NIU wrestling heads to Kent, Ohio, for the MAC Championships while men’s and women’s basketball conclude their 2023-2024 seasons this week in Huskie sports.
WRESTLING
Friday, March 8 at MAC Championships, TBD
Kent, Ohio / Memorial Athletic...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 28, 2024
Up 73-72 with 16 seconds left and on the verge of handing the University of Toledo Rockets (17-11, 11-4 MAC) its first home conference loss of the season, former student manager guard Steven Tipton stepped to the free throw line and nailed two free throws...
Every routine for Alyssa Al-Ashari starts the same way.
Once the shamrock green flag waves from the nearby judges table, she gives her opening salute, and takes a deep breath in.
As she expels the air from her lungs, the noise around her fades to...
NIU men’s golf is set to begin its 2024 spring campaign and defend their 2023 MAC Championship title this week in Huskie sports.
MEN’S GOLF
Monday, Feb. 26: at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, all day.
Henderson, Nev. / Reflection Bay...
Despite playing under the sunny Saturday skies of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, NIU’s offense played eight innings of baseball as cold as the temperatures back home in DeKalb, Illinois.
Trailing 5-0 with two hits entering the ninth inning, NIU baseball...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 21, 2024
DeKALB – A depleted NIU men’s basketball team (9-17, 3-10 MAC) was outlasted by the Ball State University Cardinals (13-13, 5-8 MAC) 70-63 Tuesday. The Huskies felt the absence of starters sophomore forward Xavier Amos and junior guard Zarique Nutter...
DeKALB – Senior Julia Finegan earned NIU women's track second Huskie of the Week honor of the 2024 indoor season by winning the 800-meter run and taking third in the mile run.
Finegan championed the 800-meter run at Saturday’s Redbird Tune Up...
Six NIU gymnasts placed on their respective events Sunday as the Huskies took a second crack at a MAC foe in enemy territory.
Despite their efforts, NIU’s gymnastics squad failed to overcome Eastern Michigan University at Sunday’s MAC meet inside...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 14, 2024
DeKALB – Without the services of leading scorer junior guard David Coit, a short-handed NIU men’s basketball team (9-15, 3-8 MAC) snuck past the University at Buffalo Bulls (3-21, 1-10 MAC) 72-68 Tuesday.
Despite missing four rotational players...
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter
| February 10, 2024
DeKALB – NIU women’s basketball (11-11, 4-6 MAC) overpowered the Georgia Southern University Eagles (13-12, 3-9 SBC) 91-84 in the second part of the MAC-SBC Challenge.
Senior guard Jayden Marable keyed the charge with a career-high 26 points....
It’s the Super Bowl matchup no one was hoping for. Two teams that have already established dominance in the NFL and two teams that have already faced each other in the biggest sporting event in the United States.
Everyone was hoping Lamar Jackson...
DeKALB – When asked about her team’s strengths, NIU softball head coach Christina Sutcliffe offered three words to describe her team: gritty, spunky and fast.
Guided by its 12th-year skipper, NIU will look to use that grit, spunk and speed in 2024...
