No matter what its opponent's records have been, the NIU soccer team has managed to make each match a challenge. Coming into Huskie Soccer Field at 3 p.m. today is Valparaiso (4-8-1), which gave NIU (8-3-2) all it could handle last year. John Lechner...

It seemed like a legitimate coaching maneuver. With his team comfortably leading Valparaiso 3-0 on Wednesday, NIU soccer coach Willy Roy pulled his star goalkeeper and son, Markus Roy from the net. Redshirt freshman and backup goalie Dan Green trots onto...

With only two North Star Conference matches remaining, the NIU volleyball team is hungrier than ever to make those matches triumphant. But the University of Illinois-Chicago would like to take itself off the menu and dish up a win of its own against NIU...

Saturday's NIU football game will feature two teams suffering dissapointing seasons. The Huskies, 1-5, travel to Akron to take on the 3-4 Zips. Akron, however, has won three of four games on its home field, the Rubber Bowl. The two teams have a common...

The NIU wrestlers recently hit the mats again in preparation for the upcoming season. But this season the Huskies will not only be armed with strength but with head coach Ed Vatch's confidence as well. "We're facing a really tough schedule this season,"...

Everyone got into the act yesterday as the NIU soccer team thumped Valparaiso 5-0 at Huskie Soccer Field. But NIU goalie Markus Roy scoring the final goal of the match as a center-foward was the highlight of the show. Markus, who combined with Dan Green...

When in a pinch last season, the NIU women's basketball team would lean on the talents of senior guards Lisa Foss, Denise Dove and Toby Meeks. Those three were the leaders of the Huskies, and head coach Jane Albright-Dieterle has already said she won't...

Who says Huskie Stadium is solely used for NIU and DeKalb High School football? Many of you would loudly proclaim ‘yes' to that question. But there are a few out there who actually realize the right answer is ‘no.' The NIU field hockey team also shares...

Not many basketball players jet over to France for a basketball tryout. One who did exactly that is NIU Hall of Famer Tim Dillon. "It might have been the craziest week of my life," said Dillon from his home in Dixon after participating in the 1991 McDonald's...

Late in NIU's Sept. 28 football game against Iowa, Huskies' linebacker Nick Jones had his life changed. "I was making a tackle and a teammate hit me on the side of the head. I thought it was a stinger, but I couldn't even move my left arm," Jones said....

Though the Huskies lost 41-10 to Florida Saturday, their plane ride home from Gainesville wasn't as somber as one might expect. They weren't ecstatic about the game's outcome, but they weren't devastated either. The Huskies (1-6) have now lost five games...

The 1990-91 season was a glorious one for the NIU men's basketball team. But the season was more frustrating than glorious for one of its members. As the Huskies advanced to the NCAA Tournament, freshman guard Mark Layton was forced to watch from the...