Have you looked through the NCAA record books lately? Hey, there are three letters that often pop up that might look familiar—N-I-U. Despite having lost two games this year, the Huskies are riding high as far as statistics are concerned. On the offensive...

NIU's men's tennis team will have all the competition it will need this weekend when the Huskies travel to the University of Nebraska for the Cornhusker Invitational. "This is the toughest (competition) we have faced since I've been here," coach Chuck...

One last time in 1992. The NIU women's golf team will wrap up the fall campaign at home this weekend. The Oak Club of Genoa will provide the backdrop for the 8th Annual Huskie Classic on Friday and Saturday. The 6,281-yard, par-72 course is home to the...

All season you have been hearing about how the NIU soccer team will be coming around and playing together as a team. So far we have not seen it happen. Every time it seemed the Huskies (1-4-1) would be coming out of hibernation they were put back to sleep....

No need to look twice, these ladies are for real. This past Monday, the first Division I Mideast Regional volleyball rankings were announced. Last year, the Huskies could ‘only' peek at the No. 15 slot (which they did four times). This week, they enter...

The fourth quarter. Life would be easier for everyone at NIU if it just didn't exist. Game 1: The Huskies are only down 17-14 to Illinois going into the fourth quarter, but the Illini score 13 points to put away any hopes of an upset. Game 2: NIU leads...

Once again, the NIU soccer team found itself trying to pull something positive out of a loss—actually two defeats. The 1-4-1 Huskies were beaten by a combined score of 7-1 by St. Mary's (Calif.) and Stanford last weekend on a road trip to sunny California....

Baseball scouts from the Cubs, White Sox, Brewers, Phillies, Dodgers and Astros were all out at McKinzie Field last Friday scouting players from the NIU baseball team. NIU head coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland conducted an open scout session and impressed...

The NIU lacrosse club played three games in two days last weekend and came out of it with a 2-1 record. On Saturday, the team traveled to Chicago and lost 7-6 to a men's club team from Lincoln Park. The weather conditions and Lincoln Park's experience...

NIU football and the Big Ten—never a perfect match. The Huskies (2-2) came within an inch of disproving that myth Saturday afternoon, but as has been the case with 17 of the previous 18 meetings, the Big Ten found yet another way to ground NIU. This...

Sept. 12, 1992. That is the last time the NIU volleyball team lost a game as its streak hit 18 games this past weekend with straight-set wins over Eastern Illinois on Saturday and Wright State on Friday. The Huskies are also riding a six-match winning...

The NIU softball team held its annual Huskie Invitational Tournament over the weekend. Taking part in the two-day event with the Huskies were Ball State, Loyola and Western Illinois. The tourney was won by the Cardinals of Ball State with the Huskies...