Every day, Sara Lein walks onto the volleyball court and thanks her lucky stars. After winning the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year award at Fairfield in 1998, the senior outside hitter decided to follow coach Todd Kress to NIU. Unfortunately...

Earning respect does not come easy in college football. After Monday's All-MAC selections were announced by commissioner Rick Cryst, NIU is well on its way to gaining some. The Huskies placed seven players on the team, tying Toledo and Western Michigan...

On Tuesday night NIU basketball coach Rob Judson probably would have liked to reminisce about the days when he was an assistant at NIU. In the 1990-91 season, serving under Huskie head coach Jim Molinari, NIU advanced to the NCAA Tournament while participating...

Every once in a while a player comes to a school with a natural ability to lead. When NIU football's Larry Williams came to DeKalb, the Huskies got one of those players. "I've got to be a leader," Williams said. "I've got to be the guy to let the team...

Cheers were let out as the NIU volleyball team found out where it was headed in the NCAA Tournament Monday. It did not take long into the NCAA selection show, as the Huskies were announced only four matches into the show, heading to No. 17 Northern Iowa...

NIU volleyball coach Todd Kress was expecting Saturday's MAC championship game to go a full five games. Much to Kress' surprise, the Huskies defeated Ball State in three games, winning 30-21, 30-17, 30-24, claiming the MAC Tournament Championship and...

Saturday's football game against Wake Forest marked the end of an era for NIU football. Quarterback Chris Finlen concluded his career as Huskies' captain with a 38-35 loss to Wake Forest. But before his career ended, Finlen engineered a valiant second...

With the Huskies winning the MAC championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, the argument of whether the conference deserved an at-large bid began. NIU coach Todd Kress thinks that Ball State and Bowling Green each deserve an at-large...

Sometimes reality is harsh. The NIU football team currently sits with a 6-4 record and is eligible to receive a bowl bid. Next week's foe, Wake Forest, is not bowl-eligible. With a win on Saturday, Wake Forest would reach the minimum number of games needed...

Forgive the NIU women's basketball team if it takes some time to adjust to its environment this weekend. After spending last Thanksgiving competing in the Asahi Rainbow Wahine Classic in sunny Hawaii, the Huskies head to the frozen tundra of Fairbanks,...

Jenny Bowman is part of a team that set its place in NIU history with a MAC title and a new school record for consecutive wins. However, NIU wouldn't have accomplished any of those feats without Bowman setting up the NIU offense every play. Bowman has...

NIU wrestling coach Dave Grant says his wrestlers are looking forward to wrestling at home this Sunday against Eastern Michigan and Buffalo after spending the first two weeks on the road. In addition to being the Huskies' home opener, it also will be...