The good news for the Universities of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Wisconsin-Milwaukee was they survived their visit to Chick Evans Field House this weekend with little else than their pride hurt. The bad news is they will have to face the Huskies again late...

In what could be the biggest win in NIU football since the 1983 California Bowl, the Huskies defeated the Wolf Pack of Nevada 46-42. This moved NIU another giant step closer to an automatic bid to the Las Vegas Bowl in December. "I know we're 2-0, and...

One win and one loss this weekend brought the women's soccer team's record to 3-3. At home Saturday the Huskies shutout Oral Roberts University 5-0 on another day that provided less-than-perfect playing conditions. "I'm happy that my players came out...

After coming off a near shut out of the Big West Conference's last place team, the Huskies will invade Reno, Nev. to take on the conference's defending champions. The Wolf Pack of Nevada University (2-1) will be playing their first conference game of...

Looking to better their record to the .500 mark with two wins this weekend, the Huskies will be taking on Oral Roberts University at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon in their second home game of the season. "I'm expecting us to have a pretty successful day against...

The Huskie softball squad will host a tournament this weekend at the Huskie Softball Complex. The round robin tourney will include Northeastern Illinois, Loyola, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Northern Iowa, and will begin Saturday at 9 a.m. and...

NIU's volleyball squad (8-2, 2-0) brings conference action to Chick Evans Field House this weekend when they play host to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (8-5, 2-0) at 7:00 p.m. on Friday and finish up on Saturday against the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee...

Determined to turn their young season around, head coach Willy Roy and the NIU men's soccer team are going into this weekend's Eastern Illinois University Panther Invitational very loose and very optimistic. "There's no pressure going into this weekend,"...

The NIU men's soccer team has had a disappointing and frustrating season up to this point in the year. If they ever get things turned around and start winning they will need some great performances from their goal keeper. And that is a lot to ask considering...

Sunday afternoon head coach Willy Roy's soccer squad will return to action against Illinois State University. Scheduled start time is 2 p.m. at the Huskie Soccer Complex. NIU (1-3) will attempt to turn around a string of three one-goal losses with a strong...

There's the Big Eight and the Big Ten, but what is the Big West? Even more mind boggling is how did NIU manage to become affiliated with that conference? Perhaps a little background would be appropriate. The conference was originally founded in 1969 making...

If volleyball games were decided by spirit and energy, NIU would need only two players to defeat the University of Illinois at Chicago in straight games. Under normal conditions, most coaches with a 7-1 record would be riding high into conference play,...