After trailing early 1-0, Drew Jeskey scored back-to-back goals for the Huskies as NIU came away with a 4-2 victory over Florida Atlantic. No. 24 NIU (6-1-2) added two goals after FAU tied it at 2-2. The Huskies overwhelmed FAU with 35 shots compared...

With a big win over former No. 2 SMU, NIU found itself in the national rankings for the fourth straight year. And for the first time since grabbing the new spot, the No. 24 Huskies (5-1-2 overall, 0-0 MAC) are ready to defend their ranking. The team heads...

Balancing schoolwork and college athletics is hard enough. Adding a marriage into the mix may seem impossible. But for men's soccer player Jason Guehler, nothing is impossible. Guehler juggles the role of a college soccer athlete along with the role of...

Soccer is a failure in the U.S. and there needs to be a change. The popularity of soccer in the U.S. comes down to these things: our country's youth involvement, our country's perception of soccer and the success of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the men's...

It's easy for a pro athlete to forget where he came from once he becomes successful. But Detroit Pistons guard Chauncey Billups, 2004 NBA Finals MVP and three-time all-star, has not forgotten his roots, and took time to visit his former college basketball...

It's been a decade since the men's soccer team has opened the season undefeated after six games. In the Huskies' 1998 season, the team went 6-0-1 before losing their first match. The 2008 team is after its best start in ten years, owning a 4-0-2 record...

Soccer is widely suggested to be the world's favorite sport. With athleticism, strategy and team work, most countries embrace the competition of the sport. Similarly, NIU men's soccer head coach Steve Simmons understands the talent that exists world-wide....

NIU men's soccer goalkeeper Joe Zimka was named to the Top Drawer Soccer Men's College Team of the Week for his performance at the NIU/adidas Invitational over the weekend, according to a news release. "Joe has won that accolade before, the difference...

An undefeated streak went unbroken at the NIU/Adidas Invitational this weekend. The NIU men's soccer team took second in its tournament behind Northwestern, after beating Xavier in a 4-0 match, and then ending in a 1-1 draw with Eastern Illinois. The...

A winning record will be on the line this weekend as the NIU men's soccer team hosts the NIU/Adidas Invitational. The tournament features NIU, Xavier, Eastern Illinois and No. 14 Northwestern at the new soccer complex west of the NIU football field. Northwestern...

I'm not going to lie: When I was assigned to cover women's soccer last fall, I made an unpleasant face. No offense to the men's and women's soccer teams, but I just had no interest in the sport. But I found there's no reason for me to dislike the sport...

As the final stages of the new Track and Field/Soccer Complex are in progress, the NIU women's track and field team come closer to having a facility to call its own. "The entire team is very grateful to NIU, the athletic department and President Peters...