Kirk Mango remembers the feeling like it was yesterday. He was standing in the middle of the Chick Evans Field House. The old basketball arena was crowded. Fans spilled out of the bleachers onto the floor. Those who showed up on time didn't have a seat,...

Men's and women's soccer teams play on the same pitch, tennis plays on the same court and basketball on the same slab of hardwood. Call me crazy, but if there were a professional women's football league - here's looking to you, Vince McMahon -I'm pretty...

It's not often the MAC produces Major League Soccer players. Most either transfer to European leagues or hang up their jerseys after college. But for one MAC soccer star, the story was different. The University of Akron's Steve Zakuani will stay in the...

NIU football wasn't the only team to announce its 2009 recruiting class Wednesday afternoon. Before NIU head football coach Jerry Kill took the podium, NIU men's soccer head coach Steve Simmons sat inside the McCareins Auditorium at the Yordon Center...

Looking back at the 2008 NIU men's soccer season, many things changed with the installment of a brand new FIFA two star-quality playing surface. The surface came with the all-new Track and Field/Soccer Complex, a technologically savvy draining system...

Ben Gross When I reflect on NIU, there's plenty to be thankful for. But if I had to limit it to one thing, I'm most thankful for the facilities NIU has received over the past year and a half. The Yordon Center, the indoor hitting center and the new Soccer/Track...

After notching quarter-final and semi-finals wins, the NIU men's soccer team dropped the MAC Championship to No. 4 Akron in a 1-0 double-overtime loss. The Zips entered the match ranked No. 4 in the country, owned the third best goals against average...

After beating Bowling Green earlier in the season, the Huskies' mens soccer team were at it again as they took down the Falcons in the first round of the MAC Tournament Thursday morning. The second-seed Huskies placed momentum in their favor to help them...

The first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament begins today for the NIU men's soccer team. The second seeded Huskies will battle first round opponent and seventh seed Bowling Green at 10 a.m. today in Akron, Ohio. Tournament play is held at...

With its last game before the MAC tournament, the NIU men's soccer team made a statement. The Huskies clinched second place in the conference with a 2-1 win over Western Michigan Thursday afternoon. "We played with tremendous energy," said NIU head coach...

Getting closer and closer to its final destination, the NIU men's soccer team will make one last stop in Kalamazoo, Mich. Before the Huskies enter the MAC tournament next week, the team will face Western Michigan in its final regular season game, at 1...

In one of its final tune-ups before the MAC Tournament, the NIU men's soccer team lost to Duke on Sunday by a count of 3-1. Within the first two minutes of the game the Blue Devils posted their first goal when Cole Grossman beat Joe Zimka. Just a mere...