With head coach Patty Newbrough out, the NIU women's tennis team dropped two this weekend in Des Moines, Iowa, bringing their record to 9-9. After suffering a 6-1 defeat to University of Illinois in Champaign, Thursday, the Huskies got right back on the...

A stampede of Razorbacks took advantage of NIU pitching during Saturday's doubleheader on the astroturf in Fayetteville, Ark., forcing the Huskies to drop two, and bring their winless streak to five. In the first game of the twinbill, Arkansas (13-5)...

The good news was that the Huskie baseball squad produced two runs on seven hits Saturday against the Razorbacks. The bad news was that SEC power Arkansas churned out 12 runs on 15 hits as they defeated NIU, 12-2, in Fayetteville's George Cole Field....

In the aftermath of NIU's heartbreaking 76-74 loss at Georgetown Wednesday night in the opening round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament, low spirits weren't the norm. While the Lady Hoyas celebrated at midcourt with the biggest crowd (1,517) ever...

The Huskie softball team snapped a 21-game winning streak of the #1 ranked Arizona Wildcats in last Friday's doubleheader in Tucson, and now find themselves ranked in the Top 25. In the first game of the twinbill, All-American Susie Parra, 12-0 for the...

While DeKalb held freezing temperatures over NIU's Spring Break, the NIU softball squad was enjoying the warm atmosphere in Tempe, AZ, and the satisfaction of winning with a 5-4, 2-1, doubleheader sweep of the 19th-ranked Sun Devils of Arizona State University....

"Character is the direct result of mental attitude. I believe that character is higher than the intellect. I believe that leadership is in sacrifice, in self-denial, in humility and in the perfectly disciplined will. This is the distinction between great...

Ah, home sweet home. For most of NIU's athletic teams, home is where the heart is—or at least the victories. The men's basketball team went 12-2, the women's basketball team went a record 16-0, and the men's tennis team holds a perfect 4-0 ledger amidst...

After the Huskies 84-80 victory over the dismal Penguins of Youngstown State last night, Huskie head coach Brian Hammel talked of the biggest factor that his team needs to gain for the Mid-Continent Conference tournament this weekend. Momentum. "What...

Feel the cold breeze that's been hitting the NIU women's basketball team's bench this year. Other than the coaches, trainers and redshirts who for the most part remain attached to their seats during a game, there's not much warming taking place with the...

When the Huskie wrestlers battled Illinois State University last Thursday, it was a re-match between two interstate rivals. The host Redbirds got the revenge they were looking for against the Huskies, who beat them last year at Chick Evans Field House....

All good things somehow find a way of coming to an end. Vacations, weekends, winning streaks and Matt Lucas. ired back on July 1 of last year as Director of Athletic Sales, the 29-year-old Lucas has found a new home. "I'm going to go work for a company...