Sarah Murfey and Hild Andersch preserved the NIU women's tennis team's third-straight 9-0 victory with a dramatic three-set win over DePaul yesterday. After dropping the first set 7-5, Murfey and Andersch rallied for a 6-2, 6-4 win, but it was a hard-fought...

As expected, Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell announced his plan to discontinue NIU's field hockey program and replace it with women's soccer at yesterday's Athletic Board meeting. Members of the field hockey team, including coach Laurie Bell, current...

What is BST? At the NIU football media luncheon yesterday, head coach Charlie Sadler revealed his goal for the Huskies' 1992 season. It boils down to those three letters. "We want to become BST: bigger, stronger, tougher. Through recruiting and work in...

NIU's scheduled baseball doubleheader against host Chicago State yesterday was postponed due to inclement weather. The games will be made up on May 12. Joe "Spanky" McFarland's squad resumes action this weekend with two scheduled doubleheaders. On Saturday,...

The NIU women's golf team finished in a respectable fourth place in the Monday-Tuesday University of Nebraska 1992 Husker Women's Golf Invitational, but the spotlight fell upon NIU linkster Kim Hodge. The junior captured the first tournament victory of...

The NIU Athletic Board meets today to hear the recommendation of Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell to cut the field hockey program. 0'Dell is expected to ask at the 1 p.m. meeting at the Holmes Student Center for the field hockey program's replacement with...

Sarah Murfey, NIU's No. 1 women's tennis player, shedded her "wimp" image yesterday, while NIU continued its dominance in the North Star Conference with a 9-0 victory over Illinois-Chicago. During the third set of her match against Mara Lencina at the...

Even Ernie Banks would have hesitated to say, "let's play two" after feeling the biting cold during Tuesday's NIU-Illinois State softball doubleheader. The Huskies (20-19-1) defeated the Redbirds (18-24-1) in game one 2-1, but then the teams slugged it...

As the schedule winds down to its final stretch, NIU men's tennis coach Chuck Merzbacher is focusing his crew to secure the first seed in the Mid-Continent Conference Championships to be held April 24-25 at the West Campus Courts. The 8-13 Huskies have...

This afternoon at the NIU Softball Diamond, a 43-year-old softball tradition will continue. Illinois State (18-23) will be in DeKalb to face NIU (19-19) in a doubleheader marking the 76th and 77th meetings between the two clubs. The Redbirds lead the...

University of Illinois-Chicago was daring on the basepaths in the first game of its conference doubleheader at NIU Sunday afternoon. Consequently, the Flames almost burned themselves. UIC overcame its base-running errors with a two-run fourth inning and...

It appears only a superstar will be able to fill the shoes of senior NIU golfer Nicole Jeray. Jeray has all but a week left in her illustrious Huskie golfing career, but her name will be remembered for a long time. With the honors she has earned and the...