In its first dual meet of the year, the women's tennis team went to work Saturday and defeated Purdue University 5-2. Three Huskies won in convincing fashion. Sara Murfey knocked off Ifeoma Okorafor 6-4, 6-0, Natalija Todorovic beat Heidi Prah 6-2, 6-1...

What's the old saying about not counting your chickens before they're hatched? For the answer, ask anyone who attended Saturday's NIU men's basketball game. With a 35-20 lead at halftime, the Huskies were apparently headed for a relatively easy win against...

What was supposed to be the NIU men's basketball team's rebuilding year is turning into a solid foundation for the future. After another impressive win for the shorthanded Huskies Wednesday night at Loyola (62-56), NIU stands at 7-11, 4-4 going into Saturday's...

The atrocities of the Packers notwithstanding, there is joy in the Green Bay sports world. Last season, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men's basketball team, led by current senior/All-America candidate Tony Bennett, capped off a 20-win regular...

In an exhibition of clear dominance Thursday afternoon, the Northwestern Wildcats swallowed up the Huskie tennis squad 9-0. The Wildcats kicked all of their talent into high gear by not allowing NIU a set victory in any match. However, head coach Chuck...

The NIU wrestling team (1-7) will try to end a seven-match losing streak this weekend and start its second half of the season on the right foot. The Huskies face Chicago State University and Drake University Friday as part of the Chicago State University...

A group of confident Huskie tennis players will invade the TAM tennis center in Niles Thursday to take on a talented Northwestern Wildcat squad. After a disappointing loss to the University of Cincinnati on Sunday, the team appears eager to show what...

For 40 minutes Wednesday night, the NIU men's basketball team played like a squad with a full deck. Down to only eight players before the opening tip, the Huskies (7-11) dug deep and played inspired basketball in a 62-56 upset victory over Loyola-Chicago...

The schedule makers of the North Star Conference must have known something was up when they created the schedule for the league's last hurrah this season. As fate would have it, this year's conference favorites will convene Friday night in Green Bay,...

A new category of excellence has been created in Mid-Contintent Conference sports and before it even had a chance to settle in, a Huskie has already been awarded it. Just two weeks old, the honor of Mid-Con Swimmer of the Week was given to NIU swimmer...

With the NIU men's basketball team down to nine players, three of them walk-ons, any victory is bound to be a team effort. And that was certainly the case last night in Charleston as the depleted Huskies stunned Eastern Illinois 76-67 in a Mid-Continent...

Winter training starts Wednesday for what should be the beginning of an exciting second season of NIU baseball. When the Huskies finally play in DeKalb on March 31 against the University of Northern Iowa, they will have spent their first 21 games on the...