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DeKALB – Oral Roberts University dismantled NIU 16-2 in the season opener, fueled by a three-home run performance from redshirt senior shortstop Mac McCroskey Friday. McCroskey finished his monster day 3-for-6 with three home runs and six...
DeKALB – Miami University of Ohio pulled off a miraculous comeback to stun the Huskies 66-65 in overtime Saturday.
Despite not trailing during regulation, and leading by as many as 20 points, NIU was unable to hold on for the win. Led by senior...
This Week in Huskie Sports: Feb. 20, 2023
DeKALB – NIU sports prepares for another jam-packed week, headlined by NIU men’s basketball taking on Ohio University Tuesday.
HOCKEY
Friday, Feb. 24: vs. McKendree University, 4:30 p.m.
Fremont,...
By Joseph Segreti, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 18, 2023
DeKALB – NIU women’s track and field won three events in the final indoor meet before the MAC Indoor Championships the season at the Badger Invitational in Madison, Wisconsin.
Junior Scout Regular continued her impressive season with another top...
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter
| February 18, 2023
DeKALB – NIU women’s basketball (14-11, 6-8 MAC) upset the No. 1 ranked team in the Mid-American Conference for the second consecutive game, beating Ball State University (22-5, 12-2 MAC) by a final score of 84-77.
Coming off an 85-81 win against...
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter
| February 16, 2023
The 2023 NFL playoffs were one of the best in recent memory. Some games were decided by injury and some came down to the wire leaving NFL fans with many questions. What would have happened if Patrick Mahomes never got hit late going out of bounds? What...
DeKALB – NIU women’s volleyball head coach Sondra Parys announced Thursday that the Huskies’ coaching staff is adding Mackenzie Rombach as an assistant coach.
Rombach previously spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Jacksonville...
DeKALB – NIU women's basketball (13-11,5-8 MAC ) upset the No. 1 ranked team in the Mid-American Conference Bowling Green State University (22-3, 11-2 MAC) by a final score of 85-81 to earn head coach Lisa Carlsen her 300th career win.
Wednesday's...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| February 15, 2023
DeKALB – NIU hockey wraps up its regular season when they travel to Bloomington to take on the rival No. 12 ranked Illinois State University Redbirds in a two-game series Friday and Saturday.
Last time the Huskies (4-26, 1-17 MCH) met the Redbirds...
On episode 10 of All Star: a Huskie Sports Podcast, Sports Editor Ethan Gonzales is joined by newly appointed Assistant Sports Editor Alex Crowe and sports reporter Joseph Segreti to talk Super Bowl results and the NBA trade deadline. On a new segment...
DeKALB - Ball State University took down NIU men’s basketball Tuesday 87-77, snapping the Huskies four game road win streak. The Cardinals completed a season-series sweep of the shorthanded Huskies, led by a dominant performance from sophomore center...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| February 14, 2023
DeKALB – NIU softball struggled in the pitcher's circle during its final three games of the San Diego State Tournament, falling by identical final scores of 8-2 to the University of Notre Dame and California State University, Northridge (CSUN) Saturday...
