MILWAUKEE – The Northern Illinois University Women's Tennis team suffered a 7-0 loss to Marquette Friday afternoon.
 
The Huskies (4-6) dropped their first doubles point in three contests as Marquette won all three doubles matches on the day by the score of 6-1.
 
NIU also failed to win a singles match as the Golden Eagles won all six matches. Freshmen Maria Potsi (Athens Greece/1st Gel Cholargou) and Thisuri Molligoda (Colombo, Sri-Lanka) each suffered 6-0 losses in their first sets, but pushed their opponents in the second set. Molligoda lost 7-5 at No. 1 singles, while Potsi was edged at No. 3 in the second set, 7-6.
 
The NIU women's tennis team returns to the court Monday when the Huskies travel to Chicago to face UIC. The match begins at 12 p.m. CT.
 
Marquette 7, Northern Illinois 0
 
Doubles Competition
1. Natalija Popovic/Fluer Eggink (MU) def. Thisuri Molligoda/Evelyn Yuel (NIU), 6-1
2. Milica Novakovic/Lesley Foe (MU) def. Maria Potsi/Lara Slisko (NIU); 6-1
3. Paula Tormos Sanchez/Andrea Amortegui (MU) def. Abigail Dekkinga/Brodie Walker (NIU); 6-1
 
Singles Competition
1. Paula Tormos Sanchez (MU) def. Thisuri Molligoda (NIU); 6-0, 7-5
2. Natalija Popovic (MU) def. Abigail Dekkinga (NIU); 6-2, 6-0
3. Milica Novakovic (MU) def. Maria Potsi (NIU); 6-0, 7-6
4. Fluer Eggink (MU) def. Evelyn Yuel (NIU); 6-3, 6-1
5. Andrea Amortegui (MU) def. Lara Slisko (NIU); 6-2, 6-2
6. Lesley Foe (MU) def. Brodie Walker (NIU); 6-4, 6-3
 
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