Steve Rodecap hopes his NIU men's tennis team can bounce back today from its disappointing loss to Bowling Green. The Huskies (11-10) are coming off a weekend that saw a split, 1-1, in their two games. NIU defeated Toledo 5-2 on Friday but lost to Bowling...

The weekend was not a kind one to the NIU baseball team. After coming with a six-game winning streak, the longest since NIU brought the program back in 1991, the Huskies went 1-3 against Western Michigan in a four-game series. The Huskies (17-17 overall,...

The weekend brought mixed results for the NIU men's tennis team as the Huskies went 1-1. Players sought revenge against Toledo on Friday and got it, defeating the Rockets 5-2. The win was the Huskies' second straight. NIU (11-10 overall, 1-3 Mid-American...

NIU softball coach Donna Martin said her ace hurler Courtney Witvliet didn't quite pitch at the top of her game at Buffalo this past weekend. Perhaps that's just a coach being the harshest critic, because even Witvliet playing not quite at 100 percent...

The NIU men's basketball team lost one of its assistant coaching candidates Wednesday as Wayne McClain took the same job at the University of Illinois. McClain, the coach at Peoria Manuel High School, will take over the Illini coaching job left by new...

Even though the NIU baseball team is over .500 and playing well right now, coach Dave Schrage believes the team won't get respect until it proves it can win in conference. This weekend, the Huskies travel to Western Michigan for a four-game series. They...

When is the Mid-American Conference going to get some respect? Is it going to be when the MAC has a team ranked in the Top 25? Will it happen when a MAC basketball program beats a big-name team? Oh, wait, those things already happened. The Toledo football...

Favorable weather this weekend means the NIU women's tennis team will have its first outdoor home match of the season. The team plays the University of New York at Buffalo at 1 p.m. Friday and the University of Akron at 1 p.m. Saturday. If it rains, the...

NIU football coach Joe Novak doesn't really mind that his team has to wrap up spring practice at the DeKalb Recreation Center. True, finishing the last two of 15 allotted practices away from Huskie Stadium means there won't be the traditional scrimmage...

NIU basketball coach Rob Judson never thought he was securing his first recruiting contacts when he was a third-grader. But when Judson received a signed letter of intent from Gordon Tech High School's 6-foot-6 point guard Julian McElroy on Wednesday,...

The days of spring dominance have ended. NIU's two-time defending Mid-American Conference champion softball team no longer controls the conference. But senior pitcher Courtney Witvliet continues to strike out batters and play with the same competitive...

Huskies first baseman Brent Coyner can't believe he's part of something no NIU baseball team has enjoyed since the program was brought back in 1991. After the Huskies beat Mt. St. Clare 7-0 Tuesday, they extended their winning streak to a record six games....