Huskie Briefs: Harnish, Wicinski, men’s golf, cross country
October 5, 2010
- For his performance against Akron on Saturday, NIU quarterback
<a href=
“http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100410aaa.html”
target=”_blank”>Chandler Harnish received MAC West Offensive
Player of the Week honors. The redshirt junior threw for a season
high 281 yards with three touchdown passes. After polishing off the
Zips, Harnish became the leader in MAC passing efficiency with a
158.6 rating.
- Quickly becoming a mainstay on Huskie Briefs is freshman
volleyball outside hitter <a href=
“http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/100410aaa.html”
target=”_blank”>Lauren Wicinski, who was named MAC West
Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season on
Monday. Wicinski is currently leading all freshmen in the country
in kills and aces. Over the course of the week, the freshman helped
the Huskies to two five-set victories over MAC opponents by
accumulating 47 kills and 18 digs.
- On Tuesday, <a href=
“http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/m-golf/sched/niu-m-golf-sched.html”
target=”_blank”>NIU men’s golf finished seventh at the
rain-shortened Cleveland State University Telich Sun Life Financial
Golf Invitational. After opening the season with a 12th place
finish, the Huskies have now finished in the top 10 in three
straight events. Next up for NIU is the Bearcats’ Cincinnati
Invitational on Monday, Oct. 11.
- In action for the second consecutive weekend, the <a href=
“http://www.niuhuskies.com/sports/w-xc/niu-w-xc-body.html” target=
“_blank”>NIU cross country team raced to a 16th-place finish at
the 55th Annual Notre Dame Invitational. Setting a personal record
was sophomore Courtney Oldenburg with a time of 18:29 in the 5K.
The Huskies are off until Oct. 16 when they will head to West
Salem, Wisc. for the Tori Neubauer Invitational.