The word is out—it's being heard here on the NIU campus, and it's rapidly spreading throughout the entire Midwest. With record breaking scores this weekend in the Michigan State University Invitational, the Huskie women's golf team captured first place...

It's rare for a football team that gives up 428 net yards to an opponent to talk about an improved defensive effort, but the Huskies find themselves in that situation. "We have improved," NIU coach Charlie Sadler said after Saturday's 34-17 loss to Kansas...

After two games, the NIU football team had passed for only 38 yards. That meager total didn't please head coach Charlie Sadler, but he chose to stick with his starting quarterback, Stacey McKinney. "I get more confident in him all the time," Sadler said...

NIU men's golf coach Jack Pheanis brings a relatively inexperienced club into Monday and Tuesday's Big Ten Intercollegiate Invitational Golf Tournament at Iowa City, Iowa, to tee off the fall golf season. Gone are All-Mid-Continent golfers Mike Briggs,...

NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell received a $3,000 a year raise, primarily because he was being wooed by other institutions, NIU President John La Tourette said. O'Dell, who earned $81,600 in FY91, received an increase to $84,600 for FY92. "It's part...

NIU soccer coach Willy Roy has seemingly found a potent scoring weapon—the corner kick. Before the season even began, Roy said his team would be tough on the corner kick play. And the Huskies have lived up to the expectations by scoring a goal in each...

Head softball coach Dee Abrahamson once said that pitching will need to dominate if the NIU softball team is to contend this season. Abrahamson got a sample of dominating pitching on Sunday as the Huskies swept visiting Indiana State to open NIU's fall...

The competition from the Big Ten Conference is proving to be too much for the NIU volleyball team. The Huskies dropped the title bout of the University of Michigan Volleyball Classic to the host team after defeating Georgia State University (15-2, 15-2,...

Sure the NIU volleyball team has amassed an 11-3 mark to date, but as the cliche goes, "You're only as good as your last outing,"—which wasn't very impressive from Head coach Pete Waite's standpoint. The Huskies came up empty in their second try to...

The NIU softball team has a simple goal. "Our team goal this year is to win the (North Star) conference," head coach Dee Abrahamson said. Plain and simple. The journey towards that goal starts Sunday in DeKalb against the Indiana St. Sycamores at noon....

A lot of people in Ann Arbor, MI are talking about the NIU volleyball team. A lot of those people, particularly the head coach for the University of Michigan, Peggy Bradley-Doppes, are talking about the Wolverines versus the Huskies match that closes...

The scoring drought ended for the NIU soccer team yesterday as the Huskies opened the flood gates on Illinois State for a 3-1 victory at Huskie Soccer Field. The Huskies, 1-1-1, gained revenge for last year's 4-1 loss and erased some doubts about their...