Women's Tennis | October 31

DeKALB, Ill. - The Northern Illinois University women's tennis team kicks off its final event of the fall by hosting the NIU Huskie Indoor Invitational. The Huskies welcome in Chicago State, IU Indy, Judson, Marquette and UIC for the tournament. 

The invite will begin at 9 a.m. all weekend with two rounds of doubles followed by one round of singles on both Friday and Saturday and one round of singles on Sunday. Admission is free at Chick Evans Fieldhouse - Nelson Tennis Center all weekend. 

Day One
NIU opened the invitational in bold fashion, winning five of six matches in both singles and doubles. In Flight One singles, Irmak Budak and Malika Kabdesh both won sets over IU Indy and Chicago State. 

Nataly Ninova won in convincing fashion over IU Indy's Chloe Bailey, winning 6-2, 6-1 in Flight Two. Theodora Kousiou held off Marquette's Joelle Fiallo Schad for a 6-1, 6-4 win in the flight as well. 

Rebeca Garcia Miralles sealed the first round win in Flight Three by score of 6-1, 7-5. 

In doubles, Kabdesh and Ninova teamed up for wins over IU Indy and Marquette while Budak and Kousiou notched their wins over UIC and IU Indy. 

Draws | Live Stream

Singles
Flight 1 - Irmak Budak def. Sara Jankovic (IU Indy) 6-3, 6-1
Flight 1 - Malika Kabdesh def. Camila Sanchez (Chicago State) 6-3, 6-2
Flight 2 - Theodora Kousiou def. Joelle Fiallo Schad (Marquette) 6-1, 6-4
Flight 2 - Nataly Ninova def. Chloe Bailey (IU Indy) 6-2, 6-1
Flight 3 - Luciana Mendoza (Marquette) def. Sophia Shlyakhta 6-0, 7-6 (8-6), 10-7
Flight 3 - Rebeca Garcia Miralles def. Charlotte Deletioglu (UIC) 6-1, 7-5

Doubles
R1 - Malika Kabdesh / Nataly Ninova def. Sara Jankovic / Elle Kotre (IU Indy) 6-2
R2 - Malika Kabdesh / Nataly Ninova vs. Aiyana Abbott / Joelle Fiallo Schad (Marquette) 6-3
R1 - Irmak Budak / Theodora Kousiou vs. Nia Cooper / Joanne Hartono (UIC) 6-3
R2 - Irmak Budak / Theodora Kousiou vs. Grace Lampman / Chloe Bailey (IU Indy) 6-0
R1 - Rebeca Garcia Miralles / Sophia Shlyakhta vs. Kally Kadzinski / Calli Sokolowski (IU Indy) 7-5
R2 - Elena Duva / Maria Poon (Marquette) def. Rebeca Garcia Miralles / Sophia Shlyakhta 6-4

This story will be updated.