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Mid-season evaluations for Huskies

By Todd McMahon | January 27, 1993

Believe it or not, we've reached the halfway mark of the basketball season. Head coach Brian Hamme's squad has come a long waysince last season and continues to improve from week to week. Senior Randy Fens, after having a solid season for the first 12...

Missed FTs kill victory

By Jim Trentadue | January 26, 1993

Accolades, accolades, accolades. Success continues to reign for the NIU volleyball team. Construction plods on for new offices at Chick Evans Field House, but Pete Waite's crew had a chance to finally soak up what was a prosperous year. Finishing 16-0...

NIU Women push ledger above .500 mark

By Brian Wiencek | January 26, 1993

Accolades, accolades, accolades. Success continues to reign for the NIU volleyball team. Construction plods on for new offices at Chick Evans Field House, but Pete Waite's crew had a chance to finally soak up what was a prosperous year. Finishing 16-0...

NIU ladies expand trophy case

By Rob Bolton | January 26, 1993

Accolades, accolades, accolades. Success continues to reign for the NIU volleyball team. Construction plods on for new offices at Chick Evans Field House, but Pete Waite's crew had a chance to finally soak up what was a prosperous year. Finishing 16-0...

Top-ranked battle awaits NIU in Iowa

By Todd McMahon | January 26, 1993

Last November's "Super Tuesday" carried Bill Clinton all the way to the top, as in the White house. Last Tuesday's NIU upset of then-No. 21 De Paul carried the Huskies all the way to the top, as in this week's Associated Press' Top 25 poll at No. 24....

Huskies take two of three

By Brian Wiencek | January 25, 1993

While the NIU women's swimming and diving squad took the weekend off from their schedule, the men's swimming and diving squad ventured outside of the Mid-Continent Conference and came away with two wins out of the three meets they participated in. On...

Grapplers swept by Big Ten

By Fred Konrath | January 25, 1993

After coming back from Bloomington, Ind., with a 36-5 loss, the NIU wrestling team found out what it takes to beat a Big Ten foe. Giving up 12 points due to forfeits and missing your star wrestler won't help matters, as the Hoosiers from Indiana showed...

NIU falls short of road win

By Rob Bolton | January 25, 1993

Oh, so close ... yet, so far. Unfortunately, that frustrating cliche loomed over the Huskies as the totals rolled. The numbers became an illusion. So did the victory. When the NIU gymnastics team cruised on up to Central Michigan University for its first...

Fens defeats UWGB ‘jinx’

By Jim Trentadue | January 25, 1993

Before Saturday's game against conference rival Wisconsin- Green Bay, head coach Brian Hammel let his senior leader Randy Fens be aware of the fact that he has not beaten the Phoenix, the only team he has not beaten in the conference in his four years...

Huskies begin busy weekend in Evanston

By Marc Wesner | January 22, 1993

The NIU swimming and diving teams have a tough task ahead of them this weekend. First, the Huskie squads travel to Evanston Friday for a 6 p.m. co-ed triangular meet against Northwestern University and Wheaton College. From there it's on to Cedar Falls,...

Huskies to renew rivalry with Bennett-less UWGB

By John Dietz | January 22, 1993

One of the most heated rivals in all of Mid-Continent Conference basketball is coming to take on the NIU men's basketball team at Chick Evans Field House Saturday at 2 p.m. The Fighting Phoenix of Wisconsin-Green Bay (5-6, 1-2) are in search of their...

NIU in search of a ‘W’ at Indiana

By Fred Konrath | January 22, 1993

The NIU wrestling team (2-4) will travel to Bloomington, Ind., Saturday to face the Hoosiers from Indiana University. The Huskies will be looking for their first win against a Big Ten team after two unsuccessful tries this season. The NIU losses have...