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Gillingham heads to the next level

By James Nokes | August 23, 2005

Tug Gillingham became the fourth player from last season’s NIU baseball team to sign with a professional contract by inking with the Windy City Thunderbolts. "I’m excited for Tug," NIU coach Ed Mathey said. "Playing pro baseball is something he always...

Women’s tennis player gets award

By Ian Waddick | April 19, 2005

After splitting a pair of matches against MAC opponents over the weekend, NIU’s Chrissy Svetlic was named MAC Player of the Week on Tuesday. Over the past week, Svetlic won all four of her singles and doubles matches. "She’s playing rather high in...

NIU to host DePaul

By Ian Waddick | April 11, 2005

Women’s tennis The NIU women’s tennis team comes home today for a non-conference match against DePaul at 1 p.m. at the West Campus Courts. The Huskies (5-7 overall, 1-4 MAC) broke a four-match losing streak and won their first MAC match of the year...

NIU men pick up 5-2 victory at home

By Ian Waddick | March 29, 2005

The NIU men’s tennis team kept up its winning ways at home with its 5-2 win over Valparaiso on Friday. The Huskies (9-6) won four of six singles matches to improve to 4-0 at their home-away-from-home in Rockford. Seniors Willy Gali and Erick Martinez...

Sims is named NIU men’s hoops MVP

By Nathan Lindquist | March 22, 2005

Junior college transfer Cory Sims was announced as the NIU men’s basketball team’s most valuable player at Monday night’s end of season banquet. The 6-foot-1 guard was third on the team in scoring (9.6 ppg) and first in assists (4.75 apg) while...

Santoro already raking in the awards

By Ian Waddick | February 22, 2005

After missing almost all of the 2004 season because of injury, NIU slugger Mike Santoro is back in a big way. The senior outfielder hit three home runs in the Huskies’ season opening series at Texas Tech and on Monday was named the MAC West Division...

Men’s golf ends season 3rd

By Jarrod Rice | October 20, 2004

Without a senior on its roster, the NIU men’s golf team relied on leadership from its juniors during its fall season, which ended Tuesday. Nicholas Schenk, along with Dan Gratton and Ethan Roush have been those juniors. “I definitely need to step...

Baseball’s fall world series comes to end

By Bob Grant | October 18, 2004

The deciding Game 5 of the NIU Fall World Series was dominated by pitcher Nick Hall in a 2-1 NIU Cardinal victory over NIU Black in 10 innings Thursday afternoon. The win gave the Cardinals a 3-2 victory in the five-game series. Hall pitched all 10 innings,...

Wrestling team gets top nod

By Bob Grant | October 4, 2004

The NIU men’s wrestling team will begin its 2005 campaign as the co-favorite to win the MAC. The MAC preseason poll gave NIU and defending champion Central Michigan a tie for the top spot. “The easy part is done,” said NIU coach Dave Grant. “It’s...

Jecklin leads men’s golf team; Women’s golf finishes eighth

By Bob Grant | September 27, 2004

For the second straight week, freshman Zach Jecklin led the NIU men’s golf team. Jecklin scored the best collegiate round of his career with a 1-under-par 71 in Sunday’s final round at the Iowa Intercollegiate in Iowa City, Iowa. His final score of...

Athletics complex in the works

By Sean Connor | September 15, 2004

NIU football coach Joe Novak said he’s seen big donations of late toward an indoor athletic facility. “We’re still in the process,” Novak said. “It’s still the top priority for us.” There are no current plans to build an indoor practice...

Men’s golf gets third at Fairway Club Invite

By Ian Waddick | September 14, 2004

The NIU men’s golf team placed third at the Fairway Club Invite on Tuesday. Host Nebraska won the tournament with a 903, beating the Huskies by 14 strokes. Huskies junior Ethan Roush took fifth at the invite with his three-round 12-over-par 225. “Very...