DeKALB – NIU baseball (5-22) dropped its fifth consecutive game after a 6-3 loss to the University of Illinois Chicago Flames (11-13) Tuesday. Despite nine total runs scored, both teams squandered multiple scoring opportunities, combining to leave 18...
DeKALB – NIU men’s tennis dropped its Sunday match 5-2 against the University at Buffalo. The Bulls controlled the whole match against the Huskies and snapped NIU’s 15-game first-double match winning streak.
The Huskies drop to 12-7 on the season...
DeKALB – NIU baseball (5-21, 2-7 MAC) dropped the final game of a three-game series against the Xavier University Musketeers (16-12) 3-2 Sunday. The Musketeers earned their sixth consecutive win en route to a series sweep over the Huskies.
The...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| April 1, 2023
DeKALB – Junior pitcher Jacob Wilde’s solid start was spoiled thanks to a six-run sixth inning by Xavier University, who downed NIU baseball 9-4 in game two of a three-game weekend series.
Xavier (15-12, 0-0 Big East) secured a series win over...
DeKALB – NIU men’s tennis won four out of the six singles matches and two out of the three doubles matches en route to a 5-2 win over the Binghamton University Bearcats Friday.
The Huskies improved to 12-6 on the season and 2-0 in Mid-American...
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...
By Joseph Segreti, Senior Sports Reporter
| March 28, 2023
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...
By Joseph Segreti, Senior Sports Reporter
| March 27, 2023
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...
