Men's Tennis | October 5

NORMAL, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University men's tennis team continued its fall competition this weekend, participating in the Redbird Invitational hosted by Illinois State. The Huskies traveled to Normal, Ill. for the invite, competing with Illinois State, IU Indy and Marquette.

The Huskies began the invite with strong doubles performances, with all three pairings securing victories. Iker Gaztambide Arrastia/Nikola Puntaric downed Marquette's Hugh Perrill/Luke Coppage 6-4, Lorenzo Leti Messina/Federico Scotuzzi defeated Marquette's Evan Glebov/Teddy Wong 6-1 and Iker Dellien Velasco/Sam Klein outlasted Illinois State's Tin Ostro/Finn Logue 7-6 (3).

In the afternoon session, Federico Scotuzzi, Pratyaksh LNU and Sam Klein all recorded singles victories over IU Indy.

In day two, Iker Gaztambide Arrastia/Nikola Puntaric recorded a win over IU Indy's Solomon Dunsirn/Jai Dutta 6-3. In singles, Scotuzzi and Messina each recorded singles wins over Marquette's Hugh Perrill and Luke Coppage.

Scotuzzi won two of his three singles matches and was apart two doubles victories in the invitational.

"(Federico) competed very well with great focus, intensity and fight," head coach René Vidal said.

The Huskies will see each of these teams in the spring as they host IU Indy on Jan. 23 and Illinois State on Feb. 6 and travel to Marquette on Feb. 22.

Next up for NIU is the ITA Regional Championship from Oct. 16-20.