The NIU men's and women's swimming and diving teams will finish off their regular season Saturday at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a 1 p.m. meet against the Panthers. However, the confrontation goes much deeper than just another preparation...

The state of Iowa has long been a hotbed for football and wrestling, but this weekend the focus is on tennis as far any Huskies are concerned. The NIU men's tennis team faces a tripleheader in the Hawkeye State. Tonight, NIU stops in Des Moines for a...

It's round two this weekend for the Valparaiso Crusaders, the Illinois-Chicago Flames and the NIU men's basketball team. First up for NIU is a rematch against the Crusaders. But the Huskies won't be facing the same Crusaders squad when they square off...

So just how important is tomorrow's NIU women's basketball game against North Star Conference rival Wright State? For starters, the 2 p.m. showdown at Chick Evans Field House could decide the fate of some teams in the NSC, particularly the Huskies and...

Coming down the homestretch, the NIU men's basketball team is a group of tired Huskies. With good reason. Head coach Brian Hammel's squad has been down to nine bodies, some healthier than others, this semester. The Huskies have managed to build a 9-13,...

With Patty Groth's women's tennis team traveling Thursday evening to face the University of Illinois, one has to think of the Huskies' match on Feb. 1 against the Purdue Boilermakers. After all, all of the Big Ten teams are the same. Right? Earlier this...

Coaches across the nation like to call it the ‘stretch run'—those last two weeks of the season for their teams to tune it up before the madness of March comes roaring in. For Jane Albright-Dieterle and her NIU women's basketball team, this year's...

During the past football season, much of the talk about the Huskies revolved around a quarterback controversy. Namely, should Stacey McKinney be starting ahead of Rob Rugai? That specific question appears to be answered for the coming season with the...

Huskie gymnast Sandy Escobar has had her share of setbacks, but nothing it seems, can deprive her of contributing all she can. In November of last year, only weeks after recovering from appendicitis surgery, Escobar fractured her left ankle and underwent...

Monday's 82-77 win by the NIU men's basketball team over Western Illinois at times resembled open gym night at the YMCA. Between 37 combined turnovers, some unconscious shooting performances and abysmal refereeing, there was an out-of-bounds play that...

So far so good for coach Patty Groth and her NIU women's tennis squad. Four matches are in the book this season, and the Huskies have roared out to a 3-1 start against a strong slate. It's this good beginning that should help Groth's crew as they prepare...

With five players scoring in double figures, NIU's women's basketball team beat the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 83-76 Tuesday night in front of 210 fans at Klotsche Center. The non-conference win raised NIU's record to 12-9. UW-M's record dropped...