DeKalb | What football has done doesn’t mean anything to the Huskies as they have their eyes strictly focused on conference play.NIU went undefeated in its four non-conference schedule, beating Big 10 teams Iowa and Purude along the way, but it has...
DeKalb | For men’s soccer’s European players, most not only have to transition into the new culture, but a new soccer style.Even though soccer is played throughout the world, there is a big transition from European soccer — or football — to American...
DeKalb | Going into this season, football had 11 dog bones on the wall in its locker room at the Yordon Center.Each dog bone serves as an individual trophy of the Huskies’ victory over a school from the BCS. The dog bone tradition started back in 1983...
DeKalb | Justine Schepler has been a staple for volleyball’s back row since day one with the program.Schepler, who grew up in neighboring Sycamore, has appeared in all but one match since she came to NIU, and she has been a reliable force for the team’s...
DeKalb | Statistically, the Huskies’ (4-0) defense has been one of the worst yet one of the best units in the Mid-American Conference and the NCAA.The Huskie defense surrendered 31.3 points per game through four games. That is currently 88th out of...
Going forward, Big Ten teams may want to think twice before they go out and schedule the Huskies as an opponent. The days of bringing the Huskies into a Big Ten stadium for an easy win over a mid-major program are in the past.This season, the Huskies...
After an historic season in which Jordan Lynch finished seventh in Heisman voting and led the football team to the Orange Bowl, the quarterback has continued to improve.At this point last season, Lynch started only four games in his NIU career but led...
With its dominating victory over the Boilermakers (1-4), the Huskies (4-0) earned their second dog bone of the season and became the first team in MAC history to defeat two Big 10 teams in the same regular season.Football put together its best all-around...
It took a complete team effort Saturday for football (4-0) to ruin Purdue’s (1-4) homecoming with a 55-24 win.The offense was in sync nearly the entire game. The special teams unit added to the attack and the defense forced the Boilermakers into multiple...
DeKalb | Football (3-0) will have an opportunity to go 4-0 when it closes out its 2013 non-conference schedule against the Purdue Boilermakers (1-3) at 11 a.m. Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind.The Huskies will look to defeat two Big Ten teams in the same...
For the first time in NIU history, the Huskies (3-0) will look to add two dog bones to the boneyard when they take on Purdue (1-3) Saturday.The Huskies’ first dog bone came in the first week of the season when they defeated Iowa. This is the Huskies’...
The football program took another step in the right direction with the scheduling of the Northwestern Wildcats next season.The addition of Northwestern to the Huskies’ non-conference schedule for the 2014 season, along with the previously scheduled...
