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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....

Huskies to take off-week lightly

By Wes Swietek | November 5, 1991

For the first time this season, the NIU football team is guaranteed of not losing a game this coming weekend. But that's true only because the Huskies have the week off after dropping a 13-12 decision to Southwestern Louisiana Saturday. Head coach Charlie...

NIU coach ‘worshipped’ at Hall of Fame induction

By Hyun Moon | November 5, 1991

NIU soccer coach Willy Roy has had an effect on a lot of lives. While Roy was being inducted to the Chicago Sports Hall of Fame last Friday, a man climbed up to the podium and worshipped the fifth-year NIU soccer coach. "You're the greatest, Willy," the...

Lacrosse club ends year with victory over Indiana

November 5, 1991

The NIU lacrosse club finished off its fall season last weekend with a 10-4 victory over the Hoosiers of Indiana University. Despite the frigid conditions, the Huskie stickmen prevailed, putting on an exhibition in possession offense. "Ball control was...

Murfey, Nedeljkovic dropped early

November 4, 1991

It's not easy getting invited to the Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association/Rolex Midwest Indoor Regional meet. And as the NIU women's tennis invitees discovered, it's even harder to stay. Huskie entrants Sarah Murfey and Svetlana Nedeljkovic learned...

Cold, winds sidetrack NIU, USL game plans

By David Lance | November 4, 1991

Southwestern Louisiana had just beat NIU 13-12 in the snow at Huskie Stadium Saturday for its first win of the year, but the Ragin‘ Cajuns didn't stay on the field to congratulate one another. Instead, they made a beeline for their locker rooms and...

Spikers rebound from Redbird loss at UWGB

By Jennifer Hutchins | November 4, 1991

The NIU volleyball team dealt with the cold this weekend by raising the temperature indoors as it took on the Illinois State Redbirds and conference foe Wisconsin Green-Bay. NIU managed to up its conference record to 4-2 and its overall slate to 18-6...

Hawkeyes shrug off weather, NIU

By Todd McMahon | November 4, 1991

Neither wind nor cold could aid the NIU field hockey team in its quest to freeze the University of Iowa in Midwest Collegiate Field Hockey Conference action. The fifth-ranked Hawkeyes shrugged off the adverse conditions at Huskie Stadium Sunday to post...

Weather, Cajuns freeze Huskies

By Wes Swietek | November 4, 1991

The football during Saturday's NIU—Southwestern Louisiana game squirmed out of players' hands as if it were a block of ice, and considering the weather (25 below-zero wind chill), it must have felt like one too. The Huskies and Southwestern Louisiana...

Proper addition adds up to season-opening win for NIU

November 4, 1991

If at first you don't succeed, check the addition. And it's a good thing NIU swimming coach Jeanne Fleck did just that. Her Huskie women swimmers left Green Bay Friday thinking they had just lost a season-opening dual meet with the University of Wisconsin-Green...

Niepomnik keys 5-1 blowout over Milwaukee

By Hyun Moon | November 4, 1991

Freshman Derek Niepomnik brought back images of Willy Roy Jr. during his best collegiate performance in the NIU soccer team's 5-1 blowout of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Saturday. Niepomnik sprayed outside bombs from all over the field—like Roy Jr. used to...

Northwestern tournament offers wrestlers new look

By Gregory Janicki | November 1, 1991

The NIU wrestling squad opens its regular season this weekend in a six-team tournament hosted by Northwestern University. The tourney will give the young Huskies a chance to see where they stand as far as wrestling outside of practice. "We're taking a...