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Redshirt sophomore guard Zion Russell (10) attempts a free throw late in the second half of an NIU mens basketball home game. Russell announced Sunday that he will be transferring to Niagara University. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)
Sports
Zion Russell commits to Niagara University
Freshman catcher Cooper Cohn (4) beats a throw to first base on May 3 at Ralph McKinzie Field at Walt and Janice Owens Park. NIU baseball lost the series finale against Ball State University by a score of 13-10 on Sunday. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Sports
Huskies out-slugged by Ball State, drop series finale
Senior Julia Finegan (2) runs at the Redbird Tune Up on Feb. 16. Finegan finished third in the 800-meter run at the Fighting Illini Tune Up on Saturday. (Courtesy of Illinois State Athletics)
Sports
Huskies net 2 first place finishes in visit to Urbana-Champaign
Senior catcher/outfielder Ellis Erickson dives back to first base on Tuesday at Mary M. Bell Field. NIU softball dropped all three games of its regular season finale against Miami University on Saturday. (Northern Star File Photo)
Sports
Softball swept in series versus No. 25 RedHawks
Standings
 

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Football

Football

 

6-6

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.500

Pct

 

5-3

Conference

 

.625

Pct

Men's Basketball

Men’s
Basketball

 

5-2

Overall

 

.714

Pct

 

0-0

Conference

 

.000

Pct

Women's Basketball

Women’s
Basketball

 

3-4

Overall

 

.429

Pct

 

0-0

Conference

 

.000

Pct

Wrestling

Wrestling

 

3-1

Overall

 

.750

Pct

 

0-0

Conference

 

.000

Pct

Hockey

Hockey

 

1-16-2

Overall

 

.052

Pct

 

0-10

Conference

 

.000

Pct

 
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Talking
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The All-Star Huskie Sports podcast
A chat with NIU baseball
A chat with NIU baseball
April 11, 2024
Ethan Gonzales (from left) and Zack Rodriguez sit down with Matthew Zuber and Jacobi Jackson from NIU wrestling in the podcast room. This week’s “All-Star” episode discusses life as a NIU wrestler. (Ethan Gonzales | Northern Star)
A chat with NIU wrestling
February 19, 2024
Skyler Kisellus (from left), Ethan Gonzales, Emmalise Nock and Dawsyn Sallee sit in a podcast room. All-Star episode 34 discusses NIU gymnastics. (Anna Scanlan | Northern Star)
A sit down with NIU gymnastics
February 14, 2024
 
 
 
A graphic shows redshirt junior quarterback Ethan Hampton, redshirt junior quarterback Jalen Macon and redshirt freshman quarterback Josh Holst. Sports Reporter Skyler Kisellus believes the three have emerged as the top contenders to succeed Rocky Lombardi as NIU’s starting quarterback. (Eddie Miller | Northern Star)
COLUMN: Evaluating NIU’s top quarterback options
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter | May 2, 2024
Then-NIU volleyball head coach Pete Waite stands courtside during a match. Waite will be inducted into the 2024 NIU Athletics Hall of Fame during Homecoming Weekend after leading the Huskies to a program-best .723 winning percentage during his 11 seasons as NIU’s head coach. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Former volleyball coach Pete Waite named to 2024 Hall of Fame Class
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter | April 17, 2024
Redshirt junior quarterback Ethan Hampton (2) throws the ball during the Spring Showcase. Besides the Victor E. Fan Fest, fans tailgated in the various fields and parking lots near the Stadium. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Huskies show progress at annual Spring Showcase
Former NIU football safety Jimmie Ward prepares for a snap in an NIU football game against Arkansas State University at the GoDaddy Bowl on Jan. 8, 2012. Ward is set to be inducted into the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2024. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Ward added to 2024 NIU Athletics Hall of Fame class
Junior defensive specialist/libero Jada Cerniglia prepares to serve in an NIU volleyball home game against the University of Akron on Oct. 27, 2023. The MAC announced a new schedule format for conference games on March 27. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)
MAC, NIU volleyball announce 2024 conference slate
NIU senior opposite/outside hitter Emily Dykes attacks during the Huskies’ home conference match against Eastern Michigan University Oct. 13 at Victor E. Court. Dykes entered the transfer portal Sunday after starting 23 matches for NIU in 2023. (Scott Walstrom | NIU Athletics)
Volleyball’s Emily Dykes enters transfer portal
 

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Men's soccer signs 3 to 2024 roster
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter | December 1, 2023
Senior guard Jayden Marable (3) ducks under Western Michigan senior guard Gabi Saxman (10) in a drive to the basket. Marable contributed 11 points in the Huskies loss on Wednesday. (Katherine Follmer | Northern Star)
No shot for women’s basketball against Western Michigan
By Lucas Didier, Assistant Sports Editor | February 14, 2024
Senior midfielder Camilo Estrada receives a pass in mens soccers match against Loyola-Chicago on Sept. 26. Despite a loss in the MVC semifinals, heroic performances from the Huskies defense is a building block for the future. (Scott Walstrom | NIU Athletics)
COLUMN: Reviewing men’s soccer’s surprising season
Three men’s soccer seniors earn conference academic recognition
Sophomore Nataly Ninova (left) and junior Erika Dimitriev celebrate a point during an NIU womens tennis home match against the University of Wisconsin on Saturday. The pair won their doubles match against the University of Iowa and each won their singles match against the University of Northern Iowa on Friday. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Women’s tennis shines in doubles
Redshirt junior guard Sidney McCrea shoots during the NIU womens basketball game against Lindenwood on Tuesday. The Huskies won the game 77-60. (Ryanne Sandifer | Northern Star)
Marable’s big night snaps 3-game losing streak
Junior Felix Krammer lines up a shot at the Badger Invitational in October of 2023. Krammer, along with junior Ben Sluzas, was voted to the All-MAC Second Team for the 2023-24 season. (Northern Star File Photo)
Sluzas, Krammer earn All-MAC Second Team honors
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter | May 3, 2024
Then-junior Jasmine Ly shoots at the 2023 MAC Championship in April of 2023. Ly finished tied for 25th place in her final tournament of her senior season as the Huskies finished in third place at the 2024 MAC Championship. (Northern Star File Photo)
NIU women’s golf places third at the MAC Championship
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter | April 23, 2024
Then-sophomore Ben Sluzas watches his shot on May 16, 2023. NIU mens golf finished its season tied for third place at the 2024 MAC Championship. (Northern Star File Photo)
NIU men’s golf finishes third at 2024 MAC Championship
Junior Felix Krammer watches his shot at the Badger Invitational in October of 2023. NIU mens golf finished tied for seventh out of 18 teams at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate on Sunday. (Northern Star File Photo)
Men's golf ties for 7th at Robert Kepler Intercollegiate
Kim Kester advises her player during an NIU womens golf practice. NIU Athletics announced Wednesday that Kester was given a multi-year contract extension. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Kim Kester extended through 2026-27 season
Senior Jasmine Ly follows through on her swing on Sep. 26, 2023. Ly finished tied for fifth-place at the Oral Roberts Spring Invite Tuesday as NIU womens golf took third-place. (Northern Star File Photo)
Three top-10 placements lead NIU women’s golf to third-place finish
Planck leads cross country at NCAA Midwest Regional
By Zack Rodriguez, Sports Reporter | November 11, 2023
Sophomore Ari Christian (left) and graduate student Aasiyah Barr (right) run at the Redbird Tune-Up on Feb. 16. NIU track and field took four first-place finishes across the Kip Janzrin Open, ONU Outdoor Invitational and Drake Relays over the weekend. (Courtesy of Illinois State Athletics)
Huskies win four events in three meet weekend
By Joseph Segreti, Sports Reporter | April 28, 2024
Senior Julia Finegan runs at the Western Illinois Invitational cross country meet on Sept. 1. The Huskies finished the event tied for second place. (Photo courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Two Huskies PR, cross country takes 11th
NIU cross country head coach Juan Carrillo takes in the scene at an NIU event. Carrillo is in his first year as head coach of NIU cross country. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Culture shifter: The Carrillo effect on NIU cross country
Freshamn Faith Rouse chases junior Talayssia Sanders on Feb. 16 at the Redbird Tune-Up. NIU track and field earned one top-10 finish at the Michael Johnson Invitational on Saturday. (Courtesy of Illinois State Athletics)
Vorpagel highlights NIU’s weekend at the Michael Johnson Invitational
Freshman Morgan Gioia runs at the Redbird Tune-Up on Feb. 16. NIU track & field took home eight top five finishes at the Cougar Classic on Saturday. (Courtesy of Illinois State Athletics)
Track and field nets 8 top 5 finishes at Cougar Classic
 

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NIU sophomore gymnast Kiera O’Shea is introduced ahead of the first session of the semifinals round of the NCAA Fayetteville Regional on Thursday at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. O’Shea made her NCAA Regional debut Thursday after battling sickness and injuries during her first two years as a college gymnast. (Courtesy of Meaghan Frazier)
Through illness and injury, O’Shea prospers
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter | April 4, 2024
Redshirt sophomore heavyweight wrestler Jacobi Jackson scans his opponent in an NIU wrestling home match. Jackson suffered two major injuries before finishing his 2023-2024 season as a ranked wrestler. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
From rehabilitation to ranked: the triumph of Jacobi Jackson
By Zack Rodriguez, Sports Reporter | April 10, 2024
NIU sophomore gymnast Kiera O’Shea salutes at the end of her vault routine during the Huskies’ home-opening tri-meet against Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University on Jan. 28 at the Convocation Center. O’Shea was one of two NIU gymnasts to qualify for NCAA Regionals on Monday. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
COLUMN: NIU’s keys to breaking through regionals
NIU gymnastics senior Alyssa Al-Ashari executes a back handspring on the balance beam during the final rotation of Sunday’s MAC dual meet against Kent State University in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center in Kent, Ohio. Al-Ashari finished tied for first on beam at the MAC Championships Saturday. (Northern Star File Photo)
Al-Ashari, O’Shea crowned MAC champs on beam, vault
NIU redshirt sophomore Blake West grapples on the back of Lock Haven freshman Logan Sallot on Feb. 9. West was eliminated in the first round at the 2024 NCAA Championships. (Northern Star File Photo)
West makes earl departure from Nationals
Redshirt sophomore Blake West eyes his Kent State University opponent in Day 1 of the MAC Championships Friday. West qualified for the NCAA Tournament after falling in the championship round of the MAC Championships. (Elsye Jones | Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Wrestling places 7th at MAC Championships
Freshman catcher Cooper Cohn (4) hits a home run during the second inning at Ralph McKinzie Field at Walt and Janice Park. NIU baseball dropped the series opener against Ball State University by a score of 4-3 on Friday. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Ball State outlasts Huskies, NIU drops series opener
By Joseph Segreti, Sports Reporter | May 3, 2024
Junior middle infielder/outfielder Avery Carnahan hits an RBI single in the third inning of Game 2 on Tuesday. Carnahan drove in three runs on Tuesday as NIU softball split a doubleheader with Ball State University. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Huskies hammer Ball State with home-run frenzy
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter | April 30, 2024
NIU senior infielder Andre Demetral gets set to throw the ball to first base on April 24 at Curtis Granderson Stadium. Demetral scored two runs as NIU baseball fell 6-5 to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers on Wednesday. (Northern Star File Photo)
Timely hitting evades NIU baseball in loss to Milwaukee
Senior infielder Jake Nelson looks for a fly ball in foul territory on April 24 at Curtis Granderson Stadium. The Huskies lost 2-0 in Sundays series finale against Central Michigan University. (Northern Star File Photo)
Huskies fall in series finale to Chippewas
Sophomore catcher/utility Cara Cruthers (16) makes contact on March 29 at Mary M. Bell Field. NIU softball split Saturdays doubleheader with Bowling Green State University as each game was ended by mercy rule. (Northern Star File Photo)
NIU and Bowling Green swap wins in doubleheader
Sophomore pitcher/utility Danielle Stewart (22) starts her pitching windup at Mary M. Bell Field on April 12. Stewart recorded the first no-hitter since 2006 in a win against Bowling Green State University Friday. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Stewart pitches no-hitter, NIU blanks Bowling Green
 

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Then-sophomore Ben Sluzas watches his shot at the 2023 MAC Championship. Sluzas finished tied for 6th-place at the Hawkeye Invitational on Sunday as NIU mens golf finished tied for eighth-place. (Northern Star File Photo)
Sluzas-led Huskies finish Hawkeye Invitational tied for 8th
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter | April 15, 2024
Then-junior Emily Romancew swings her driver at the Atlantic Invitational in February of 2023. Romancew finished tied for 21st at the Colonel Classic Tuesday as NIU finished 5th out of 15 teams. (Northern Star File Photo)
Women's golf finishes 5th at Colonel Classic
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter | April 2, 2024
Graduate student Zach Place studies his shot at the MAC Championship in May. Place tied for 25th at the Lake Las Vegas Invitational on Tuesday. (Courtesy of Taylor Strnad)
Men’s golf places 12th at Lake Las Vegas Invitational
Graduate student golfer Zach Place watches his putt during an NIU mens golf practice. Place led the Huskies in scoring average with 70.800 during the 2023 fall season. (Courtesy NIU Athletics)
Sluzas, Place lead NIU men’s golf into spring season
Women's golf finishes fourth at BGSU Women's Intercollegiate
New Tallent signs with women’s golf
Freshman Saul Berdullas (left) and senior Armin Koschtojan (right) talk strategy during a doubles match on March 2. NIU mens tennis was eliminated from the MAC Championship on Saturday with a 4-0 loss to the University of Toledo. (Northern Star File Photo)
Men’s tennis eliminated by Toledo
By Kalin Schaefer, Sports Reporter | April 21, 2024
Sophomore Isabella Righi serves on March 9 at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House. NIU womens tennis won its final match of the regular season 5-2 on Sunday against the University at Buffalo Bulls. (Northern Star File Photo)
NIU women’s tennis defeats Bulls in season finale
By Angel Morales, Sports Reporter | April 21, 2024
Sophomore Iker Gaztambide Arrastia winds up for a strike on March 2 at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House. NIU mens tennis lost 4-3 to Western Michigan University on Sunday to drop to the No. 2 seed in the MAC Championship. (Northern Star File Photo)
Men’s tennis drops to No. 2 seed in regular season finale
Senior Cheng En Tsai strikes the ball at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House on March 2. Tsai won both his matches Friday as NIU mens tennis defeated Ball State University 5-2. (Northern Star File Photo)
Men’s tennis downs Ball State, wins 10th home match
Sophomore Jenna Horne prepares to serve at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House. Horne sealed a 4-3 victory for NIU womens tennis on Friday with a 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) win in the final match of the day. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Women’s tennis inches past Ball State
Senior Anastasia Rakita prepares to serve on March 9 at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House. NIU womens tennis defeated Bowling Green State University 6-1 on Sunday. (Northern Star File Photo)
Women’s tennis takes down Bowling Green 6-1
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