When the Akron Zips enter Chick Evans Field House at 7:05 p.m. tonight they may not know exactly which NIU team they will be facing. The Huskies enter the contest coming off a bitter 71-55 loss at the hands of Cleveland State on Saturday. What made the...

Although the NIU women's swimming team had two weeks without a meet, it wasn't considered a rest period. Yet, the intense practice during that time still didn't pay its dividends as NIU suffered a 162-133 loss this weekend to the Redbirds of Illinois...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

They were only four miles from their Notre Dame campus in South Bend, Ind., on their way home from a swim meet at Northwestern. The Irish women's swimming team was traveling east in the middle of a snow storm and high winds on I-80 early Friday morning....

Rebounding from Friday's home loss to Tennessee, NIU's women's basketball team defeated North Star Conference foe University of Illinois-Chicago 72-55 Monday night at UIC's Physical Education building in front of 202 fans. The Huskies were led by Cindy...