For some teams, the second best record in school history would be a good enough reason to be complacent. Fortunately, the men's swimming team is still striving for new goals this season. Coming off a 12-3 mark last year, third-year coach Anne Marie Stricklin...

Battered, bruised, cut and sore, the NIU football team is by no means at full strength heading into Saturday's game at Kent State. "We are a little beat up," said NIU coach Joe Novak. "We've got some injuries, and we've got some players out, but it's...

NIU women's soccer coach Frank Horvat knows that his team is running out of chances to qualify for the postseason. "We don't have any more time for letdowns or a lack of finishing all our effort," he said. The ninth-year coach said all along the team...

Sports Reporter September 22. Remember that day? I do. September 22 was the last time NIU won a football game. Back-to-back losses to Marshall and Toledo have put the Huskies below .500 for the first time since a 31-14 defeat at the hands of Auburn on...

According to Webster's Dictionary, someone who is positive is one who expresses clearly, certainly or with complete clarity. In layman's terms, the definition could be used to describe Allison Beam. The senior from Lafayette, Ind. uses "positive" to describe...

Golf is a funny game. After the first round of the Bradley Fall Classic, the NIU men's golf team found itself in fourth place. Just a few short hours later the Huskies had fallen to 10th place after shooting the third-worst score of the second round....

It's going to be a long trip. These were the words senior Carrie Blankenship used to describe the NIU volleyball team's bus ride to its Ohio and Marshall matches this weekend, instead of the scheduled flight. Because of the Sept. 11 attacks, people around...

In an era of increased specialization in the athletic world, Kris Tiedt is going against the trend. The senior student-athlete is pulling double duty this semester as she plays for the women's tennis and soccer teams. Tiedt is quick to state the obvious....

Second — again. Monday's final round at Whisper Creek marked the second straight year the NIU women's golf team came up short at their own tournament. This year's event proved especially heartbreaking for the Huskies. Coming off a first round 328, the...

The NIU women's soccer team flew to New York for its game last Friday against the University of Buffalo, making it the first NIU team to fly since the Sept. 11 attacks. The Huskies had reservations to fly to Ohio for games against opponents Akron and...

NIU women's soccer coach Frank Horvat has said many times this season that his team is playing well but not finishing its scoring chances. After two more losses over the weekend to Buffalo 2-1 and Eastern Michigan 2-0, his feelings still are the same....

Pure domination is what NIU men's rugby president John Colangelo used to describe the team's 35-5 win over Northwestern on Saturday. NIU defeated Northwestern with scores from Doug Kluth, Pete Pietruszewski, Dave McClain and Jim Seloover. Colangelo feels...