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Soccer team winning in ‘off-season’

By Wes Swietek | April 1, 1992

The NIU soccer team has come out of hibernation to capture some impressive exhibition wins this spring. The latest triumph for head coach Willy Roy and his team came Saturday at an eight-team outdoor tournament at Madison, Wisc. The Huskies advanced to...

Softball squad anxious

By Roger Moreano | March 31, 1992

Finally, it seems, the NIU softball team will be able to screw in the cleats and play ball tomorrow. NIU is scheduled to host Northeastern Illinois University in a 2 p.m. doubleheader at Huskie Softball Diamond. The Huskies have eagerly been awaiting...

Hidden named MVP to cap NIU’s season

By Wes Swietek | March 31, 1992

The NIU men's basketball team officially capped its season this weekend with the annual postseason Awards Banquet. NIU seniors Mike Hidden and Brian Molis were honored for their NIU careers with Hidden, a Huskie for four years, dominating the awards....

Gymnasts fall less than a point short for NCAAs

By Laura Higgins | March 31, 1992

The tallies are in and the Huskie women's gymnastics team 1992 campaign is officially over. After Saturday's performance at Chick Evans Field House, NIU played a waiting game to see if its team average was high enough to qualify for the postseason regionals....

Diamond action hits DeKalb today

By John Dietz | March 31, 1992

Having ended its seemingly endless journey around the Midwest, the NIU baseball team (5-13, 1-1) finally gets to play a game on its home turf when the University of Northern Iowa (9-14) comes to DeKalb at 1 p.m. today. Head coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland...

Huskies win one for coach

March 31, 1992

NIU tennis coach Chuck Merzbacher couldn't be there when his team gave him his first Big Ten victory. Merzbacher learned of his father's death and had to leave town Saturday, the day before the meet against Purdue. On Sunday, the Huskies played on guts...

Women’s tennis squad drops Eastern Michigan

March 30, 1992

The NIU women's tennis team had a couple of good reasons for beating Eastern Michigan University 6-3 Friday at the Kishwaukee YMCA Indoor Tennis Courts. First, the Huskies wanted revenge for last season's 6-3 defeat to the Eagles in Ypsilanti, Mich. Another...

Baseball squad splits against Leathernecks

By John Dietz | March 30, 1992

After the NIU men's baseball team crushed Western Illinois University 8-1 in their opening game Saturday, the Leathernecks retaliated with a seven-run fifth inning en route to a 9-4 victory in the nightcap. The doubleheader marked the opening of Mid-Continent...

Gymnasts hit season-best mark

By Laura Higgins | March 30, 1992

NIU women's gymnastics coach Bobbie Cesarek and her squad could not have asked for a more pleasing season finale this weekend. The Huskies stole the show in the Midwest Independent Gymnastics Championships after registering a season-best 189.15 Saturday...

Huskie women’s golf team finishes strong

March 30, 1992

If momentum counts, then it's no wonder coach Pam Tyska feels as if her NIU women's golf team picked up a victory by the end of Sunday's final round of the Western Kentucky University Lady Hilltopper Invitational. Granted the Huskies finished only fourth...

Men’s tennis team earns emotional win vs. Purdue

March 30, 1992

NIU's men's tennis team picked up an emotional 8-1 victory over Purdue University Sunday at the Aurora Tennis Club. While NIU had practiced all week without direct guidance from coach Chuck Merzbacher, sidelined by a bout with chicken pox, the Huskies...

Netters hope to keep momentum

By Roger Moreano | March 26, 1992

Saturday the NIU women's tennis team will be hosting a "pretty good" Eastern Michigan squad with the hopes of continuing their winning ways. NIU is on a bit of a hot streak, coming off of a thorough thrashing of North Star Conference foe Wisconsin-Green...