It’s sweet to repeat for the NIU women’s golf team. Solid performances from the sister act of Jackie and Lisa Bailey led NIU to a repeat championship at the Western Illinois Invite. Lisa’s 155 equaled the best total score in the two-round tournament,...

Top 5 sports stories of the 2004-2005 school year ... as voted on by the Northern Star sports staff. With many big events throughout the school year, many notable stories were left off the list. Lobdell spikes kills record: Senior outside hitter Tera...

After compiling a 22-match win streak and a 31-4 record, NIU men’s tennis player Willy Gali capped his senior campaign by winning MAC Player of the Year on Tuesday. A senior, Gali became the first NIU player to win the player of the year award. The...

The script was familiar, but NIU men’s tennis could not change the ending as Ball State eliminated the Huskies in a rematch of last year’s MAC semifinal. One year earlier, the Huskies defeated the Cardinals for the first time in 30 years with a 4-3...

History repeats itself today as the NIU men’s tennis team will take on Ball Sate in the MAC championship semifinal for the second straight year. The No. 4 seed Huskies (13-9) secured a 4-1 victory Thursday over No. 5 seed Toledo (8-14) to set up the...

With both of his teams traveling to this weekend’s MAC championships, NIU tennis coach Pontus Hiort is a busy man. The second-year head coach will simultaneously guide the men’s team at Western Michigan in Kalamazoo, Mich. and the women’s team at...

In its final regular season matches of the year, the NIU men's tennis team split the weekend as senior Willy Gali extended his winning streak to 20 matches. The Huskies (12-9 overall, 2-3 MAC) dropped a 5-2 decision Saturday at Ball State (18-8, 5-0)...

After splitting a pair of matches against MAC opponents over the weekend, NIU’s Chrissy Svetlic was named MAC Player of the Week on Tuesday. Over the past week, Svetlic won all four of her singles and doubles matches. "She’s playing rather high in...

A pair of four-hour marathon matches sent the seniors out in style as the NIU women’s tennis team split its final home matches this weekend. Seniors Cassie Drake, Ivonne Andrade and Daniela Martinez played in the final home contests of their careers...

After breaking into the win column in MAC play last weekend, NIU women’s tennis will finish its home schedule with a pair of conference matches this weekend. The Huskies (5-7 overall, 1-4 MAC) begin the homestand at 1 p.m. today versus Ball State at...

Like Guns ’N Roses said, "It’s hard to hold a candle in the cold November rain." But as NIU baseball and tennis found out Tuesday, it’s even harder to play a game in April showers. Persistent afternoon rain forced the cancellation of the NIU baseball...

Women’s tennis The NIU women’s tennis team comes home today for a non-conference match against DePaul at 1 p.m. at the West Campus Courts. The Huskies (5-7 overall, 1-4 MAC) broke a four-match losing streak and won their first MAC match of the year...