NIU baseball coach Dave Schrage hoped a win over then—No. 16 Stetson on March 14, would have lit a fire under the Huskies. NIU defeated Stetson 3-2 in 10 innings and gave the Huskies their first win against a nationally-ranked team. Schrage said the...

While the NIU softball team failed to sweep another opponent, the Huskies got some important confidence builders that could be crucial in postseason play. After managing just eight hits in a double header against Miami on Tuesday, the Huskies' bats finally...

Andrew Conti remembers the perfectly placed crosses. The set-ups that would land in front of a Huskie would come within 10-feet of the goal. He also remembers the frustration of not being able to finish those opportunities. It always seemed the men's...

The weather may have been sunny, but the sun wasn't shining on the NIU baseball team this weekend. NIU dropped four games to Eastern Michigan this weekend and dropped its conference record to 0-7. On Friday, NIU dropped Game 1, 10-2, and Game 2, 4-0....

The NIU baseball team looks to get back on track in the Mid-American Conference this weekend against Eastern Michigan. The Huskies are coming off a three-game sweep from Ball State in the MAC opener. For the second straight season, the Huskies have started...

During practice Tuesday, NIU tennis coach Laura Scott told her team that consistency was more important than how hard they hit the ball. She wanted the players to have more hustle for this weekend's meets. Today, NIU will go to Toledo, Ohio and Saturday,...

Los Angeles Lakers could learn a lesson from a high school team. That prep squad is the Schaumburg High School Saxons, who just won the Illinois state title two weeks ago. While multi-millionaire athletes Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant feud over who...

Junior wrestler Scott Owen added another award to his list of accomplishments after being named to the Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District V Fall/Winter At-Large team. The team recognizes student athletes who compete in wrestling, cross country, fencing,...

Coming off an impressive come-from-behind win against Miami of Ohio, the NIU softball team faces Toledo in its first Mid-American Conference road games. The Huskies (7-17 overall, 2-2 in the MAC) will play three games against the Rockets in 48 hours,...

As an NIU freshman learning how to bat at the Division I level, Samantha Knoll often found herself swinging at the air, as a ball whiffed by. But through all her struggles on the plate, she always had grandpa behind her, and she would hear him cheering...

Members of the women's basketball team can no longer hide their excitement. After advancing to the third round of the Mid-American Conference with an underclassman-dominated team, the young Huskies exceeded expectations, finishing 10 wins better than...

After struggling last weekend against conference rival Ball State, the NIU baseball team rallied together Wednesday and swept a doubleheader against Bradley. NIU had been hovering above .500 the whole season until the Ball State games. With the two wins...