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...
DeKALB– NIU redshirt senior Izzak Olejnik took down No. 10 Ohio State University redshirt junior Carson Kharchla in the 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships en route to being named an All-American.
Olejnik’s status as All-American ranks him as the...
DeKALB – The spring competition season is set for NIU men’s golf with five tournaments, culminating with the Mid-American Conference championship in May. Graduate student Tommy Dunsire will lead the way for the Huskies.
NIU ended the fall season...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 19, 2023
DeKALB – After allowing double-digit runs in six consecutive games, NIU baseball pitching allowed just two runs en route to a 4-2 win over the Miami University RedHawks Sunday in Oxford.
The Huskies (4-15, 1-5 MAC) snapped a seven-game losing streak...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 16, 2023
DeKALB – Seven different pitchers struggled in the Purdue University Boilermakers’ 14-5 thrashing of NIU baseball Tuesday in West Lafayette.
Purdue senior outfielder Jake Jarvis’ seventh-inning grand slam helped the Boilermakers (8-7, 0-0 Big...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 13, 2023
DeKALB – After scoring 10 runs in the first five innings, NIU baseball’s offense disappeared during the late innings of its 16-10 loss to the Kent State University Golden Flashes Sunday.
The Huskies (3-12, 0-3 MAC) dropped their third straight...
DeKALB – NIU baseball (3-11, 0-2 MAC) was defeated by Kent State University (10-4, 2-0 MAC) in a back-and-forth game Saturday by a final score of 12-7.
A five-run eighth inning – highlighted by a three-run home run from junior shortstop Michael...
DeKALB – NIU head coach Thomas Hammock completed his coaching staff with the additions of Darius Eubanks and Cory White to the NIU football coaching staff, Hammock announced Friday.
Eubanks joins the Huskies after coaching college football the...
DeKALB – NIU (3-10, 0-1 MAC) was defeated by Kent State University (9-4, 1-0 MAC) in its first Mid-American Conference game of the season by a score of 12-1.
Redshirt senior pitcher Ben Cruikshank dominated for the Golden Flashes, giving up just...
CLEVELAND – No. 7 seeded NIU men’s basketball fell to No. 2 seeded Kent State University 76-57 in the opening round of the Mid-American Conference tournament in Cleveland.
Kent State shut down NIU’s offense for the entirety of the game, forcing...
DeKALB – NIU redshirt senior Izzak Olejnik brought home the Mid-American Conference (MAC) title for the second year in a row at 165 pounds to earn a spot in the 2023 NCAA Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Olejnik defeated No. 5 seed Central Michigan...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 5, 2023
DeKALB – Two late-inning comebacks weren’t enough for NIU baseball in its doubleheader loss to the Western Kentucky University (WKU) Hilltoppers (9-2) by final scores of 9-8 and 7-5.
Junior infielder Aaron Harper led the way for NIU (1-8) on...
