Stumbling out of the blocks in conference play, the NIU volleyball team now needs to pick up its play at this crucial juncture in the season, going on the road to face Kent State on Friday and Toledo on Saturday. "We are in a critical part of our season...

NIU women's soccer coach Frank Horvat says his team is playing the best soccer of the season so far despite its current record. The Huskies (1-7-1, 1-4 in MAC) will try to turn things around when they begin the second half of their season Friday at Buffalo....

Success breeds confidence, and the NIU women's tennis team certainly is not lacking in the latter. After winning all 27 matches in last weekend's Huskie Fall Invitational, the Huskies are riding high. They travel to Macomb today to take on Western Illinois....

Joe Novak would love to see the stands filled this weekend. The NIU football team faces Marshall this Saturday and Novak thinks this is the weekend Huskie Stadium should be filled to capacity and give the Huskies the advantage over the Thundering Herd...

With the NIU volleyball team experiencing success on the court the past few years, coach Todd Kress feels that the Huskies could be at the level of a Big Ten program very soon. Returning all but one player from a 24-9 team that finished third in the Mid-American...

NIU women's rugby President Fran Campobasso knows that this weekend's game against Northwestern will definitely be the team's biggest test this season. The undefeated women's rugby team (3-0) will play Northwestern Saturday, who in Campobasso's opinion,...

Senior finance major Mike Love got on top of things yesterday afternoon as he signed up for intramural flag football. "I do it 'cause I'm Greek," said Love. "I have a good time and always have fun playing. I have participated in flag football, volleyball,...

Individual awards and team accomplishments are both, undoubtedly, good things. But there is no question which one is at the forefront of the NIU volleyball team's mind. "We're really not worried about individual goals, and our kids aren't either," volleyball...

All season NIU women's tennis coach Laura Scott maintained her team had the ability to sweep its home tournament. Scott's thoughts seemed prophetic after the dust settled on this past weekend's Huskie Fall Invitational. The Huskies swept all 19 singles...

Sometimes practice does make perfect. Maybe not perfect, but after a strong week of practice, the NIU men's tennis team made an impressive showing at the Western Michigan Invitational over the weekend. The Huskies defeated Illinois State and DePaul Saturday...

The NIU men's club hockey team went into Michigan this weekend and escaped with two hard fought games and a 0-1-1 record. On Friday night the Huskies fell 7-4 against Midwest-power Grand Rapids State, in a game where goalie J.P. Michaels faced 58 shots....

The NIU women's soccer team scored first in its games against Bowling Green State and Toledo this weekend. But the Huskies couldn't win either game against the Falcons and Rockets rallied for wins. On Friday against BGS, the Huskies (1-7-1, 1-4 MAC) scored...