Saturday's NIU football game will feature two teams suffering dissapointing seasons. The Huskies, 1-5, travel to Akron to take on the 3-4 Zips. Akron, however, has won three of four games on its home field, the Rubber Bowl. The two teams have a common...

The NIU wrestlers recently hit the mats again in preparation for the upcoming season. But this season the Huskies will not only be armed with strength but with head coach Ed Vatch's confidence as well. "We're facing a really tough schedule this season,"...

Everyone got into the act yesterday as the NIU soccer team thumped Valparaiso 5-0 at Huskie Soccer Field. But NIU goalie Markus Roy scoring the final goal of the match as a center-foward was the highlight of the show. Markus, who combined with Dan Green...

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...

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...

Though the Huskies lost 41-10 to Florida Saturday, their plane ride home from Gainesville wasn't as somber as one might expect. They weren't ecstatic about the game's outcome, but they weren't devastated either. The Huskies (1-6) have now lost five games...

The 1990-91 season was a glorious one for the NIU men's basketball team. But the season was more frustrating than glorious for one of its members. As the Huskies advanced to the NCAA Tournament, freshman guard Mark Layton was forced to watch from the...

Florida quarterback Shane Matthews completed 21-of-34 passes in his team's 41-10 win over NIU Saturday. The 6-3, 191-pound junior also threw two touchdowns and was never intercepted. He threw for at least 300 yards (336) for the eighth time in his college...

While the weather was better suited to the "Ducks" of the University of Oregon, victory was better suited to the NIU men's tennis team. Coach Chuck Merzbacher's crew hung on through the tough matches Friday to capture four of six singles matches and two...

Most football teams accept 31-point victories warmly. But the 6-1 Florida Gators are not like most squads. They are No. 6 in the country, and when they beat NIU (1-6) 41-10 Saturday afternoon at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in front of 83,708 people, their...

What do Bears, Cardinals and Colonels have in common? They all bore witness to the offensive reawakening of the NIU field hockey team this weekend at Saint Louis University. NIU (4-8-1) ended its five-game winless streak Friday with a 5-3 victory over...

The offensive woes continued for the NIU soccer team yesterday, but the defense held firm for a 0-0 tie with Eastern Illinois University at Huskie Soccer Field. Dave Weichman and Jay Konrad shouldered the responsibility of marking EIU speedsters LeBaron...