Friday's 3-1 women's soccer loss to Illinois was the end for the seniors. They are a special group to assistant coach Joe McCauley. Becca Bleyer, Sarah Dickinson, Megan Anderson, Katy Boll and Maria Flores came to NIU in 1998, the same year McCauley did....

The NIU wrestling team will be without senior Alexis Rivera for at least the first two weeks of the upcoming season. Rivera broke the fourth metacarpal bone in his right hand during wrestling practice last month when he attempted a shot-in and his opponent...

Lost in the shuffle of NIU's 40-17 win over Eastern Michigan was the return of injured running back Michael Turner. After missing last week's game with an ankle injury, Turner returned to lead the Huskies in rushing and turned in a solid overall performance....

Sports Reporter You can teach technique. You can teach endurance. You can teach speed. You can't teach depth. In Saturday's meet with Ball State and hosts Miami, Ohio, the NIU swim teams were hurt by something they could do nothing about. "We don't have...

After the NIU volleyball team's Friday victory over Ball State, one of the Mid-American Conference's powerhouses, coach Todd Kress and athletic director Cary Groth knew it was a great victory for the program. "It was a big win," said Kress. "I don't want...

There is nothing that can be done to take this away from them. This year's volleyball team is permanently engraved into the NIU record books. Tieing the 1992 and ‘93 team records for the longest win-streak of all time, the 2001 Huskies have accumulated,...

Sports Reporter It is said that offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships. Since the Huskies did not sell many tickets or win any championships in Saturday's 40-17 win over Eastern Michigan, the credit must go to the special teams. "We got...

As the newly ranked number-seven team in the Mideast Region, the NIU volleyball team enters a challenging weekend against two of its conference rivals. Facing Ball State (16-6, 12-2) on Friday at 7 p.m. and Western Michigan (12-8, 7-6) on Saturday at...

Using its exhibition game on Thursday night to its advantage, NIU found out it had a lot to work on. Preseason games are used as a measuring stick to see where teams stand, and what needs to improve. NIU got its first glance at Odyssey last night, and...

The NIU hockey club will welcome non-conference opponent Northwestern University to the Carlson Ice Arena in Rockford this Friday for a game coach Bill Thorn hopes will end in a victory. The team has learned a lot from its 5-4 loss to the University of...

Chick Evans Field House was the site of an exhibition basketball game Thursday night. That was one of the few positives the NIU women's basketball team could take away from its performance as it dropped a 57-43 decision to the Odyssey. It was a tale of...

NIU senior soccer player Becca Bleyer says today will be an emotional day for her and the five other seniors as they play the University of Illinois in the final game of the season. Bleyer says the seniors have been cherishing everything during their...