Women's Tennis | October 31
DeKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University women's tennis team completed the NIU Huskie Indoor Invitational on Sunday, hosting Bradley, Chicago State, IU Indy and Marquette at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Fieldhouse over the weekend.
NIU stormed into the first day of competition, posting a 17-0 record through singles and doubles play on Friday. The Huskies success continued into Saturday and Sunday, totaling 19 more wins for a weekend record of 36-5 and winning two flights in singles competition.
Three of the four duos for NIU went 4-0 in the weekend in doubles play.
Rebeca Garcia Miralles won the singles Flight 1, defeating opponents from Marquette, IU Indy and Bradley.
Lucia Yecora claimed Flight 2 while not allowing opponents to win more than two sets across three matches.
Day One
Garcia Miralles and
Theodora Kousiou each advanced in Flight 1 of singles play while
Iben Storkaas and Yecora moved on in Flight 2. NIU had four representatives in Flight 3 all reach the second round in
Malika Kabdesh,
Paulina Masherava,
Sophia Shlyakhta and
Natalia Varela Herrera.
Masherava recorded an additional 6-0, 6-0 singles win over Bradley on Friday afternoon.
In doubles, Yecora / Varla Herrera, Kousiou / Storkaas, Garcia Miralles / Shlyakhta and Kabdesh / Masherava each recorded 2-0 records on the opening day of the invite.
Day Two
Yecora / Varla Herrera, Kousiou / Storkaas and Kabdesh / Masherava all recorded two more victories on Saturday, walking away from the weekend with a 4-0 record. Garcia Miralles / Shlyakhta split their matches with Bradley on Saturday and have recorded 10 wins together this fall.
Garcia Miralles advanced to the finals of Flight 1 with a 6-3, 6-4 win over IU Indy's Kallyhan Kadzinski. Yecora followed suit, defeating IU Indy's Bella Duncan 6-2, 6-2.
In Flight 3, Kabdesh, Masherava, Shlyakhta and Varela Herrera each recorded wins once again on Saturday.
Day Three
Both Garcia Miralles and Yecora won their flights in deciding fashion with Garcia Miralles taking a 6-2, 6-0 win over Bradley's Tzu-Ying Tseng while Yecora downed Bradley's Chia-En Hsieh 6-0, 6-1. Kousiou took third place in Flight 1 with a victory over Kadzinski of IU Indy, winning 6-3, 6-2.
NIU combined for a 3-1 record in Flight 3 on Sunday, including a pair of three-set wins from Shlyakhta (6-2, 0-6, 10-3) and Varela Herrera (6-1, 3-6, 10-4).
