Full Results Listed Below.

AURORA, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University women’s tennis team defeated Lewis for the third consecutive season and improved to 2-1 in the process this year, downing the Flyers by a 6-1 scoreline on Friday afternoon in Aurora, Ill.

The Huskies (2-1) posted five wins in singles and added the doubles point to beat Lewis for the second straight year by the same 6-1 margin. Adey Osabuohien (Hazel Crest, Ill./Stony Brook) and Cristina Alvarez (Zaragoza, Spain/Cristorey and Sagrado Corazon de Jesus) won the No. 1 and No. 2 singles matches for the Huskies, while Abigail Dekkinga (Allegan, Mich./Allegan), Evelyn Youel (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central) and Meghan Montgomerie (Irvin, Scotland/Beaconhurst) also added singles wins for NIU.

Dekkinga, Youel and Montgomerie all came away with two victories on the day after winning their doubles matches as well, giving them four each for the season to lead the Huskies after three total matches in 2016.

NIU women’s tennis head coach Tanya Gombera was pleased to see her team respond to the challenge presented by Lewis, one of the best Division II programs in the nation. “We’re really glad to get the win against a quality team such as Lewis,” Gombera said after the victory. “They really challenged us in every spot, and we were able to respond well. We now look ahead to the next match against Bradley, which will be another tough contest for us.”

The Huskies will face Bradley on the road next Saturday, Jan. 30 in Peoria, Ill at 10 a.m.

NIU 6, Lewis 1
Singles
No. 1 - Adey Osabuohien (NIU) def. Dora Andrejszki (Lewis), 7-6, 6-1
No. 2 - Cristina Alvarez (NIU) def. Nora Mindiyarova (Lewis), 7-5, 6-2
No. 3 - Megan Nguyen (Lewis) def. Michelle Erasmus (NIU), 7-6, 6-4
No. 4 - Abigail Dekkinga (NIU) def. Jill Wetmore (Lewis), 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 - Evelyn Youel (NIU) def. Megan Conlin (Lewis), 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 - Meghan Montgomerie (NIU) def. Hannah Cross (Lewis), 6-1, 6-0

Doubles
No. 1 - Andrejszki and Mindiyarova (Lewis) def. Osabuohien and Alvarez (NIU), 7-5
No. 2 - Dekkinga and Youel (NIU) def. Nguyen and Wetmore (Lewis), 7-5
No. 3 - Erasmus and Montgomerie (NIU) def. Conlin and Cross (NIU), 6-0

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