Solid defense, with a deep bench, will spell victory for the Huskies this weekend. And NIU volleyball coach Pete Waite is certain how to win. "We must pick up (our opponents') tendencies early in the match," he assured, "and that will show how mature...

Trial and error ... the assumption or the game plan for Saturday? It is no secret that the NIU football team is in a year of transition—a rebuilding year. But right now, the Huskies stand at 0-0 (similar to starting with an A in a class). So, to move...

It was a long time in the waiting, but the moment has finally arrived for 1992 Huskie football as NIU takes on the mighty Big Ten Conference and the University of Illinois this Saturday at 6 p.m. in Memorial Stadium. One of the many inside contests of...

The NIU men's soccer team will wrap up its preseason Saturday afternoon with a doubleheader at Huskie Soccer Field. Game 1 at 3 p.m. will be against the Chicago Sting All-Star Alumni, followed by a 4:30 match-up against the Huskie Alumni. The Huskies...

In a way, University of Illinois head coach Lou Tepper should feel special. After all, the 20th football coach in U of I history will lead a program that has been rich in tradition since 1889 onto the field Saturday night against NIU. Tepper, a defensive...

"I'm sick of it. I'm sick of dealing with it. I get sick of people asking me about it. I just want to go out and play and let my actions speak for themselves." That is what senior quarterback Rob Rugai replied when requested to respond to how he felt...

When NIU women‘s golf coach Pam Tyska was asked about the upcoming fall campaign, a few goals came to mind. "We have the capability to pick up two team trophies and have three golfers be individual medalists," Tyska said. "And that is being conservative."...

Although there's still a while before the season begins for NIU's softball team, Dee Abrahamson's squad played for almost eight-straight hours last Saturday. The Huskie Hundred, an annual fund-raising event for the team, sent the girls out onto the field...

The black and blue will be helping the cardinal and black this fall. NIU and the city of DeKalb are formalizing an agreement that would call for DeKalb's Emergency Services to provide emergency medical services for football games. "Every year we contract...

NIU football has depth with the quarterback position this year in Rugai, Crabtree and Reichert. However, Saturday's opponent, the University of Illinois, does not. Instead, the Illini have one quarterback with All-American potential in senior Jason Verduzco....

On Sept. 25, 1991, the NIU Huskie soccer team was hosting New Mexico State when junior midfielder Todd Moore went up in the air for a ball. He landed the wrong way and hyperextended his right knee. Upon further examination, X-rays revealed that Moore...

They call him "Tree." And in this second of three articles on the NIU QBs, Scott Crabtree will delight and thrill. He is from Louisville, Ky. He is from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Junior College. He is from the land where football is life. And he is...