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The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

NIU men’s soccer looks ahead to difficult schedule

By Northern Star Staff | July 9, 2012

NIU men’s soccer’s schedule highlights a plethora of NCAA tournament as well as conference champions from last year. They will face five teams that were in the NCAA tournament last season, three of which finished in the top-10, as well as six conference...

No. 3 Story of the year: Men's soccer wins MAC Championship

No. 3 Story of the year: Men’s soccer wins MAC Championship

By Brian Thomas | May 2, 2012

NIU men’s soccer accomplished something that it had only done twice in school history: winning the MAC Championship. The Huskies (15-6-0) went through the MAC tournament and earned a pair of 1-0 victories - over Buffalo in the first round and Western...

No. 4 for top 10 NIU athletes: Jordan Godsey

By Brian Thomas | May 1, 2012

Jordan Godsey of NIU men’s soccer is no stranger to the Northern Star’s top 10 athletes of the year, as he has made the cut in each of his three seasons. He continues to move up in the rankings, as he earned the No. 10 his freshman year, and jumped...

Men’s soccer trying to find identity

By Brian Thomas | April 3, 2012

After winning the MAC championship and advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament, NIU men’s soccer is in the midst of its spring season. The Huskies have played three games so far, two of them coming against conference champions from last...

Courtesy of NIU Media Services

Bergseth has a helping hand in recruiting for NIU

By Brian Thomas | February 20, 2012

The trend of Norwegian athletes coming to play at NIU began in 1982 when NIU men's soccer recruited Johan Bergseth.Bergseth is a Norway native. In 1981 Bergseth transferred to Forest View High School in Arlington Heights as an senior foreign exchange...

Mitchell Johnson (left), 13, and Bud Weinstock, 66, of Sycamore,
pose for a picture with NIU championship trophies before the men's
basketball game Wednesday night at the Convocation Center. NIU
Media Services took pictures of the fans and later posted them
online for fans to download.

Fans celebrate NIU fall sports season

By James Cantagallo | February 19, 2012

Fans of all ages came out to celebrate one the most successful NIU fall sports season in recent history Wednesday prior to the men's basketball game at the Convocation Center.The football teams' MAC Championship and GoDaddy.com Bowl trophies were on display....

Members of the NIU men's rugby team enter into a scrum against
UIC last fall.

Rugby gears up for Division II tournament

By Ed Rietveld | February 5, 2012

The long winter hibernation for NIU's men's rugby program is slowly coming to an end.The Huskies are practicing four days a week at the Chick Evans Fieldhouse in preparation for their spring season. It will culminate in the programs first ever trip to...

Jerry Burnes | Northern Star NIU's Sean Totsch slides in front
of the net while scoring the game-winning goal of Thursday's NCAA
Tournament matchup against Western Illinois. The goal, which put
the Huskies up 1-0, came 19:46 into the first half.

Huskies roll Leathernecks in NCAA Tournament

By Brian Thomas | November 17, 2011

For the second time in school history, NIU men's soccer advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Huskies shutout Western Illinois 3-0 at the NIU Soccer Complex. With the Huskies (15-5-0) win over the Leathernecks, (13-7-1) they also tied...

Men’s soccer hosts opening round NCAA tournament against Leathernecks

By Brian Thomas | November 16, 2011

Today will mark only the second time in school history that NIU men's soccer will host an opening round NCAA tournament game at the NIU soccer complex. The Huskies (14-5-0) are looking to defend their home field, which they were 4-1 on during regular...

Huskies to host Western Illinois in NCAA Tourney

By Brian Thomas | November 16, 2011

Gathered at Fatty's Pub & Grille Monday, NIU men's soccer watched the NCAA tournament selection show with anticipation as to who it would draw as its first round opponent.To their excitement, the Huskies (14-5-0) drew Western Illinois in the first...

Huskies look to rebound against Broncos

By Brian Thomas | October 18, 2011

NIU men’s soccer begins its two game homestand starting this afternoon, when it hosts MAC opponent Western Michigan. The Huskies (8-4-0, 0-2-0 MAC) are coming off back-to-back losses to Akron and, most recently, Northwestern, losing 2-0 in both matches....

Paul Hogan (6) fights for possession in a game earlier this
season.

Huskies going on the offensive

By Brian Thomas | September 27, 2011

DeKALB | NIU men's soccer has a much different look to it this year than in previous seasons.It isn't the appearance in its shoes or jerseys: It's the Huskies' style of play.The Huskies, known for their strong defensive play, shifted philosophy this year...

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