NIU men’s golfer Nick Schenk posted his second top-10 finish of the year at the Ball State Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Monday and Tuesday. The senior Batavia native opened with a 66-70 on Monday and finished the day two strokes off the lead. Schenk...

NIU goalie Steve Goletz was nominated for MAC Player of the Week after back-to-back shutout victories. After missing two matches with a concussion, the Downers Grove-native stifled the opposition and improved his goals-against-average to 0.66 per game....

An undefeated start has the NIU men’s soccer team listed as No. 6 in Midwest Regional Soccer Rankings. Coach Steve Simmons’ squad looks to add to its 3-0-1 record this weekend as NIU hosts the Adidas/Baymont Inn Invitational. Chris VanDuerm and company...

NIU Athletes will continue to sport Adidas gear around campus for the next four years. NIU Athletic Director Jim Phillips announced last week that NIU will continue its partnership with the sports apparel company, which will provide uniforms as well as...

Welcome to NIU, the home of the Huskies. We’re excited you will be with us and hope to see you at one of the many athletics events throughout the year. To be sure, exciting things are happening in Huskie athletics. Our football team, the 2004 Silicon...

Many high-school students look for a change of pace or scenery when they finish their four years, but not as many want the change to be as drastic as Alicja Czajka envisioned it. Changing states or moving a few hours away is one thing, but moving halfway...

No more will NIU football coach Joe Novak have to use the Convocation Center as the prime recruiting venue. No more will NIU athletes have to weight train in Huskie Stadium’s junior college-type weight room. And no more will NIU be at the butt-end of...

After the passage of Title IX 33 years ago, 59 percent of NIU athletes are male and 41 percent are female, official records show. "We take [gender equity] very seriously, and we very much believe in gender equity," Athletics Director Jim Phillips said....

INDIANAPOLIS - NIU has six of the more than 400 sports teams at the nation’s Division I level that could lose scholarships next year under the NCAA’s new academic standards, according to a report released Monday. Most of the scholarship losses, which...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - An unfamiliar name was one of two NIU football players to take home MVP honors at the Dec. 30 Silicon Valley Football Classic. Thanks to a key blocked punt and a couple big tackles on kickoffs, sophomore strong safety Dustin Utschig...

SAN JOSE - While most were sleeping or shopping the day after Christmas, the NIU football team was ready to go. After leaving Huskie Stadium at 8 a.m., the Huskies departed on a four-day trip that saw bridges, jails, schools, a lot of rain, and culminated...

Terrance Smith’s trip to NIU’s bowl game was a long time coming. A 64-year-old Big Rock native, Smith is a long time NIU fan who has bought football season tickets since 1996. Why would he buy season tickets to a team who was beginning a 23-game losing...