

NIU women’s tennis defeats Bulls in season finale

By Angel Morales, Sports Reporter | April 21, 2024

NIU’s women’s tennis (16-10, 5-5 MAC) triumphed against the University at Buffalo (16-11, 3-7 MAC) with a score of 5-2 on Sunday.  The Huskies surpassed the Bulls as they won all completed doubles matches, and won four out of six singles matches...