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With improving scores, Huskies travel to Marshall Invitational Friday

By MIKE BUDA | March 30, 2009

Just like Tiger, the NIU men's golf team was up for a comeback. The Huskies went into the final round in last place but climbed back up with a team score of 4-over par 288 which was the fifth-best team score of the day at the par 71 Gleneagles Country...

Men’s golf sits in ninth place at Arlington

By DERRICK SMITH | October 28, 2008

The NIU men's golf team sits in ninth place after two rounds of play at the University of Texas-Arlington Shootout. The Huskies shot a 611 in their first day at the Waterchase Country Club Monday. Jeff Dick and Tim Kay both shot rounds of 76 and 75 and...

Men’s golf ready to compete

By JERRY BURNES | September 7, 2008

More depth was the one thing NIU men's golf coach John Cleary wanted to improve on from last season. Throwing a pair of freshmen into the mix may just get the job done. "I would like to go deeper," Cleary said. "We lost Zach Jecklin, who graduated with...

Jecklin wins Sportsmanship Award in MAC Tourney, Huskies finish last

By ALLAN SCARABELLO | May 4, 2008

For the second straight year, someone from the NIU men's golf team won an award at the MAC Tournament. Zach Jecklin won the Sportsmanship Award for the MAC Conference. Jecklin also finished seventh out of 45 golfers, shooting four over par at 292 for...

Huskie golfers travel to Longaberger for the first time

By ALLAN SCARABELLO | May 1, 2008

Longaberger Golf Club in Nashport, Ohio, will host NIU and eight other men's golf teams from the MAC men's golf tournament. The tournament starts today with first tee time at 7 a.m. Longaberger is a new course for the Huskies. When a team plays on a new...

NIU golf goes 36 over par in Boilermaker Invitational, finish 13th

By ANDREA BRADLEY | April 21, 2008

NIU men's golf couldn't find itself on the right side of par this past weekend, as the team competed in the Boilermaker Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind. The Huskies placed 13th out of 14 teams. As a group, NIU tallied a total score of 900, putting...

Open house gives NIU football fans one last chance to say goodbye to Joe Novak

By JON LEVANICH | April 7, 2008

Huskie football fans will have a final chance to say "thank you" and "goodbye" to former NIU head coach Joe Novak. On April 25, NIU will host an open house at the Yordon Center for Novak and his wife, Carole. The open house will be from 4 to 6 p.m. The...

Huskies bite the Salukis in tennis matchup

By JON LEVANICH | March 31, 2008

Looking to rebound from a loss to DePaul, the NIU men's tennis team dominated Southern Illinois, keeping some impressive streaks alive in a 7-0 victory in Rockford. "I felt we played very well," NIU head coach Pontus Hiort said. "We hadn't beaten SIU...

NIU reschedules some canceled events; many not made up

By STEVE NITZ | March 5, 2008

With the NIU campus closed after the Feb. 14 shootings, NIU suspended all athletic competitions until Feb. 25. Twenty-seven contests in men's and women's basketball, gymnastics, baseball, softball, men's and women's tennis, wrestling, women's track and...

Huskies defeat Braves, fall to Redbirds

By JON LEVANICH | February 12, 2008

The NIU men's tennis team split a pair of matches against Bradley and Illinois State over the weekend. The Huskies (2-3) started the weekend on the road Saturday in Peoria, posting a dominant 6-1 victory over the Braves. "We played quite well," NIU head...

Top 5 things you need to know about men’s basketball coach Ricardo Patton

By BEN GROSS | October 29, 2007

1 NIU men's basketball head coach Ricardo Patton never intended to start playing basketball. Instead, the first-year head coach originally wanted to play trombone. "When I got back to school the next day they were collecting the money for the rental of...

Men’s gold gets contributions from several young starters

By BRANDON MANGIA | October 17, 2007

Exposure, experience and depth have put the NIU men's golf team back on the map in 2007. Depth is an essential component to being competitive on the links, and for the past few seasons, the NIU men's golf team lacked just that. But things have changed...