The NIU hockey club will welcome non-conference opponent Northwestern University to the Carlson Ice Arena in Rockford this Friday for a game coach Bill Thorn hopes will end in a victory. The team has learned a lot from its 5-4 loss to the University of...

Chick Evans Field House was the site of an exhibition basketball game Thursday night. That was one of the few positives the NIU women's basketball team could take away from its performance as it dropped a 57-43 decision to the Odyssey. It was a tale of...

NIU senior soccer player Becca Bleyer says today will be an emotional day for her and the five other seniors as they play the University of Illinois in the final game of the season. Bleyer says the seniors have been cherishing everything during their...

Some people say the preseason means nothing. In the case of the NIU swim teams, this could not be further from the truth. As the Huskies prepare for their first conference meet this weekend with Ball State and Miami, Ohio, already they have a lot to be...

As the newly ranked number-seven team in the Mideast Region, the NIU volleyball team enters a challenging weekend against two of its conference rivals. Facing Ball State (16-6, 12-2) on Friday at 7 p.m. and Western Michigan (12-8, 7-6) on Saturday at...

Using its exhibition game on Thursday night to its advantage, NIU found out it had a lot to work on. Preseason games are used as a measuring stick to see where teams stand, and what needs to improve. NIU got its first glance at Odyssey last night, and...

Mickey Johnson is now gone, and so are her 11 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. The Huskies need to make up for the loss of those numbers, and junior Jessica Shattuck accepts the challenge. The 6-foot-4 inch center has a different attitude this season...

Some athletes have that rare ability to always be where the action is. Just ask Bears fans about Brian Urlacher. Watch an NIU women's basketball practice and a certain 6-foot junior forward will consistently pop into your field of vision. No matter what...

As I watched the women's basketball team last year, I felt like I was a kid again watching a Disney movie. Everything played right into that magical scenario except for one thing ... the ending. In Disney movies there is always a happy ending where the...

It wasn't your regular summer for your normal college student, but then again, Tamara Bowie isn't your regular college student. A 5-foot-11 forward for Ball State, Bowie was recognized as the top player in the Mid-American Conference last year as a sophomore,...

After being eliminated from Mid-American Conference tournament contention last Friday, NIU women's soccer coach Frank Horvat said the team is playing for pure pride in the last week of the season. He also said the team's character, heart and determination...

With NIU leading 29-19 in Game 3, the chants of NIU rattled through Chick Evans Field House Tuesday night, while the players fed off the crowd's energy. "The crowd was incredible," said outside hitter Tenisha Wilkins. "When I was going back there to serve...