ROCKFORD, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University women's team fell to North Dakota, 4-3, at the Boylan Tennis Center in Rockford Sunday.

"This was a tough loss for the team," said NIU head coach Tanya Mahefu. "We need to have better starts. I felt like we were playing catch up all weekend long. We will reset and focus to the week ahead."

After losing the doubles point, the Huskies (2-4) were only able to split the six singles matches. Maria Potsi (Athens, Greece/1st Gel Cholargou) scored a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Kaede Amano at No. 2 singles, while Christy Robinson (Wellington, New Zealand/Samuel Marsden Collegiate School) earned a 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 3 singles.

Freshman Fernanda Naves (Mexico City, Mexico) rounded out the Huskie singles wins with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Alex Revenig.

The Huskies return to the court Saturday, Feb. 16 when NIU travels to Chicago State. The match begins at 1 p.m. CT.

North Dakota 4, NIU 3

Doubles Competition

1. Kaede Amano/Masha Lobanova (UND) def. Jovana Peric/Maria Potsi (NIU) 6-2

2. Preethi Kasilingam/Isa Sullivan (UND) def. Christy Robinson/Fernanda Naves (NIU) 7-6

3. Allie Ochotorena/Zahra Finnigan (UND) def. Paula Veyhle/Lara Slisko (NIU) 6-3

Singles Competition

1. Isa Sullivan (UND) def. Jovana Peric (NIU) 6-4, 6-1

2. Maria Potsi (NIU) def. Kaede Amano (UND) 6-2, 6-3

3. Christy Robinson (NIU) def. Zahra Finnigan (UND) 6-2, 6-1

4. Preethi Kasilingam (UND) def. Paula Veyhle (NIU) 6-1, 6-0

5. Allie Ochotorena (UND) def. Julia Dmitrieva (NIU) 6-1, 7-5

6. Fernanda Naves (NIU) def. Alex Revenig (UND) 6-3, 6-3

 -NIU-