Women's Tennis drops two over weekend

Northern Star Staff For the first time since the 2009-10 season, the women’s tennis team lost back-to-back home-opening matches, falling to Bradley University 2-5 on Friday and the University of North Dakota 3-4 on Sunday.

The home loss to Bradley is also the first time the Huskies have lost to the Braves at home.

“We need to have better starts in our matches,” Head Coach Tanya Mahefu said. “I felt we were constantly playing catch up. We as a team need to play with better energy.”

Four NIU players went 1-1 in individuals play during the weekend matches.

v. Bradley

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