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Swimming squad hopes to sink WIU

By Laura Higgins | November 8, 1991

The NIU swimming team is making a stop in Macomb this weekend in hopes of sinking the Western Illinois University Leathernecks. Both the men's and women's teams will compete Saturday in what coach Jeanne Fleck predicts to be a close meet between two good...

Wright State packs 4-0 punch over NIU

By Hyun Moon | November 8, 1991

The NIU soccer team starred as "Accidental Tourists" in a nightmarish trip to Dayton, Ohio. On Wednesday, the Huskies' United flight to Dayton was delayed due to engine problems, and the team had to change flights to American Airlines. "It must have been...

Mason hunts for more kills in home-finale versus WIU

By Jennifer Hutchins | November 8, 1991

It took a couple years of on-the-court experience, but NIU volleyball player Wendy Mason has finally found her niche on the team. Mason, a 5-10 junior from Lyons, Colo., is having her best season ever. Mason was named to three all-tournament teams in...

Wolverines and Spartans conclude NIU’s affiliation

By Todd McMahon | November 8, 1991

As DeKalb continues to freeze, the NIU field hockey team will take shelter inside this weekend. The Huskies travel to East Lansing, Mich., to conclude its 1991 campaign. NIU and the University of Michigan square off Saturday at noon at Spartan Stadium....

Chism anxious to resume play

By David Lance | November 8, 1991

Soyini Chism has her fingers crossed. The 6-0 sophomore has been on the NIU women's basketball team's roster for the last two seasons, but she has yet to see much time on the court. Chism tore her right anterior cruciate ligament in practice in 1989 and...

Rookies’ greenness shaded with blue-chipper potential

By Wes Swietek | November 7, 1991

"It's not easy being green,"—Kermit the Frog. "It isn't easy being a green (as in inexperienced) basketball player,"—paraphrased from NIU head basketball coach Brian Hammel. The greenest of Hammel's Huskies are a pair of freshman forwards, Marlin...

Tennis trio sets for prestigious tourney

By Hyun Moon | November 7, 1991

Freshmen Marty Engel and Matt Green will get a taste of top-level collegiate tennis for the first time at the Rolex Midwest Indoor Regional Tournament at Madison, Wis., starting today. But for junior Dustin Dobrin, the only Huskie to win a match in this...

Injuries force freshmen to perform like veterans

By David Lance | November 7, 1991

NIU head football coach Charlie Sadler almost erupted more than once at the mistakes some of his players were making in the Huskies' 13-12 loss to Southwestern Louisiana Saturday. Sadler collected his cool because most of the errors being committed were...

Postseason hopes ride on finale

By Hyun Moon | November 7, 1991

Two teams will be battling for post-season honors when the NIU soccer team meets Wright State today at 1 p.m. in Dayton, Ohio. The Huskies (10-4-3 overall, 4-1-1 in the Mid-Continent Conference) need a win to keep themselves in contention for an NCAA...

Weather stops game; squad ponders future

By Hyun Moon | November 6, 1991

For the third consecutive year, the NIU soccer team is riding the bubble. But it was an ice patch that caused the cancellation of the DePaul match yesterday at Huskie Soccer Field, and the match probably will not be made up. "It was smart not to play,"...

Heckman wins on mats, in classroom

By Gregory Janicki | November 6, 1991

Being a student-athlete at a Division I university is not the easiest thing to do. But NIU wrestler Mel Heckman has proved that he can hit the books as hard as he can hit his opponents. Besides posting a 9-6 record last season, which included five pins,...

Lockett makes her point on boards

By Todd McMahon | November 5, 1991

When you think of dominant NIU women's basketball rebounders, the names Carol Owens, Tammy Hinchee and Lisa Starosta come to mind. For head coach Jane Albright-Dieterle, Angela Lockett could very well continue that "inside" tradition of rebounding greats....