Tearing a page out of Dorothy's notebook, the NIU volleyball team utilized the "there's no place like home," theme in defeating the Western Illinois Westerwinds Saturday at Chick Evans Field House. NIU thanked its fans for their support throughout the...

Quality, not quantity, is often a better measure of effort. At least NIU men's tennis coach Chuck Merzbacher thinks so. While the three Huskie entries in the Thursday through Sunday Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association (ITCA)/Rolex Midwest Indoor...

The NIU swimming team is making a stop in Macomb this weekend in hopes of sinking the Western Illinois University Leathernecks. Both the men's and women's teams will compete Saturday in what coach Jeanne Fleck predicts to be a close meet between two good...

The NIU soccer team starred as "Accidental Tourists" in a nightmarish trip to Dayton, Ohio. On Wednesday, the Huskies' United flight to Dayton was delayed due to engine problems, and the team had to change flights to American Airlines. "It must have been...

It took a couple years of on-the-court experience, but NIU volleyball player Wendy Mason has finally found her niche on the team. Mason, a 5-10 junior from Lyons, Colo., is having her best season ever. Mason was named to three all-tournament teams in...

As DeKalb continues to freeze, the NIU field hockey team will take shelter inside this weekend. The Huskies travel to East Lansing, Mich., to conclude its 1991 campaign. NIU and the University of Michigan square off Saturday at noon at Spartan Stadium....

Soyini Chism has her fingers crossed. The 6-0 sophomore has been on the NIU women's basketball team's roster for the last two seasons, but she has yet to see much time on the court. Chism tore her right anterior cruciate ligament in practice in 1989 and...

Two teams will be battling for post-season honors when the NIU soccer team meets Wright State today at 1 p.m. in Dayton, Ohio. The Huskies (10-4-3 overall, 4-1-1 in the Mid-Continent Conference) need a win to keep themselves in contention for an NCAA...

"It's not easy being green,"—Kermit the Frog. "It isn't easy being a green (as in inexperienced) basketball player,"—paraphrased from NIU head basketball coach Brian Hammel. The greenest of Hammel's Huskies are a pair of freshman forwards, Marlin...

Freshmen Marty Engel and Matt Green will get a taste of top-level collegiate tennis for the first time at the Rolex Midwest Indoor Regional Tournament at Madison, Wis., starting today. But for junior Dustin Dobrin, the only Huskie to win a match in this...

NIU head football coach Charlie Sadler almost erupted more than once at the mistakes some of his players were making in the Huskies' 13-12 loss to Southwestern Louisiana Saturday. Sadler collected his cool because most of the errors being committed were...

Being a student-athlete at a Division I university is not the easiest thing to do. But NIU wrestler Mel Heckman has proved that he can hit the books as hard as he can hit his opponents. Besides posting a 9-6 record last season, which included five pins,...