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Monday, April 20, 2015
15 VARSITY NOW LEASING SQUARE FOR FALL
Youel goes undefeated
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“It sort of was the perfect ending to all the work I’ve put in over the last four years and just showed how much it paid off for me,” Youel said. “It was very rewarding and definitely meant a lot to me ... . Winning that last point was surreal in a way because it was the end of my career and I knew going undefeated was sort of in the picture.”
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If I played my game and played well then I should be able to win. I never thought I’d actually win 20 in a row because there are so many good players out there, but I definitely would not have counted myself out. I believe in myself and believe that I could be successful from the beginning.”
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Nelle Youel Women’s tennis senior
Youel will wait to find out if she will be selected to the NCAA Div. I Women’s Tennis Singles Championships as an at-large bid since she’s not ranked. If she doesn’t get selected her record-breaking career at NIU will be over since the team didn’t make the MAC Championships. Making the MAC Championships had been the team’s ultimate goal since the season began. When
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Women’s tennis senior Nelle Youel serves in the match against the Western Michigan Broncos on April 12 in DeKalb. Youel went 2-0 in singles play over the weekend to end her final season with the Huskies at 20-0.
looking at the schedule before the start of the season, Youel said she never imagined going 20-0. But, she said she also never doubted her ability to win. “If I played my game and played well then I should be able to win,”
In Brief
Football helps out in tornado cleanup Northern Star staff
About 70 football players and 15 coaches and staff members helped clean up debris Saturday in Fairdale. Fairdale was hit by a tornado April 9 during violent weather in northern Illinois. The Huskies spent around four hours during the morning and afternoon clearing yards and piles of debris to expedite the cleanup process in the center of Fairdale. “When we first got there and the buses dropped us off, we didn’t notice how bad it was until we walked down the block and saw houses wiped out and people with nothing left,” said senior tight end Kevin Tennenbaum, according to an NIU news release. “It was kind of unbelievable to see it. They [everyone we ran into] were really thankful we were there. “I think it’s great for us to come out and help all we can. It’s our
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Youel said. “I never thought I’d actually win 20 in a row because there are so many good players out there, but I definitely would not have counted myself out. I believed in myself and believed that I could be successful from the beginning.”
community and we are all able bodies and we should help those in need. It’s something we needed to do as a team. We’re people off the field as well, not just football players.” Wearing work gloves, safety glasses and masks, the Huskies worked in three different areas in the center of Fairdale. They used rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows and their hands to pick up items ranging from glass, tree limbs, roofing, insulation and more. “It’s an eye-opening experience,” said senior wide receiver Tommylee Lewis, according to NIU. “To see how tornadoes just rip houses apart ... . People lost their roofs, people lost their whole houses and you could see into the basement. We definitely wanted to give back. It’s not a problem to come clean up and take time out of our day to help people in need. We enjoyed coming out and helping the people.”
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