ROCKFORD, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University Women's Tennis team scored a 4-3 victory over Western Michigan on Senior Day at the Boylan Tennis Center Friday afternoon.
 
"I'm very proud of the team today," said NIU head coach Tanya Mehefu. "We played good doubles which helped the momentum of the match."
 
The Huskies (9-12, 3-4) opened the match by winning the crucial doubles point. Senior Pauline Chawafambira (Mutare, Zimbabwe) and junior Evelyn Youel (Crystal Lake, Ill./Crystal Lake Central) won the first match of the afternoon, 6-2, at No. 3 singles. Senior Adey Osabuohien (Hazel Crest, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) and freshman Raven Neely (Grosse Point, Mich./Grosse Point South) won their match at No. 1 singles, 7-6.
 
Osabouhien and Michelle Erasmus (Johannesburg, South Africa/Brescia) won their matches at No. 1 and No. 3 singles, respectively. Osabouhien won her match, 6-1, 6-3, while Erasmus scored a 6-1, 6-1, win. Neely's win at No. 2 singles clinched the match for NIU. The Huskie freshman posted a 6-2, 7-6 win over Katja Fevralev.
 
The NIU women's tennis team returns to action Friday, April 21 when the Huskies travel to Bowling Green, Ohio to face the Falcons of Bowling Green State. The match begins at 12 p.m. CT.
 
Doubles
1. Adey Osabuohien/Raven Neely (NIU) def. Tracy Kuhle/Melina Lyubomirova (WMU) 7-6
2. Michelle Erasmus/Abigail Dekkinga (NIU) vs. Denise Azcui/Katja Fevralev (WMU) 6-6, unfinished
3. Pauline Chawafambira/Evelyn Youel (NIU) def. Barbare Eristavi/Gabriela Slavova (WMU) 6-2

Singles
1. Adey Osabuohien (NIU) def. Melina Lyubomirova (WMU) 6-1, 6-3
2. Raven Neely (NIU) def. Katja Fevralev (WMU) 6-2, 7-6
3. Tracy Kuhle (WMU) def. Pauline Chawafambira (NIU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Barbare Eristavi (WMU) def. Abigail Dekkinga (NIU) 6-2, 6-0
5. Denise Azcui (WMU) def. Evelyn Youel (NIU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Michelle Erasmus (NIU) def. Gabriela Slavova (WMU) 6-1, 6-1
 
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