DeKALB – The Huskies (3-9) were defeated by the University of Minnesota (1-11) 5-3 Tuesday at U.S. Bank Stadium – home of the Minnesota Vikings – highlighted by a go-ahead home-run from redshirt senior catcher Riley Swenson in the bottom of the...
DeKALB – The Mid-American Conference announced the All-MAC teams and specialty awards given to players in the conference Tuesday. NIU women’s basketball had three players honored: senior forward A’Jah Davis, senior guard Chelby Koker and graduate...
On a special episode of All-Star, sports editor Ethan Gonzales is joined by the newest reporters of the Northern Star Sports Staff, Adrien de la Peña and Eddie Miller, along with regular co-host and assistant sports editor Alex Crowe. The crew discusses...
DeKALB – The Huskies (6-9) wrapped up their play in the University of South Florida tournament with a 6-4 win over South Florida (9-10), snapping the Bulls’ five-game win streak. NIU was able to grab its third win of the tournament, led by a two hit,...
DeKALB – Senior forward A’Jah Davis broke the NIU women’s basketball double-double record in the team's 73-63 win over Eastern Michigan University on March 1 to earn her second Huskie of the Week honor.
Davis posted 19 points on 8-for-17 shooting...
In her seven years of being a member of the NIU women’s basketball team, graduate guard Janae Poisson has grown as the voice and leader of her team.
She is now looking to achieve her goal of playing basketball professionally overseas after college.
“I’m...
DeKALB – NIU redshirt senior Izzak Olejnik brought home the Mid-American Conference (MAC) title for the second year in a row at 165 pounds to earn a spot in the 2023 NCAA Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Olejnik defeated No. 5 seed Central Michigan...
This Week in Huskie Sports: March 6 to March 12
DeKALB – Huskie sports start a big week of competition, headlined by the MAC tournament for men’s and women’s basketball.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Thursday, March 9: vs. Kent State University, 3 p.m.
Cleveland...
DeKALB – The Mid-American Conference men’s basketball regular season came to an end on Friday. Of the 12 teams in the conference, the top eight are headed to Cleveland on Thursday for the MAC tournament. The games will be played from Thursday through...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 5, 2023
DeKALB – Two late-inning comebacks weren’t enough for NIU baseball in its doubleheader loss to the Western Kentucky University (WKU) Hilltoppers (9-2) by final scores of 9-8 and 7-5.
Junior infielder Aaron Harper led the way for NIU (1-8) on...
By Joseph Segreti, Senior Sports Reporter
| March 4, 2023
DeKALB – NIU softball dropped both games of its Saturday doubleheader against Army West Point and the University of Kansas on the second day of the University of South Florida tournament.
GAME ONE
The Huskies took on Army in the first game of the...
DeKALB –Turnovers plagued NIU women’s basketball (16-3, 8-10 MAC) in a 73-58 loss to Kent State University (20-9,12-6 MAC).
Despite the loss, NIU clinched the No. 5 seed in the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
Kent State was in control of...
