NIU shouldn't have turned its back because the Big Ten Conference is coming back for more. This time, the Huskies' schedule brings them to Madison, Wis. to face the Badgers of the University of Wisconsin on Saturday at 1:05 p.m. After playing one Big...

Volleyball coach Pete Waite ... on the attitude: "(The season) is going really quickly for us. Especially now, we've got some weeks when we are just into conference play. ... When you're winning, things go very quickly." Coach Waite ... on the future:...

The NIU baseball team will get a chance to display their talents at McKinzie Field Friday afternoon when a group of major-league scouts visit DeKalb to see which Huskies have the skills to play at the major-league level. Head coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland...

The NIU men's golf team recovered from a rough start last Friday to finish eighth out of 16 teams in its first tournament of the year, the Murray State University/McDonald's Intercollegiate Tournament, last weekend in Murray, Ken. The team started the...

Now that the NIU volleyball team has cruised through its three-game homestand without losing a set, the Huskies now must travel to Big Ten rival Wisconsin tonight for a match that should not be watched by anyone with a heart condition. The Badgers are...

"It's one of those times when you are just glad it's over," said NIU women's golf coach Pam Tyska upon her arrival back in DeKalb. The Huskies finished a respectable seventh at the University of Iowa's Lady Northern Invitational last weekend. The tournament...

It's been three days since NIU's 31-0 victory over the Arkansas State Indians, but the Huskie defense is still celebrating its shutout from last Saturday in Jonesboro, Ark. Shades of 1990 popped up and were often used in describing the game. NIU's last...

The NIU lacrosse club earned two victories last weekend and upped its season mark to 4-0. On Saturday, the Huskies defeated Wheaton College by a count of 8-7, and on Sunday, they beat their self-proclaimed arch rivals the University of Illinois 3-2 at...

NIU soccer coach Willy Roy had some very good things to say about his team after they got in the win column Friday by defeating Loyola 2-1 in overtime. The 1-2-2 Huskies were "nervous" as Roy put it, but the team is starting to come together. While Roy...

After eight straight losses, NIU not only won on the road but shut out its opponent. It was a long time in the waiting, two years to be exact, but the Huskies finally did it in their 31-0 victory over the Arkansas State Indians in front of a crowd of...

Dominating. One word that best describes the performances turned in by the NIU volleyball team this weekend. It started with a straight set pounding of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay on Saturday night and was completed with a straight set thumping...

Things did not look so good for the NIU soccer team Friday afternoon as the Huskies were losing late in the first period to the 0-3 Ramblers of Loyola. But senior Dave Weichman converted on a penalty kick to tie the game in the second half, and NIU pulled...