After traveling through two times zones for the last meet, a trip to Wisconsin-Green Bay today will be a welcome sight for the NIU women's swim team. The women will be rejoined this week by the men after the teams went separate ways last week. Last weekend,...

He is nicknamed Boogie for his quick feet on the dance floor, but it's his fast feet on the football field that are getting the job done for Lionel Hickenbottom. "We started calling him Boogie last year because he's a good dancer," said good friend and...

During the post game press conference, head coach Rob Judson said all of his players were freshmen in his new offensive system. Senior Leon Rogers looked anything but young in the Huskies' 78-76 overtime win over Marathon Oil on Monday night. Rogers poured...

Downing Eastern Michigan on Friday during Senior Night at Chick Evans Field House, the NIU volleyball team advanced its win streak to 17 games. Losing 3-1 to the Eagles Sept. 19 earlier this season, NIU regrouped to sweep the match. "Eastern Michigan...

Despite being Senior Night at Chick Evans Field House, the three seniors on the NIU volleyball team acted like it wasn't their last home game. Carrie Blankenship, Sara Lein and Jen Scarpino played their last regular season home game at the Field House,...

No one wants to grow up and be a kicker — it's not a pretty job, and kickers only are noticed when they screw up. The same can be said for NIU kicker Steve Azar. After struggling in the early part of the season, the former walk-on from Colorado has...

NIU wrestling coach Dave Grant says his team should improve this season from its 9-8-2 record last season. Grant, who begins his sixth year as Huskie coach, has eight of his 10 starters returning this season. He says the maturity of the team was the biggest...

Senior Carrie Blankenship doesn't believe that her last regular-season home match is already here. "It's so weird that it's senior night," said the Huskie outside hitter. "You go through being here for four years and every year there's a senior night...

Head coach Anne Marie Stricklin knows the importance of non-conference meets. She also knows the importance of getting to swim against top-quality competition. This weekend the NIU swim teams get a taste of both when the teams head their separate ways...

Much like two weekends ago, the NIU women's tennis team will have a prime opportunity to prove its mettle to the tennis community as it takes part in the Mid-American Conference Fall Invitational, beginning today. After a solid showing at the ITA Midwest...

The numbers don't add up for the NIU men's soccer team as it travels to Akron, Ohio, this weekend to take part in the Mid-American Conference championship tournament. As the No. 7 seed, the Huskies take on host and No. 2 seed Akron tonight at 7 p.m. in...

Despite being one of the team's leading scorers, junior center Jessica Shattuck was not pleased with her performance in the NIU women's basketball team's 57-55 exhibition loss to the Chicago Challengers. Shattuck saw her first action as the starting center...