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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...

Swimmers take marks at UWGB

By Todd McMahon | November 1, 1991

With November rolling in and the days getting shorter and colder, it must be time for the NIU women's swimming and diving team to take its marks. Jeanne Fleck makes her Huskie coaching debut as the season opens Friday at 7 p.m. at the University of Wisconsin-Green...

Spikers hope to clip Phoenix and Redbirds

By Jennifer Hutchins | November 1, 1991

Talk about big weekends. The NIU volleyball team (17-5, 3-2) hosts Illinois State Friday and travels to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay for its last regular season North Star Conference match on Saturday. ISU and Huskie meetings are always big rivalries,...

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...

No. 5 Hawkeyes last on NIU’s list

By Todd McMahon | November 1, 1991

After two grueling months of facing some of the nation's best, what better way for the NIU field hockey team to close out the home portion of its schedule than against another "giant." The Huskies and fifth-ranked University of Iowa close out Huskie Stadium...

NIU hopes to diffuse Panthers’ threats

By Hyun Moon | November 1, 1991

The NIU soccer team could be walking into a potential time-bomb at Milwaukee, Wis., which is set to explode at 2 p.m. tomorrow. The Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers boast "Lagos bombs," which packs quite a punch against opposing defenders. Panther's forward...

Basketball team tabbed 8th

By Steve Dennis | October 31, 1991

CHICAGO—New NIU men's basketball coach Brian Hammel was given a warm welcome at the Mid-Continent Media Luncheon here at the Drake Hotel yesterday.

But his 1991-92 squad wasn't treated as politely in the preseason polls.

In a conference poll of coaches, athletic directors and sports information directors, NIU received a total of 91 points—good enough for a predicted eighth-place finish out of the nine Mid-Con teams.

To no surprise, the Phoenix from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay check in as the favorites for the second year in a row with 235 points out of a total 243.

Eastern Illinois (209), newcomer to the league Wright State (170), Cleveland State (165), UIC (122) Western Illinois (99), Akron (92) and Valparaiso (32) round out the order of expected finish.

"I leave those polls up to the so-called ‘experts,'" Hammel said after the luncheon. "Polls are basically for the media and general public and more for conversation.

"Heck, look at the Minnesota Twins and the Atlanta Braves."

Equally as unsurprising, UWGB's Tony Bennett, last season's Mid-Con Player of the Year, was a unanimous selection to the preseason All-Conference Team.

That six-player squad did not include any Huskies.

"That would tie hand-in-hand with the eighth-place finish," Hammel said. "But, I think a lot of guys on our team should have that (All-Conference team) as a goal for themselves."

Jeske, Mondek now leaders

By David Lance | October 24, 1991

When in a pinch last season, the NIU women's basketball team would lean on the talents of senior guards Lisa Foss, Denise Dove and Toby Meeks. Those three were the leaders of the Huskies, and head coach Jane Albright-Dieterle has already said she won't...

NIU hockey deserves fans

October 24, 1991

Who says Huskie Stadium is solely used for NIU and DeKalb High School football? Many of you would loudly proclaim ‘yes' to that question. But there are a few out there who actually realize the right answer is ‘no.' The NIU field hockey team also shares...

Ex-Huskie star continues world tour

October 24, 1991

Not many basketball players jet over to France for a basketball tryout. One who did exactly that is NIU Hall of Famer Tim Dillon. "It might have been the craziest week of my life," said Dillon from his home in Dixon after participating in the 1991 McDonald's...

Huskies’ Jones faces life after lifetime of football

By Wes Swietek | October 24, 1991

Late in NIU's Sept. 28 football game against Iowa, Huskies' linebacker Nick Jones had his life changed. "I was making a tackle and a teammate hit me on the side of the head. I thought it was a stinger, but I couldn't even move my left arm," Jones said....