A new season begins this weekend for the NIU men’s soccer team at the MAC tournament. The No. 3 seeded Huskies (12-6 overall, 4-2 MAC) play at 8 a.m. today against No. 6 Buffalo at tourney host Western Michigan. WMU is hosting the quarterfinals and...

Part 1 of a two-part series In 51 chances over the past three seasons, NIU intercollegiate sports teams have won only one Mid-American Conference team title. During those three years, 11 of NIU’s 17 athletic teams averaged below a .500 record despite...

Freshman Curt Zastrow tallied the NIU men’s soccer team’s first goal of the regular season and on Wednesday, scored its last in a 1-0 win over DePaul. At Huskie Soccer Field, Zastrow collected his team-leading eighth goal for the Huskies (12-6) at...

They have as many wins this season as the past three seasons combined. However, the NIU men’s soccer team fell short of its goal to win the MAC regular-season title in Sunday’s loss to Akron. But before the MAC tournament begins, the Huskies (11-6...

Cars flooded the tree line of Stadium Drive West on Sunday afternoon at Huskie Soccer Field. Of a season-high 436 fans to watch the NIU men’s soccer team face Akron for the MAC regular season title, the first 100 were given ThunderStix. With NIU (11-6...

Senior Andy Champion, of the NIU men’s soccer team, agreed that coaches don’t like when their players look past a game. However, at 1 p.m. Sunday at Huskie Soccer Field, the Huskies (11-4 overall, 4-1 MAC) host Akron and will get their first shot...

NIU men’s soccer coach Steve Simmons said his team hasn’t been tested or proven it’s a force to be reckoned with. Simmons wanted his team to understand that after beating Kentucky Oct. 10 to take first place in the MAC, it’s common for teams to...

Winning streaks and timely goals have brought the NIU men’s soccer team to first place in the MAC. With its best record since 1999, NIU (9-4 overall, 3-0-1 MAC) will host Valparaiso at noon today at Huskie Soccer Field before taking a nine-hour bus...

The first NIU men’s basketball “Midnight Madness” will take place at 11:45 p.m. on Oct. 15 at the Convocation Center’s Victor E. Court. In this free event, students will be able to meet the Huskies players, win prizes and see a team scrimmage....

Fraser Gibson’s fifth goal of the season gave the NIU men’s soccer team a 1-0 win Sunday over Kentucky, tying with UK atop the MAC. Gibson’s goal was his third of the weekend after the freshman scored twice in the Huskies 6-3 victory Friday over...

After having its six-game winning streak ended Sunday by Marshall, the NIU men’s soccer team will play the first and last place teams in the MAC this weekend. At noon today at Huskie Soccer Field, the Huskies host MAC bottom-feeder Bowling Green (0-12...

After two years and $2.3 million in renovations, intramural indoor soccer finally has a new home - the Chick Evans Field House. Before renovations, the field house was home to the NIU men’s basketball team. Now all NIU students can utilize the fieldhouse...