Sunday Men’s Tennis results
Northern Illinois 4, Omaha 2
UIC 6, Roosevelt 1
Northern Illinois 6, Wisconsin-Whitewater 1
Recaps courtesy of Athletic Communications Departments
NIU Caps Undefeated with Sunday Doubleheader | Box Score Match 1 | Box Score Match 2
DeKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University men's tennis team defeated Omaha and Wisconsin-Whitewater on Sunday to complete a 3-0 weekend. NIU has won six of its seven matches to begin the dual season.
Sunday began with the Huskies holding on for a 4-2 win over Omaha. NIU earned the doubles point with
Iker Gaztambide Arrastia /
Nikola Puntaric winning 6-3 at No. 1, followed by a
Iker Dellien Velasco /
Chiao Bo Suo Nan win at No. 2.
Gaztambide Arrastia and Puntaric rolled their doubles success into singles play, with Gaztambide Arrastia winning 6-2, 7-6 and Puntaric securing a 6-2, 6-3 victory.
The Mavericks put the pressure on NIU by winning the next two matches. This allowed for
Federico Scotuzzi to seal the match with a 7-5, 5-7, 6-4 win in dramatic fashion.
Shifting into the match against Wisconsin-Whitewater, a 6-3 win from Gaztambide Arrastia / Puntaric gave the Huskies the early lead.
A trio of wins from the senior class finalized the win in the Huskies favor. Dellien recorded a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 3 followed by Gaztambide Arrastia continuing his singles winning streak. Scotuzzi sealed the win with a 6-4, 6-0 victory from No. 2.
The Huskies final two wins of the match came from a pair of sophomores in Pratyaksh LNU and Suo Nan, each who recorded their second wins on the weekend.
Up next, NIU will hit the road, beginning with traveling to Wisconsin on Friday, Feb. 21 and then Marquette on Sunday, Feb. 22.
UIC Finishes the Weekend 1-1 | Box Score Match 1 | Box Score Match 2
CHICAGO - UIC men's tennis split a pair of matches this weekend at XS Tennis Village. The Flames dropped a competitive match to Omaha by a score of 4-3 on Saturday. Omaha took the doubles point after winning 2 of 3 tightly contested doubles matches. The six singles matches were split 3-3 to give Omaha the 4-3 victory. Despite the loss Sophomore
Eldin Nokic continued his phenomenal start to the season with wins at No. 2 doubles and No. 2 singles. Nokic's doubles partner Freshman
Henrique Sa also impressed as he won at No. 6 singles as well as the aforementioned doubles match.
The Flames were back in action on Sunday against Roosevelt after a quick turnaround. UIC got off to a hot start, winning the doubles point, behind a strong showing from
Emil Dapcevic and
Mihailo Savic at No. 2 doubles as they won 6-1. The Flames dominated singles winning five of six matches. Sa continues to dominate as he won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles. UIC won the match 6-1.
The Flames hit the road later this week for a mid week match up with Cleveland State on Thursday at Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion.
