In one respect, the NIU men's tennis team was 1-1-1 in its weekend trip to Indiana. The Huskies started their trek Saturday morning with a 7-1 Mid-Continent Converence victory over Valparaiso University and were on track for a second league win over the...

Barbara Lyles was there at the beginning. As a 1975 graduate of NIU, Lyles was a member of the Huskie field hockey team that made the transition from club sport to Division I status. She's still involved in the game as the head girls' field hockey coach...

In a span of one day, anticipation turned into disaster for the NIU field hockey team. Wednesday morning, NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell announced his intention during a meeting with all NIU coaches that he will be recommending to the NIU Athletic...

The NIU softball team continued its superb defensive play and pitching Thursday with back-to-back shutouts of Loyola, 2-0 and 3-0, at the Huskie Softball Diamond. In game one, the Huskies (11-14) scored when they had to, and NIU held the Ramblers at bay...

Yet another weekend is here, which means some of NIU's teams are on the road again. ‘The men's tennis team carries a three-game winning streak to Valparaiso Saturday for its season openers in the Mid-Continent Conference. The Huskies (6-12) meet the...

Judging by the numbers, women's field hockey has been a sport on the decline since the mid- 1980s. Because of the declining number of schools offering field hockey, the Illinois High School Association dropped it as a sanctioned sport, leaving only 12...

Once again, the NIU baseball team will be playing in familiar territory today. For the 19th and 20th times in this young season, the Huskies will be away from McKinzie Field. NIU travels to Milwaukee for a 2 p.m. doubleheader with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee...

NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell met with members of the field hockey program yesterday to inform them that he is recommending the program be dropped. "We will meet with the Executive Committee of the Athletic Board to make a recommendation to them...

NIU's assistant wrestling coach Phil Rembert will be competing April 9 to 11 for a spot on the 1992 Summer Olympics Judo team, and April 21 to 24 for a chance at the Greco-Roman Style Wrestling squad. Rembert, a 1985 NIU graduate, was a two-time national...

It's not easy to come back from a two-week layoff and perform as well as the NIU softball team did in Tuesday's doubleheader sweep of Northeastern Illinois University. NIU put it all together through the gusting winds and near freezing temperatures and...

On a day more suited for Charlie Sadler's NIU football team, NIU and the University of Northern Iowa still managed to get in two baseball games Tuesday. The Huskies and Panthers went at each other in pigskin fashion at McKinzie Field, aided by a fierce...

Harry Caray would have gone bananas during the doubleheader that featured eight long balls between the Huskies and the University of Northern Iowa Tuesday at NIU's McKinzie Field. Joining in the fun for NIU were Mike Birsa, Dan Colucci and Chip Paulsen,...