If the Australian National women's basketball team's coach Robbee Cadee needs someone to vouch that his team deserves to be in the 1992 Summer Olympics, he should contact DeKalb. "They're wanting to qualify for the Olympics," NIU head coach Jane Albright-Dieterle...

The NIU wrestling squad took a lot of youth and inexperience to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for dual meets Saturday. The only thing they got out of the meet was a lesson. What head coach Ed Vatch called a "positive experience," most people would...

Although NIU's trip to Wichita State University had a questionable start, there was no uncertainty by the end of the voyage as to why the Huskies played in the WSU Tournament held Friday and Saturday. Despite the fact NIU's plane did not leave O'Hare...

Saturday afternoon's football game was the last at Huskie Stadium for NIU seniors, so it was imperative to them that they win. "It's been a long season," senior defensive end Scott Van Bellinger said. "I figured I'd get a little fired up for this one....

NIU wrestling coach Ed Vatch believes in diving right in, head on. The Huskies plunge into dual-meet competition in a big way tomorrow participating in the University of Wisconsin Duals. Action begins at 9 a.m. with NIU facing Ivy League foe Brown University....

Two farewells—one hopefully cheerful and one probably tearful—will occur this weekend at Huskie Stadium. The NIU football team will be trying to say goodbye to the disappointing results that this season has produced so far when the Huskies face Illinois...

Proof that dreams die hard was abundant last night at Chick Evans Field House. It was evident in the faces and thoughts of about 60 young men who came out for a chance to fulfill a dream—the dream to play Division-I collegiate basketball. uskies' coach...

While the Huskies are preparing for their conference championships (Nov. 23-24), Wichita State University is offering the NIU volleyball team the ultimate practice session—a four team tournament held Friday and Saturday The University of Tulsa (8-21),...

Although the men's and women's swimming teams are going their separate ways this weekend, they both want to head in the same direction—stopwatch improvement. In last weekend's coed meet at Western Illinois University, both Huskie crews came up short...

NIU's women's basketball season starts on Sunday at 2 p.m., and immediately the Huskies' valor will be tested. Coming to the Chick Evans Field House for an exhibition game will be the Australian National Team, a group that beat Vanderbilt University Nov....

NIU women's basketball head coach Jane Albright-Dieterle did everything coaches are supposed to do at their teams' preseason media luncheon, and then some. At the Chick Evans Field House Wednesday, she talked about her players individually, team expectations...

Fans, media, critics and coaches got their first glimpse of rookie coach Brian Hammel's 1991-92 Huskies Tuesday night. And the results ... Well, while the scoreboard recorded a 92-91 NIU loss against Zalgiris, a Lithuanian club team, Hammel saw positives....