Freshman Marlin Simms has been waiting for his chance to do something big this season, and Saturday night it finally came. As the NIU men's basketball team saw its game against Eastern Illinois slowly start to slip away, Simms stepped up and hit two big...

Momentum and team spirit carried the NIU women's gymnastics squad to victory this past weekend. The Huskies posted a 185.85-184.25 dual-meet triumph Saturday over host Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. And coach Bobbie Cesarek credits much of...

The good news for the NIU women's basketball team is it will remain home for at least the next three weeks. The bad news, however, is the Huskies were thumped once again away from Chick Evans Field House. Florida State dealt NIU its worst defeat of the...

Although the NIU football team suffered through a 2-9 campaign last year, the Huskies did beat Purdue, Michigan, Rutgers and Tennessee, among others. At least when it came to recruiting high school talent. NIU head coach Charlie Sadler unveiled some of...

An anxious bunch of NIU tennis players will head to Champaign Saturday to take on intrastate rivals, the University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. The 2-8 Huskies are hoping to erase the memories of last weekend when they were...

The NIU women's tennis team dropped an 8-1 decision at Michigan State University last night, which dropped the team to 4-4 on the year. However, this was no easy victory for the undefeated Spartans (4-0). Three of the Huskies' losses went to a third set,...

It's back to Michigan for the NIU women's gymnastics team this weekend. And the word is that the Huskies are out to improve their score. Kalamazoo, Mich. is Saturday's destination, and NIU will take on Western Michigan University in a dual meet slated...

Keeping the old saying that "defense wins championships" in mind, the NIU women's basketball team exhibited a tenacious defense Monday night as it heads toward the season's home stretch. As has been the case throughout the 1991-92 campaign, NIU had difficulties...

Once again, balance equaled victory for the NIU women's basketball team Thursday night. Four players hit double figures in scoring and the Huskies' rebounding was split evenly as NIU rolled to a 84-55 victory over the University of Illinois-Chicago before...

Priority scheduling for student athletes was a hot topic at the monthly Athletic Board meeting yesterday. Members threw around ideas surrounding the controversy of student athletes being granted some sort of priority when it comes to piecing together...

Good seasons—like the NIU gymnastics team's 16th-place finish in the nation last year—are sometimes hard to match. But, for coach Bobbie Cesarek and her Huskie tumblers, the makings are all in the bag. The team's current record stands at 8-3 as of...

The NIU women's tennis team hopes to get back on the winning track when it travels to Michigan State University tonight for a 6 p.m. meet. Following last weekend's split while visiting Milwaukee, the Huskies will be looking to improve on their 4-3 ledger...