Initially, the NIU women's golf team "weathered" the rain. Ultimately, the rain "whithered" the Huskies, according to NIU coach Pam Tyska. As a result, NIU dropped from a tie for fifth to a seventh-place finish following Saturday and Sunday's Lady Buckeye...

As the price for success, Jim Molinari will soon begin his third job in as many years. At a Friday press conference in Peoria, Molinari, who led the Huskies to a 25-6 record and an NCAA Tournament bid this season, announced his acceptance of the head...

April showers might bring May flowers, but they also create havoc for many outdoor sports such as NIU's softball team. For the 10th time this season, the Huskies (14-16, 0-2) were rained out of action. This weekend's cancellations included Saturday's...

There's nothing like building up your confidence before an important conference meet. That's exactly what the NIU women's tennis team did, preparing for the North Star Conference Championships with a pair of league wins. The Huskies bettered their NSC...

Who will occupy NIU's bench next basketball season, on the coach's and players' side, is the big question after Jim Molinari's departure for Bradley. Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell said the search for Molinari's replacement is already underway. "We'll...

On the one hand, the NIU men's golf team finished in the upper half of the field for what has become a truly classic collegiate golf meet—the 22nd Annual Marshall University Invitational. On the other hand, the Huskies could have finished even higher....

At Thursday night's NIU basketball awards banquet, coach Jim Molinari declined to comment on speculation that he would be heading for Bradley University to take over as head coach at the Peoria school. At the same time, several prominent local businessmen...

NIU women's tennis coach Patty Groth hopes her team can pick up three North Star Conference triumphs Friday and Saturday. But what she also hopes for is a wind-free weather forecast. The Huskies host Akron, Wisconsin-Green Bay and Illinois-Chicago this...

North Star Conference player of the week Julie Sexton and her fellow Huskie teammates will take their softball show on the road once again when they battle three Ohio schools this weekend. NIU (14-13) will take on conference foe Akron in a 2 p.m. twin...

NIU's mounders will get a big taste of collegiate baseball this weekend—five home games in a 48-hour span. Rockford College invades Huskie Diamond Friday at 3 p.m., while Eastern Illinois heads to DeKalb for four games—two on Saturday (starting at...

Neither cold, wind nor the scrappy DePaul crew could stop the NIU men's tennis team Thursday at the west campus courts. The Huskies (14-8) stomped DePaul 6-0 for NIU's seventh in a row. No. 4 player Dustin Dobrin evened his singles mark to 17-17 by beating...

NIU men's tennis coach Charles Merzbacher suspended Greg O'Neil indefinitely after the Huskies' 7-2 victory over Marquette Wednesday. Merzbacher said he didn't feel O'Neil was putting enough effort into his matches. O'Neil suffered a 6-4, 7-5 loss to...