EVANSTON—Remember that 99-74 thumping the NIU women's basketball team put to Northwestern last season? Apparently the Wildcats did, because Tuesday night the Big 10 school returned the 25-point favor by pounding the Huskies 91-66. The loss snapped the...

Chalk one up for NIU soccer coach Willy Roy. Going into his fourth season at the helm of NIU's soccer program, Roy has scored a major recruiting victory over four other state rivals by luring one of Illinois' top players, The Northern Star learned. Despite...

To say the Huskies' 20th win this season wasn't easy might be the understatement of the year. It took double overtime for the NIU men's basketball team to shake off a stubborn Eastern Illinois squad 74-69 at Lantz Gym. Once again, it was the Huskies'...

Without a doubt, this less-than-average-height NIU boss is standing taller than any other gymnastic coach in the country. But what NIU's 5-foot gymnastics coach Bobbie Cesarek lacks in stature, she makes up for in enthusiasm and gymnastic knowhow. That...

Although talking about hockey in February usually conjures images of ice, cold and toothless athletes banging each other's heads, the brand of hockey played during warmer months was the subject of some recent NIU honors. Team awards for NIU's 1990 field...

Backup NIU quarterback Bart Geiser was arrested this weekend at Molly's Eatery and Drinkery, 1022 W. Lincoln Hwy., during routine identification checks. Geiser, 20, was listed at the No. 4 quarterback slot entering NIU's 1990 season after red-shirting...

To know women's basketball in Illinois is to know that the two best women's basketball teams in the state will be in the same gym Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. NIU (17-4, 9-0) travels to Northwestern (14-6, 7-4) in what may be one of the best games of the year....

Spiking has now given way to dunking at Chick Evans Field House, but the echos from the recently completed volleyball season can still be heard at the field house. Postseason awards for NIU's 26-8 volleyball team were recently announced by head Huskie...

He was serving the required year of ineligibility for transfer students to play tennis for NIU's Coach Charles Merzbacher. Last Friday, his long wait paid off. Gill accounted for all the Huskies' points in their 7-2 loss to nationally recognized Wisconsin-Madison...

Yes, the NIU women's basketball team handled the Akron Lady Zips rather easily at the Chick Evans Field House Saturday afternoon, 79-62. And yes, the Huskies had more rebounds, blocked shots, steals and assists than the Zips. But there was something dull...

For the NIU women's swimming and diving squad, the weekend was similar to the men's crew with one exception. After a Friday night 138-103 win over Western Illinois, the Huskies suffered a Saturday afternoon 126-113 loss at the hands of Iowa State. The...

With almost two months left before the NCAA national gymnastics meet, the NIU women gymnasts continued performing in championship-style this weekend. The Huskies added two more wins and another school record to an already outstanding season during NIU's...