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Huskies Complete Day One of Northwestern Invitational

NIU Earns Two Doubles Victories on Friday

WTEN25 - Yecora and Righi
Scott Walstrom, NIU

Women's Tennis | January 9

DeKALB, Ill. - The Northern Illinois University women's tennis day is competing in the Northwestern Invitational this weekend in Evanston, Ill. at the Combe Tennis Center along with Northwestern and DePaul. 

The three-day invite will produce only individual results and not team scores with three rounds of doubles and singles each day. 

Friday
The Huskies notched a pair of doubles wins over Northwestern on Friday afternoon. Isabella Righi / Lucia Yecora defeated NU's Maia Loureiro / Margot Phanthala 6-4. 

The sophomore duo of Irmak Budak / Theodora Kousiou downed NU's Autumn Rabjohns / Mika Dagan Fruchtman by the same score of 6-4. 

Stula/Pehlivan (DPU) def. Kabdesh/Ninova (NIU) 6-4
Nilsson (DPU)/Shepherd Johnson (NU) def. Horne/Yecora (NIU) 6-4
Alvarez/Sechi (DPU) def. Budak/Kousiou (NIU) 7-5

Raath/Feldman (NU) def. Kabdesh/Ninova (NIU) 6-3 
Righi/Yecora (NIU) def. Loureiro/Phanthala (NU) 6-4
Budak/Kousiou (NIU) def. Rabjohns/Dagan Fruchtman (NU) 6-4
Jessel/Shepherd Johnson (NU) def. Horne/Paradise (NIU) 6-3

Mika Dagan Fruchtman (NU) def. Sophia Shlyokhta (NIU) 6-0, 6-0
Erica Jessel (NU) def. Rebeca Garcia Miralles (NIU) 6-1, 7-5
Katya Shepherd Johnson (NU) def. Sydney Paradise (NIU) 6-0, 6-3

Saturday
Doubles vs. Northwestern (11:45 a.m.)
Doubles vs. DePaul (12:45 p.m.)
Singles vs. Northwestern (1:30 p.m.)

Sunday
Doubles vs. Northwestern (10 a.m.)
Doubles vs. DePaul (11:45 a.m.)
Singles. DePaul (2 p.m.)

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Players Mentioned

Isabella Righi

Isabella Righi

5' 5"
Sophomore
Sydney Paradise

Sydney Paradise

5' 2"
Freshman
Irmak Budak

Irmak Budak

5' 8"
Sophomore
Theodora Kousiou

Theodora Kousiou

5' 8"
Sophomore
Lucia Yecora

Lucia Yecora

5' 4"
Sophomore
Rebeca  Garcia Miralles

Rebeca Garcia Miralles

5' 3"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Isabella Righi

Isabella Righi

5' 5"
Sophomore
Sydney Paradise

Sydney Paradise

5' 2"
Freshman
Irmak Budak

Irmak Budak

5' 8"
Sophomore
Theodora Kousiou

Theodora Kousiou

5' 8"
Sophomore
Lucia Yecora

Lucia Yecora

5' 4"
Sophomore
Rebeca  Garcia Miralles

Rebeca Garcia Miralles

5' 3"
Freshman