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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

NIU scores MAC awards

By Sean Connor | November 15, 2004

Despite a first-round loss in the MAC tournament, the NIU men’s soccer team received two of the three major postseason awards Saturday. The Huskies also had six All-MAC performers for the first time since joining the MAC in 1997. NIU marked nine more...

After slow start, NIU men’s soccer sees a season of change

By Sean Connor | November 11, 2004

The season began with a 1-3 start. Senior captain Andy Champion of the NIU men’s soccer team said he thought it was going to be the same thing as the last three years all over again. Champion had suffered through the past three seasons, where NIU won...

Huskies done in one

By Sean Connor | November 8, 2004

For the fifth year in a row, the NIU men’s soccer team lost in the first round of the MAC tournament. NIU fell 2-1 Friday to Buffalo at the Western Michigan University Soccer Complex. The Huskies finished the season with a 12-7 mark, the fourth best...

Men’s soccer begins MAC championship vs. No. 6-seed Buffalo

By Sean Connor | November 5, 2004

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...

Winning comes in short supply at NIU

By Frank Rusnak and Gerold Shelton | November 4, 2004

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 lifts NIU to win over DePaul

By Sean Connor | October 28, 2004

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...

Men’s soccer hosts DePaul to end regular season

By Sean Connor | October 27, 2004

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...

Men’s soccer loses game, MAC title

By Sean Connor | October 25, 2004

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...

Men’s soccer team one win away

By Sean Connor | October 22, 2004

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...

Test passed: Men’s soccer wins again

By Sean Connor | October 18, 2004

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...

Huskies try to remain atop the MAC

By Sean Connor | October 15, 2004

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...

Basketball to host “Madness”

By Bob Grant | October 12, 2004

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....

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