In four years, students here can earn a degree, but also can leave a lasting impression as athletes. Sunday marked the culmination of the careers of three NIU players, Jen VonderHaar, Rena Widboom and Tenisha Wilkins, who will graduate with their names...

It didn’t take long for the women’s basketball team to score its first basket of the game on Saturday. In fact, it didn’t take any time at all. Jennifer Youngblood made a free throw after the visiting Gee’s Clippers were assessed a technical foul...

After focusing on post players in last year’s recruiting class, the NIU basketball team signed two combo guards. Naperville Central’s Ryan Paradise and Evanston’s Michael McKinney signed national letters of intent on Wednesday. "We’re real happy...

The road isn’t paved with gold for the NIU women’s basketball team. At least not yet. The Huskies did many things well in their 70-59 exhibition win over the Chicago Challengers on Nov. 8, but coach Carol Hammerle knows there’s room for improvement....

With a 5-9 conference record, the NIU volleyball team still has a splinter of a chance to get into the MAC tournament. "We’re looking to go 4-0 or 3-1 in our last four games," coach Ray Gooden said. "If we go 3-1, we have a really good chance to get...

You’ve all been wondering, the suspense has been cut and the answer is here: ThunderStix will be back! You asked for them and they are coming back, and this time maybe twice as many. The first 5,000 fans at the football game against Toledo Nov. 23 will...

Being a leader by example isn’t always the easiest thing to do. If you don’t believe that, talk to sophomore outside hitter Tera Lobdell. "I say things when they need to be said," Lobdell said." I think it is more important to lead by example because...

NIU men’s basketball coach Rob Judson was looking for his team to show improvement from last Tuesday, and it responded by beating the NBC Thunder 98-66. "We took steps forward tonight from our first exhibition game," Judson said. "Our transition defense...

The sky was the limit a season ago. Excitement was inevitable with the volleyball team last year just like it is with the football squad this year. Oh, but how things can change in a flash. A year after winning the MAC outright, the volleyball team is...

In its second exhibition game of the season, the NIU men’s basketball team will take on the NBC Thunder at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday at the Convocation Center. The Thunder, sponsored by Northwest Basketball Camps, defeated Eastern Illinois on Monday by a score...

The last game of the season for the NIU men’s soccer team symbolized exactly the way the season went for a youthful Huskie squad. NIU scored the first goal Friday in a loss to Marshall in the first round of the MAC championship tournament. This season...

Four votes. Doesn’t sound like much until it is put into perspective. This week NIU’s football team received four votes in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll. The votes received by the poll are the first votes since 1989 when the Huskies finished 9-2...