The NIU women's soccer club finished its season last weekend at Illinois State on a positive note with a 3-0 victory over the Redbirds to end the season at 6-4-3, but more importantly, winning its last thre matches. This marked the last outdoor match...

Once a team gets inside the 20-yard line, it is in an area known as the ‘red zone.' When they get there, teams are expected to put points on the board. Somebody should tell that to NIU and Western Michigan. Both squads had numerous chances in the ‘zone'...

This time of year, southern California bodes well for the ones desiring warmth and isolation from the everyday norm. Well, those amenities can compare to some of the characteristics of what awaits the NIU volleyball team the next time it hits the hardwood....

The good. The bad. The ugly. Those three words described Saturday's game in which the Huskies dropped their fourth of the year 13-7 to the Broncos of Western Michigan in front of a crowd of 14,125 at Waldo Stadium. The good was LeShon Johnson. Though...

The two teams that will be invading DeKalb this weekend, Youngstown State and Cleveland State, will both have a most difficult task at hand. That task is to come into the Huskies' den (Chick Evans Field House) and stop the volleyball squad's six-match...

They say that all winning streaks must come to an end. For the NIU volleyball team, its streak ended late last night. The Huskies lost a three-set match to the No. 3 team in the nation, Long Beach State, by scores of 15-0, 15-8, 15-6. The loss ended the...

The NIU men's and women's swimming and diving teams begin their 1992-93 season today with their intrasquad meet in Anderson Hall at 5 p.m. The meet will feature the returning swimmers from last year, in addition to 20 new swimmers on this year's squad....

Severely cold weather conditions weren't enough to stop the NIU women's tennis team from racking up a victory over the visiting Chicago State Cougars on Thursday. It was, however, enough to cancel the doubles matches that were to follow the singles competitions....

The soccer team will wrap up its 1992 season Sunday (1 p.m.) with a home match against Mid-Continent Conference opponent Cleveland State. The 6-9-1 Huskies will try to defeat the Vikings for the third time in as many matches. The Vikings are in the midst...

It was a day of firsts for women's basketball and more specifically, for Jane Albright-Dieterle's NIU program. Here at the Drake Hotel on Wednesday, the women officially joined forces with the men at the Mid-Continent Conference's Basketball Media Day....

The annual Mid-Continent Conference Basketball Media Day has taken its course, and it offered a little bit of everything. A warm day in the Windy City. The induction of a program known as the Penguins. And the team picked to finish first will be led by...

Sunday's NIU soccer match against Mid-Continent Conference foe Cleveland State will mark the final match of the collegiate careers of Dave Weichman, Todd Moore and Craig Williams. In four years as a Huskie, Weichman has played in 71 matches while starting...