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Individual efforts key to victory over stingy IAA Illinois State

By Brian Wiencek | September 14, 1992

After the way NIU let the Redbirds back into Saturday's 26-19 Huskie victory, you'd think NIU head coach Charlie Sadler would be a little upset. After all, had the Illinois State offense had one more minute on the clock, the Division I-AA offense would...

Roy not worried about slow start

By Mark D. Morrey | September 14, 1992

0-2 is not the way to start out a season. The Green Bay Packers are 0-2, the Seattle Seahawks are 0-2 and the NIU men's soccer team is 0-2. While the Packers and Seahawks are accustomed to starting the season that way, Coach Willy Roy and the Huskies...

NIU men’s golf squad conducts ‘Pro-Am’

By arc Wesner | September 14, 1992

By M Sports Reporter The NIU men's golf team unofficially opened its season at Oak Club Golf Course with the annual Pro-Am fund raiser last Friday. The day was filled with skill contests and a raffle along with lots of fun for everyone involved. "We felt...

NIU lacrosse club off to quick start

By Brian Hayes | September 14, 1992

"We need to work on conditioning and stick skills." That is the assessment of NIU lacrosse coach, vice president and midfielder Marshall Kite after his group of stick men knocked off Eastern Illinois 15-8 and Illinois State 9-8 in overtime this past weekend....

NIU back on familiar ground

By Brian Hayes | September 14, 1992

The NIU Huskie volleyball team is back. They are back after two consecutive weekends of tournaments at Bowling Green and Miami of Ohio. The Huskies settle into Chick Evans Field House for a three-game homestand that begins tonight against Bradley at 7:00....

Huskies turn to old friend to revive sputtering offense

By John Dietz | September 13, 1992

NIU 7, Illinois State 5 at halftime. The Huskies' offense was seemingly dead—35 yards on the ground, 72 in the air. Where was the team that had played in Champaign just one week ago? It seemed a heartbeat was finally resurrected with about 26 seconds...

Huskies shut out Panthers

By Fred Konrath | September 13, 1992

The NIU women's soccer club recorded ts first victory of the young season with a 2-0 triumph over Eastern Illinois University on Saturday at the Huskie Soccer Practice Field. A nice show of people were on hand to watch the Huskies shut out their opponent...

Redbirds deal Huskies second straight shutout

By Mark D. Morrey | September 13, 1992

The NIU men's soccer team was defeated Thursday in St. Louis largely because of nervousness. On Sunday, mental mistakes were the story in Normal as the Illinois State University Redbirds dealt the Huskies their second consecutive shutout, 4-0. ISU sophomore...

Going gets tough for NIU

By Rob Bolton | September 13, 1992

The Boilermakers and the Panthers. They sound like a couple of gangs. In fact, they are the two criminals who beat up the Huskies on the volleyball courts of Oxford, Ohio, in the University of Miami Invitational this weekend. But the Huskies managed to...

Tyska’s Huskies heading to Illinois St. in search of hardware

By Brian Hayes | September 10, 1992

The NIU women's golf team tees off the 1992 season this weekend with a tournament at Illinois State University. The Huskies are the defending champions and return to defend their title against 13 other schools. "ISU being at home will be tough," said...

NIU after first win of year

By Brian Wiencek | September 10, 1992

Take Two! After coming close to earning their first victory of the year last week, the NIU Huskies will try again to break into the "W" column tomorrow night against the Illinois State Redbirds at 6:35 in their 1992 debut performance at Huskie Stadium....

Billikens defeat Huskies 3-0

By Mark D. Morrey | September 10, 1992

The NIU men's soccer team opened the 1992 season with a 3-1 road loss to St. Louis University last night. Coach Willy Roy said it was a disappointing loss. "We played an excellent team tonight," he added. "They are a better team than us but not three...