DeKALB – NIU baseball’s cold bats persisted as they could only muster one run in the final game of the opening season series against the Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles.
The Huskies could not find their first win in the weekend series against...
By Kumail Razvi, Sports Reporter
| February 19, 2023
DeKALB – The NIU men’s tennis team went up against the Youngstown State University Penguins at home. The Huskies beat the Penguins with a final score of 5-2.
The Huskies (5-3, 0-0 MAC) are yet to lose a match at home this spring and extended...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 19, 2023
FEB. 17
DeKALB – Oral Roberts University dismantled NIU 16-2 in the season opener, fueled by a three-home run performance from redshirt senior shortstop Mac McCroskey Friday. McCroskey finished his monster day 3-for-6 with three home runs and six...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 15, 2023
DeKALB - Ball State University took down NIU men’s basketball Tuesday 87-77, snapping the Huskies four game road win streak. The Cardinals completed a season-series sweep of the shorthanded Huskies, led by a dominant performance from sophomore center...
DeKALB – An electric home dual environment wasn’t enough to push the NIU Huskies past the No.13 Northwestern University Wildcats.
NIU redshirt freshman Blake West got fans fired up at the Convocation Center after defeating Northwestern redshirt...
DeKALB – NIU men's basketball (11-14, 7-5 MAC) defeated Western Michigan University (6-18, 2-9 MAC) Saturday in a convincing fashion, winning 81-53.
The game started slow for the Huskies, falling down 15-6 within the first couple of minutes of play,...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 8, 2023
DeKALB – Home struggles continued for NIU men’s basketball as Ohio University took down the Huskies Tuesday night 82-76. The Bobcats handed the Huskies their third loss in their past four home games.
Coming into the game, NIU was 3-4 at home...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| December 27, 2022
Eight months after tearing his ACL during a pre-draft workout, former NIU running back Clint Ratkovich has found his first NFL home: The Atlanta Falcons.
By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
| December 23, 2022
NIU junior guard Keshawn Williams tied his career-high 32 points in a 67-57 upset victory over Indiana State University in Thursday’s afternoon matchup.
The Huskies went into Thursday’s game with a record of 3-9, the worst record in the Mid-American...
DeKALB – NIU men’s basketball (3-8) fell to the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams (8-4) on Saturday in a 90-63 rout in the Huskies’ final game of an eight-game road trip.
Junior guard Keshawn Williams and sophomore guard Zarique Nutter were...
By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
| December 13, 2022
The NIU men’s basketball team was defeated by No. 15 Gonzaga University 88-67 on Monday in its first ever meeting with the Bulldogs. Gonzaga extended its home winning streak to 71 games, the longest active home winning streak in the NCAA.
A backdoor...
