For the NIU field hockey team, a lack of an offensive spark over the weekend once again equaled defeat. Northwestern University defeated the Huskies 2-0 Friday at Evanston, in Midwest Collegiate Field Hockey Conference action. On Saturday, NIU came up...

Is collegiate tennis really this easy? That's the question NIU men's standout Marty Engel must be asking himself following the Bowling Green State University Fall Invitational this weekend. Engel took his second consecutive No. 1 singles tourney title,...

Everything the NIU soccer team worked for, up until this point in the season, fell like a house of cards last Friday at Huskie Soccer Field with a 2-1 double-overtime loss to Akron. But, the Huskies (7-3-1) have already begun reparations with a 3-2 win...

NIU's Homecoming game Saturday afternoon against Western Michigan at Huskie Stadium wasn't artistic. "There were a lot of mistakes out there," WMU head football coach Al Molde said. "That's my first thought. I just don't think we were sharp." Though the...

The NIU volleyball team upped its North Star Conference ledger to 2-0 after Saturday night's match against the Cleveland State Vikings. In front of 236 fans at the Chick Evans Field House, the Huskie spikers defeated the Vikings in three straight games:...

It was a good Homecoming for Andre Wallace. As a result, it was a bad Homecoming for NIU. Western Michigan's Wallace, a native of Evanston who was recruited by the Huskies, ravaged NIU with 162 rushing yards Saturday and the clinching touchdown as the...

Induction ceremonies for the NIU Hall of Fame took place Friday evening in the Holmes Student Center's Duke Ellington Ballroom. Former NIU gymnasts Darlene Davis Blank and Tom Kennedy, former NIU football player Gary Stearns, former NIU Sports Information...

When thinking of college football juggernauts of yesteryear, schools like Notre Dame, Oklahoma and the Northern Illinois State Teachers College immediately come to mind. The Northern Illinois State Teachers College? The year is 1951, and NIU is not NIU....

The NIU volleyball team has something its North Star Conference opponents will not have this weekend—a little rest and relaxation. The Huskies (13-3) play host to Akron University Friday in a match moved up to 6 p.m. due to Homecoming festivities. NIU...

The NIU men's tennis squad travels to Bowling Green State University this Saturday for a two-day individual tournament. After dominating the Mid-Continent Conference's Fall Invitational at the end of September and fresh off of an exhibition against alumni...

With much of the focus centering on Homecoming this weekend, the NIU field hockey team plans on spending some time away from DeKalb the next two days. The Huskies travel to Evanston for two more Midwest Collegiate Field Hockey Conference games. NIU faces...

After one season, the NIU soccer team has turned the tables on Akron, who come into Huskie Soccer Field at 3 p.m. today. Last year, Akron was a Top-20 team and favored to win the Mid-Continent Conference. But NIU, picked to finish third, handed the Zips...