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Foul trouble continues to plague NIU down stretch

By Wes Swietek | February 26, 1992

Did fatigue, or simply lack of depth, lead to foul trouble and spell the difference between two losses and two wins recently for the NIU men's basketball team? The Huskies have dropped three in a row with Saturday's 65-61 loss against Eastern Illinois...

Wrestlers finally return to DeKalb

By Fred Konrath | February 26, 1992

The NIU wrestling team will be able to show off its skills at Chick Evans Field House for the first time since Northwestern visited DeKalb back in December. Illinois State will be only the second team this season to wrestle NIU at home. After being on...

Freshmen lead rout

By Roger Moreano | February 26, 1992

People usually love surprises, but the NIU women's basketball team had little to smile about after what Northwestern had in store for them Tuesday night at Chick Evans Field House. The Wildcats unleashed a shooting barrage led by freshmen standouts Maureen...

Sanchez aims for Olympic splash

By Brian Wiencek | February 25, 1992

Now that the 1992 Winter Olympics have concluded, a new focus is being directed towards the Summer Olympics. And one NIU athlete is staring intently at the thought of competing at Barcelona, Spain. Art Sanchez of the NIU men's swimming team will be trying...

Frustrated Wildcats offer next challenge

By Todd McMahon | February 25, 1992

Learning in life makes one better and stronger for the next challenge. With that in mind, the NIU women's basketball team will face Northwestern tonight (7 p.m.) at Chick Evans Field House with another ounce of experience tightly stored away. After being...

Coach hoping crowd roars to help Jordan

By Roger Moreano | February 25, 1992

There is a project taking place within the confines of Chick Evans Field House designed to challenge the student body at NIU. The project is being led by NIU head women's basketball coach Jane Albright-Dieterle, who is asking that at least 2,000 fans...

EIU upstages NIU’s comeback

By Wes Swietek | February 24, 1992

It seemed that everything was going right for a dramatic come-from-behind win for the NIU men's basketball team Saturday—until the final seconds. With 4.3 seconds showing on the Chick Evans Field House scoreboard, Eastern Illinois' Curtis Leib scored...

Simms ignites Huskies

By Roger Moreano | February 24, 1992

Freshman Marlin Simms has been waiting for his chance to do something big this season, and Saturday night it finally came. As the NIU men's basketball team saw its game against Eastern Illinois slowly start to slip away, Simms stepped up and hit two big...

Huskie gymnasts buck Broncos

By Laura Higgins | February 24, 1992

Momentum and team spirit carried the NIU women's gymnastics squad to victory this past weekend. The Huskies posted a 185.85-184.25 dual-meet triumph Saturday over host Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. And coach Bobbie Cesarek credits much of...

Seminoles deal Huskies worst defeat of season

By Todd McMahon | February 24, 1992

The good news for the NIU women's basketball team is it will remain home for at least the next three weeks. The bad news, however, is the Huskies were thumped once again away from Chick Evans Field House. Florida State dealt NIU its worst defeat of the...

Men’s tennis squad drops two; women fall on road too

By John Dietz | February 24, 1992

Victory has not been a familiar word in the NIU men's tennis team's vocabulary so far this season and Saturday's meets were no exception. The most recent losses came against the University of Illinois (5-2) and Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville...

MSU hands women netters 8-1 loss

By John Dietz | February 21, 1992

The NIU women's tennis team dropped an 8-1 decision at Michigan State University last night, which dropped the team to 4-4 on the year. However, this was no easy victory for the undefeated Spartans (4-0). Three of the Huskies' losses went to a third set,...