Kristen Vandenhouten did the honors in game one and Kim Compton went the distance in game two as the NIU softball team (22-19-1) chalked up not one, but two shutouts in a North Star Conference doubleheader sweep of Valparaiso Friday. Saturday's doubleheader...

From start to finish, it's been a most memorable season for the NIU women's golf team. The 1991-92 campaign came to a close Sunday as the Huskies slipped back two spots to finish sixth in the 17-school Purdue Lady Boilermaker Spring Invitational. While...

Talk about the perfect tuneup for this Friday and Saturday's Mid-Continent Conference Championship in DeKalb. The NIU men's tennis team chalked up an 8-1 triumph over Illinois-Chicago Friday at NIU's West Campus Courts and then moved back indoors Saturday...

It was a "special" weekend all around for NIU's women's basketball team. On Friday, head coach Jane Albright-Dieterle received a Letter-of-Intent from Chelsea Schwankl of Burnsville, Minn. The 5-7 point guard is the third player to sign with NIU this...

Along with the typical Easter brunch servings, NIU and Youngstown State University decided to add knuckle sandwiches to the menu. A scuffle between the two baseball Mid-Continent Conference opponents briefly halted the Penguins 4-3 first-game win Sunday...

NIU head softball coach Dee Abrahamson is looking forward to an eventful weekend of North Star Conference action. The NIU softball team will hope to find better weather conditions on the road when they visit Valparaiso in a Friday 2 p.m. doubleheader...

When looking to the future, the NIU football team might be looking to the west. NIU Associate Athletic Director Keith Hackett, whose responsibilities include football scheduling, said yesterday that NIU is investigating the possibility of aligning with...

Just when the NIU women's golf team is getting into the swing of things, the spring season comes to a close. So the Huskies obviously hope to end the regular season with a bang. NIU participates in the Purdue University Lady Boilermaker Spring Invitational...

If the Northern Illinois University men's golf team was needing an example to follow, it's available thanks to teammate Jason Samuelian. The Huskie sophomore was simply outstanding in tying for fourth place individually in last weekend's 23rd Annual Marshall...

While the Mid-Continent Conference Men's Tennis Championship is actually scheduled for May 24-25 in DeKalb, today and tomorrow could be billed as the Mini-Mid-Con for the NIU team. The Huskies, 8-14 after Tuesday's 6-3 loss to Marquette, host the University...

During a time like this, members of NIU's field hockey team need all the support they can get. After Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell announced his intention to drop field hockey at a coaches' meeting on April 1, coach Laurie Bell wouldn't have been faulted...

Andy Schoeberlein is becoming a whole new tennis player. Tuesday, "Schoebs" accounted for two of the three NIU points in a 6-3 loss at Marquette. Schoeberlein beat the Warriors' Matt Tobin in straight sets, 6-4, 6-0 and teamed up with Dustin Dobrin to...