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Women's tennis competes at Purdue, Naves falls in bracket final

DeKALB — The women’s tennis team comes out of this weekend’s Purdue University Invitational with one bracket finals appearance and one consolation bracket championship.

Sophomore Fernanda Naves made the finals of the Basham Courts Draw while fellow sophomore Paula Veyhle won the consolation portion of the Hammer Down Draw.

Head Coach Eric Burns said the performance of his team was an improvement from the prior team’s invitational at Bowling Green State University.

"We took some steps forward this weekend from Bowling Green last week," Burns said in an NIU Athletics press release. "I'm really proud of the team effort.