Despite Willy Gali’s 16th straight victory, the NIU men’s tennis team came up short as defending MAC champion Western Michigan defeated the Huskies 6-1 on Saturday in DeKalb. In a rematch of last year’s conference final, NIU (9-8 overall, 0-2 MAC)...

In a rematch of last year’s MAC championship, the NIU men’s tennis team will try to exact revenge against Western Michigan in the season’s final home match. When NIU takes on the Broncos at 1 p.m. Saturday, it will be NIU’s first and only home...

The Huskies (9-7 overall, 0-1 MAC) won the doubles point but couldn’t hang on to the lead and dropped a 4-3 decision to the Bulls (6-8, 2-2) on Saturday. "This is a very disappointing loss," NIU head coach Pontus Hiort said. "They had a lot of energy...

A season after coming within one set of reaching the NCAA tournament, the NIU men’s tennis team returns to MAC play against Buffalo this weekend. The Huskies (9-6 overall, 0-0 MAC) will visit the Bulls (5-7, 1-1) at 1 p.m. Saturday for their first conference...

The NIU men’s tennis team kept up its winning ways at home with its 5-2 win over Valparaiso on Friday. The Huskies (9-6) won four of six singles matches to improve to 4-0 at their home-away-from-home in Rockford. Seniors Willy Gali and Erick Martinez...

In his second season as NIU gymnastics coach, Mark Sontag was excited about the idea of hosting the MAC championship in DeKalb. But that year, 2001, the MAC opted to rearrange the MAC championship hosting schedule, forcing Sontag to wait. Four years later,...

Junior college transfer Cory Sims was announced as the NIU men’s basketball team’s most valuable player at Monday night’s end of season banquet. The 6-foot-1 guard was third on the team in scoring (9.6 ppg) and first in assists (4.75 apg) while...

After winning the Sycamore Classic on Sunday, the NIU softball team earned a MAC Player of the Week award for the second week in a row. On Monday, first baseman Toni Del Toro and pitcher Lindsey LaChiana were named the MAC West Player and Pitcher of the...

After missing almost all of the 2004 season because of injury, NIU slugger Mike Santoro is back in a big way. The senior outfielder hit three home runs in the Huskies’ season opening series at Texas Tech and on Monday was named the MAC West Division...

The NIU men’s tennis team should think twice next year when scheduling matches outside Illinois. Over the weekend the Huskies defeated a pair of Illinois schools to improve their record against in-state opponents to 4-0 on the season. On Friday, the...

NIU’s Lindsay Chamberlain and Alicja Czajka broke a pair of NIU records, but the women’s track team finished fifth of five teams Sunday at the Chippewa Invitational. The Huskies finished with a 95, well behind host and champion Central Michigan, who...

A special edition of the "Coaches Corner" radio show with football coach Joe Novak will be held (correction) Thursday at the Blackhawk Food Court at NIU’s Holmes Student Center. The show will air at 12:15 p.m. on WLBK 1360 AM and focus mainly on the...