The NIU soccer team was in good spirits looking back on this past weekend's success. Two conference victories by a combined score of 5-1 made them feel good and sleep easy. "We found some life," said head coach Willy Roy. "We had a good effort". Roy was...

The Huskie soccer team had an extremely successful weekend with two victories—making it three in a row for coach Willy Roy and his men. NIU opened up Friday with a 3-0 victory over Mid-Continent Conference foe Valparaiso and then defeated second-place...

When a team plays poorly and loses, it has to accept it, deal with it and move on. When a team plays good and loses, it leaves them with a feeling of ‘why us.' That is the way the NIU men's soccer team feels right now. At the beginning of the season,...

0-2 is not the way to start out a season. The Green Bay Packers are 0-2, the Seattle Seahawks are 0-2 and the NIU men's soccer team is 0-2. While the Packers and Seahawks are accustomed to starting the season that way, Coach Willy Roy and the Huskies...

The NIU men's soccer team was defeated Thursday in St. Louis largely because of nervousness. On Sunday, mental mistakes were the story in Normal as the Illinois State University Redbirds dealt the Huskies their second consecutive shutout, 4-0. ISU sophomore...

The NIU men's soccer team opened the 1992 season with a 3-1 road loss to St. Louis University last night. Coach Willy Roy said it was a disappointing loss. "We played an excellent team tonight," he added. "They are a better team than us but not three...

The exhibition games are finished but the preseason is not over. Men's soccer coach Willy Roy says his team still has two days to prepare for Thursday's regular-season opener at St. Louis University. Roy was "looking for some kids to step forward" during...

The NIU men's soccer team will wrap up its preseason Saturday afternoon with a doubleheader at Huskie Soccer Field. Game 1 at 3 p.m. will be against the Chicago Sting All-Star Alumni, followed by a 4:30 match-up against the Huskie Alumni. The Huskies...

The NIU Athletic Board meets today to hear the recommendation of Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell to cut the field hockey program. 0'Dell is expected to ask at the 1 p.m. meeting at the Holmes Student Center for the field hockey program's replacement with...

NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell met with members of the field hockey program yesterday to inform them that he is recommending the program be dropped. "We will meet with the Executive Committee of the Athletic Board to make a recommendation to them...

NIU students may be facing another new ticket policy for men's home basketball games in the very near future. The Long-Range Planning Committee of the Athletic Board is currently working on a plan that would allow students to acquire tickets for all men's...

The NIU men's tennis team received a tremendous boost this year with the addition of freshman Marty Engel. Engel is playing in the No. 1 flight against the best the other schools have to offer. And he is beating them. Engel is 5-0 with two tournament...