NIU women’s basketball fans might be in for a change this season. The Huskies displayed an uptempo offense on Friday in a 70-59 exhibition win over the Chicago Challengers at the Convocation Center. The sight of the Huskies running up and down the court...

Chances for the NIU volleyball team to defend its MAC title are getting slimmer by the day. NIU dropped another pair of conference matches this weekend to Akron and Kent State. The losses dropped the Huskies to 12-14 overall and more importantly 5-9 within...

For the third year in a row, the NIU men’s soccer team lost in the first round of the MAC championship tournament. Bernhard Hagevik continued to add to his collection of goals when he beat Marshall’s Jeremy Williams one minute and 51 seconds into...

With a 5-2 lead, the NIU men’s soccer team was running away from Marshall. However, three different Thundering Herd players scored in the last 29 minutes, and a loose ball in front of the net happened to find its way past NIU netminder Steve Goletz....

ay Gooden and his Huskie volleyball team will be out for blood this weekend to avenge an early season loss against MAC powerhouse Akron. "We want to do the same thing to them that they did to us," Gooden said about beating them on their home floor. "That...

Starting with oh so many, the field has dwindled down to a select few for NIU tennis’ Erick Martinez and Juan Pablo Barriga. Over 10,000 players and nearly 600 schools participate annually in the Omni Hotels Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA)...

The first men’s basketball game at the Convocation Center wasn’t a game for the memory books, as NIU coach Rob Judson left the game with mixed feelings after the Huskies fell to Team Nike 93-84 in an exhibition contest. "I like the way our offense...

With basketball season less then a month away, everyone wants to know how close the Convocation Center is to being completely done. If you walked though the Convo Center today, there are dust and boxes everywhere. But despite the appearance, the Convocation...

Nowhere is a home-field advantage more valuable than in college basketball. In the past, the home court hasn’t been as big an advantage for NIU as it is for other schools. With the new Convocation Center, NIU hopes to make the stadium a place of fear...

The NIU cross country team returned home from the MAC Championships in Ohio on Saturday with an 11th place finish. Placing 11th out of 13 teams was the best finish in five years for NIU. "The thing we’ve been talking about all year is making improvement,...

Having lost three of its last four home matches, the NIU volleyball team will try to use its home court advantage as an edge this weekend. The Huskies (11-11, 4-6 MAC) will square off today against Toledo at 7 p.m. and on Saturday against Ohio at 7 p.m....

An opposing quarterback fakes a handoff to his running back. He rolls out to the right, looking for his tight end in the flat. NIU linebacker Larry Williams wasn’t fooled by the fake. He breaks to his left and picks off the QB’s pass. While Williams’...