By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 31, 2023
DeKALB – A five-run first inning gave Xavier University all the offense it needed in its three-game series-opening victory over NIU baseball Friday by a final score of 8-3.
The Huskies (5-19, 2-7 MAC) have now lost four of their last five games...
DeKALB – Seven players from the NIU wrestling team were announced on Tuesday to be on the Mid-American Conference All-Academic team.
Student-athletes must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50% of the contests scheduled...
DeKALB – NIU baseball lost a high-scoring contest against Northwestern University by a score of 15-11, giving Northwestern its second win of the season.
Northwestern came into the matchup against the Huskies with a record of 1-17.
NIU’s...
DeKALB – NIU senior guard Darweshi Hunter and redshirt senior forward Anthony Crump have entered the transfer portal. Hunter entered the portal Thursday and Crump entered Monday.
Hunter and Crump are two of three NIU players to enter the transfer...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 27, 2023
DeKALB – Redshirt senior wrestler Izzak Olejnik announced that he is entering the transfer portal via his Twitter Monday.
Olejnik is fresh off his second straight Mid-American Conference Championship at 165 pounds. He also finished in eighth place...
DeKALB – The NIU football team wrapped up its first week of spring drills with a full pad practice Sunday at the Chessick Practice Center.
NIU’s defensive line group, consisting of senior defensive lineman James Ester and junior defensive end...
DeKALB– Freshman Ian Bruchhauser earned his first Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week award with a second place finish at the Missouri State Intercollegiate. Bruchhauser’s performance led to NIU finishing third in the first tournament of the...
DeKALB – NIU men’s tennis took two out of the three doubles matches, but dropped its matchup with Western Michigan University (WMU) by a final score of 4-3.
The match with WMU Saturday was the 14th time this season that the Huskies took the first...
DeKALB – NIU baseball (5-17, 2-7 MAC) split the final two games of the three-game series against the Ohio University Bobcats (7-14, 5-4 MAC) Sunday. The Huskies lost game one 16-12 and won game two 11-1.
Pitching struggles cost the Huskies game...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 24, 2023
DeKALB – A bad start cost NIU baseball at Ralph McKinzie Field Friday, as the Ohio University Bobcats spoiled opening day by downing the Huskies by a final score of 11-2.
The Huskies (4-16, 1-6 MAC) gave up double-digit runs for the seventh time...
DeKALB – NIU sophomore guard David Coit was selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 14 Second Team on March 14, according to a press release from NIU Athletics. All-District Honors are voted on by NABC member coaches...
DeKALB – A second place finish from freshman Ian Bruchhauser led the Huskies to a top-three team finish in NIU men’s golf first tournament of the spring competition season in Springfield, Missouri at the Missouri State Intercollegiate.
Bruchhauser...
