After Middle Tennessee State came into DeKalb on Oct. 3 and upset the Huskies, nobody wanted to see the symbols I-AA ever again. However, they are back, and they are in the form of the University of Liberty. The Division I-AA Flames will fly into DeKalb...

The 4-8-1 NIU soccer team will have its hands full today as it takes on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers at 3 p.m. at the Huskie Practice Field. Once again, the John Lewang Memorial Trophy will be up for grabs. Lewang was the soccer coach...

He has coached the NIU men's tennis team to two straight Mid-Continent Conference championships, and now he is moving on to bigger and better things. NIU men's tennis coach Chuck Merzbacher told The Northern Star Tuesday that he will resign from his position...

The NIU volleyball team stepped out of the Mid-Continent Conference on Tuesday night and stepped all over the DePaul Lady Blue Demons in straight sets by scores of 15-4, 15-4 and 16-14. The win extends the Huskies' impressive winning streak to 13 matches....

The NIU soccer team was in good spirits looking back on this past weekend's success. Two conference victories by a combined score of 5-1 made them feel good and sleep easy. "We found some life," said head coach Willy Roy. "We had a good effort". Roy was...

Six games have passed and it's been a wild and crazy season for the NIU football team. The Huskies sit poised at the .500 mark with a 3-3 record just over halfway through their season. They have surprised and have been surprised, but head coach Charlie...

Louisville's Persimmon Ridge Golf Club proved to be a tough course Monday, and consequently, the scores were high after the first round of the 36-hole Persimmon Ridge Intercollegiate. Down in the heart of the bluegrass state, NIU's men's golf team finished...

The NIU volleyball team will play its third match in four days at Alumni Hall tonight against its long-time rival, the DePaul Blue Demons. NIU leads the series 13-8. DePaul comes into the match with an 11-11 record but have defeated four of its last five...

Before Friday night's match with Eastern Illinois University, two new banners were raised to honor the achievements of last year's volleyball team. The 1991 Mid-Continent Conference championship banner, along with the NIVC tournament banner both hang...

The Huskie soccer team had an extremely successful weekend with two victories—making it three in a row for coach Willy Roy and his men. NIU opened up Friday with a 3-0 victory over Mid-Continent Conference foe Valparaiso and then defeated second-place...

"It's a nice step. Really, for me, the season's more important, how we do, how the team is playing. We did play very well, so that was nice to go out with a really clean victory over Wright State." NIU volleyball head coach Pete Waite has gone at it for...

They are noticed. They are feared. They are good. Fourteen-2 explains only their talent. Firsthand experience explains their potential. Illinois State, which the NIU volleyball team easily defeated on Oct. 6, draws over 1,000 people on the average at...