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NIU heads west screaming for vengeance

By MARC WESNER | September 9, 1993

Ah, California. Hot sun, white beaches, volleyball. The NIU women's volleyball team may not get to experience much of the first two, but they are sure to see some great hard court action this weekend. The University of California Santa Barbara Classic...

The young and the restless collide

By LIZ GERNAND | September 9, 1993

This weekend the NIU women's soccer team has a chance to better its record to 3-0. The Huskies travel to Green Bay for the Wisconsin-Green Bay/Nike Classic where they will face two new programs to the NCAA. They open play with a game against Minnesota....

Another trip to Wisconsin, men hoping for a win

By CHRIS TAGLER | September 9, 1993

Head coach Willy Roy and the NIU men's soccer team will have their hands full when they go to the Wisconsin-Milwaukee tournament this weekend. But their hands won't be full of cheese or beer, both staples of Wisconsin life. Instead, the unbeaten Huskies...

Kozak digs as Huskies roll

By MARC WESNER | September 8, 1993

If you weren't one of the 445 people that saw the NIU women's volleyball team clean the Chick Evans Fieldhouse floor with the University of Wisconsin, you missed quite a show. The Huskies rocked the Badgers, shutting down the oppositions attack (30 kills...

Stars come out to shine at NIU

By PATRICK H MOORE II | September 8, 1993

The head men's soccer coach, Willy Roy, landed one of the best soccer players in this region of the country—a freshman Sigerud Slaastad, and he didn't even have to recruit him. The fine Physical Therapy Program here at our great institution is what...

Ex-club players bring experience to NIU

By LIZ GERNAND | September 8, 1993

Women's club soccer is a thing of the past here at NIU. Club play may be done, but for eight former club players the future of the university team is a bright one. "It's good that the club players are (on the team) because they're really the reason we...

Big Ten power invades DeKalb

By MARK WESNER | September 7, 1993

The NIU women's volleyball team is looking to get back on track after picking up their first loss of the season to the Colorado State Rams last Saturday. The team standing in their way is Big Ten conference member, Wisconsin. And the Badgers won't let...

NIU hopes to see fewer flags at Indiana

By MATT KERLIN | September 7, 1993

In the first week of the college football season, the Huskies found out (the hard way) that you can't get anywhere if you shoot yourself in the foot. In the Huskies 54-10 loss to Iowa State on Thursday night, they managed to rack up 14 penalties, which...

DeKalb native, Giant great beats cancer

By RICH CARLSON | September 7, 1993

A former New York Giant was back in his home town Saturday to promote his book Life on the Line and sign autographs at the Junction Bookstore. Karl Nelson grew up in DeKalb and spent six years as an offensive lineman for the Giants. More importantly,...

Soccer squad starts off on the right foot

By PATRICK H MOORE II | September 6, 1993

The NIU men's soccer team treated the home fans to an exciting win over Northwestern Monday afternoon at the Huskie soccer complex. The teams spent the first 17 minutes feeling each other out until Nathan Mitchell collected a ball near the Wildcat's goal...

Cyclones turn NIU inside out

By MATT KERLIN | September 6, 1993

AMES, Iowa—The Huskies should be glad you can't judge a book by its cover, because if you could, this football team is in for a long season. The Huskies opened their season in Ames, Iowa where judging by the score, they were thrown into a whirlwind...

Wannstedt learns from his coaching debut 26-20 loss

By JOE MOOSHIL | September 6, 1993

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP)—One thing Dave Wannstedt learned in his head coaching debut with the Chicago Bears is to streamline the system of calling defensive signals. In his first Monday news conference after a harrowing 26-20 loss to the New York Giants,...