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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Huskie women golfers ready to tee off

By Laura Higgins | February 27, 1992

While temperatures still hover around the freezing mark in DeKalb, the Huskie women's golf team is in full swing, making use of the indoor facilities on the NIU campus. The Huskies have been weight conditioning since the end of their fall season and have...

Tourney looms for Huskies

By Wes Swietek | February 27, 1992

All the wins, all the losses, all the proverbial blood, sweat and tears that the Mid-Continent Conference teams have gone through this season are meaningless starting March 8. That's when the Mid-Con Tournament begins in Cleveland. A loss means automatic...

NIU tumblers bypass traditional beginnings

By Laura Higgins | February 27, 1992

While most of NIU's athletes are recruited out of high school, the Huskie women's gymnastics team is comprised mostly of club participants. The majority of NIU's tumblers bypassed their high school teams and instead opted to compete on a national level...

NIU coach looks for confidence, turnout

By Todd McMahon | February 27, 1992

Pressure will be the word of the hour tonight at Chick Evans Field House. Not only is the clock ticking for the NIU women's basketball team to thwart the "pressure" and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay at 7:00 p.m., there is also the added pressure...

Wrestling squad pinned by ISU

By Fred Konrath | February 27, 1992

The NIU wrestling team finally wrestled a match in DeKalb, but the final outcome was an Illinois State victory, 24-18 at Chick Evans Field House last night. The Huskies, who have wrestled most of this season on the road, and the Redbirds met for the second...

Foul trouble continues to plague NIU down stretch

By Wes Swietek | February 26, 1992

Did fatigue, or simply lack of depth, lead to foul trouble and spell the difference between two losses and two wins recently for the NIU men's basketball team? The Huskies have dropped three in a row with Saturday's 65-61 loss against Eastern Illinois...

Wrestlers finally return to DeKalb

By Fred Konrath | February 26, 1992

The NIU wrestling team will be able to show off its skills at Chick Evans Field House for the first time since Northwestern visited DeKalb back in December. Illinois State will be only the second team this season to wrestle NIU at home. After being on...

Freshmen lead rout

By Roger Moreano | February 26, 1992

People usually love surprises, but the NIU women's basketball team had little to smile about after what Northwestern had in store for them Tuesday night at Chick Evans Field House. The Wildcats unleashed a shooting barrage led by freshmen standouts Maureen...

Swimmers start conference meets

By Brian Wiencek | February 26, 1992

Everything the NIU swimming and diving teams have gone through this year will finally be tested this week at the Mid-Continent and North Star Conference meets at the University of Illinois-Chicago. The meets are held over a four-day period. It starts...

Raiders foreclose tenacious NIU

By Wes Swietek | February 26, 1992

The NIU men's basketball team proved to be as tenacious as a pack of bill collectors against Wright State last night. The Huskies overcame serious foul trouble and an emotional Raiders squad on Senior Recognition night to almost pull off the upset. But...

Wildcats claw Huskies, 95-75

By Todd McMahon | February 26, 1992

When you can't convert on your own end, your opponent will usually come back and make matters worse. Northwestern did just that Tuesday night and rolled to a 95-75 victory over the NIU women's basketball team at Chick Evans Field House. A crowd of 1,785...

Coach hoping crowd roars to help Jordan

By Roger Moreano | February 25, 1992

There is a project taking place within the confines of Chick Evans Field House designed to challenge the student body at NIU. The project is being led by NIU head women's basketball coach Jane Albright-Dieterle, who is asking that at least 2,000 fans...

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