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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The NIU wrestling team signed its first four-time high school state champion earlier this week. Nick Smith of South Dakota won the Class A state title all four years while compiling a 145-5 record in the 125-pound weight class at Yankton High School,...

The NIU men’s tennis team picked up its 20th consecutive victory over Western Illinois with a 7-0 shutout Saturday. The Huskies (11-3 overall) did not lose a single set in the non-conference meet. "Today was a good match for us; we stayed focused and...

The NIU baseball team finished Spring Break with a 4-1 win over Fairfield. The game was the Huskies’ 10th in 11 days during the break. The Huskies went 6-4 during those 11 days to improve their record to 9-7 overall. Senior left-handed pitcher Zach...