Battling the heat and inexperience as well as Illinois State, the NIU women’s soccer team came up short Sunday afternoon at Huskie Soccer Field, losing 0-2. Ty Winkelhake scored from 6-yards out 8:34 into the game, putting the Huskies down early. "On...

There is a reoccurring pattern this season for the NIU men’s soccer team. In the last two weeks, the Huskies have played two games over the weekend. Both times they have lost by one goal the first game, but regrouped by scoring the first goal in the...

Veteran leadership can be valuable to a young soccer team. For a contending team like the Huskies, veteran leadership is a necessity. When searching for the heart of this year’s Huskie squad, look no further than the trio of captains; Nick Park, Rasih...

NIU volleyball coach Ray Gooden has mentored many matches at Loyola University-Chicago. However, this time it will be from the opposing sideline. Huskies (2-1) will take part in the Loyola University Invitational. NIU will match up against Illinois at...

It is a reunion of sorts, but this get together won’t be finished at the end of the night. Former NIU basketball assistant coach Ryan Marks has opened the doors at Southern Vermont College to former Huskie Sean Ezell. Ezell, who would be a rising senior...

With 14 freshmen and no seniors, the NIU women’s soccer team will have to step up and try to climb over the steep hill of inexperience that is before them. The Huskies will be returning 13 players from last year’s 3-14-1 team. With only 11 upper classmen,...

Someone had to fill the scholarship opened up by Sean Ezell’s departure, and Anthony Maestranzi was more than happy to oblige. A 5-10, 165-pound freshman point guard out of nearby Bartlett High School, Maestranzi was scheduled to attend NIU as a preferred...

Almost every athletic team comes into the season with a goal. For the NIU Cross Country team, it’s "success is one team, one goal." Every step, road and track brings this team one step closer to success," said coach Shantel Twiggs. In her third year...

ntertaining, yes. Surprising, no. NIU’s come-from-behind victory over Wake Forest was enough to beat the Deacs, but far from impressive. While everyone - outside of DeKalb - considered Wake a favorite by at least a touchdown, was it wrong to think NIU...

Following the first weekend of athletics in the Convocation Center, freshman undeclared major Melissa Monk summed up the Victor E. Court the best. "It’s really nice," she said. No, this wasn’t the unbridled enthusiasm one would hope to find after...

A 2nd place finish in the Best Western Invitational isn’t what the host Huskies would’ve liked, but the weekend tournament seemed to help NIU coach Ray Gooden determine where his volleyball team stands. The Huskies lost to Indiana University in the...

Tenisha Wilkins and Jen VonderHaar helped the NIU volleyball team break in Victor E. Court over the weekend The Huskies hosted Drake University, IUPUI and Indiana University in the Best Western Invitational at the new Convocation Center. Wilkins and VonderHaar...