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NIU faces turf war vs. East Carolina

By Eric Burt | November 9, 1990

When the Huskies run onto the football field before Saturday's game with East Carolina, they will be feeling something they haven't felt before or during a game all season—grass under their feet. "When you're used to playing on artificial turf and you...

Huskies face struggling Pirates

By Carl Ackerman | November 8, 1990

As the season draws to a close for NIU's football squad, the Huskies will be looking to extend their hot streak against a struggling East Carolina team. In the midst of a four game winning streak, NIU (6-3) will travel to ECU (4-6) for a 12:30 p.m. matchup...

Basketball squad makes 1990 debut

By Steve Dennis | November 8, 1990

November 8th is like December 25th for at least 13 women at NIU. It's Christmas come early for the NIU women's basketball team as the Huskies host a Norwegian National women's basketball squad Thursday at 7 p.m. at Chick Evans Field House. NIU is eager...

Molinari unveils squad with assist from Meyer

By Wes Swietek | November 8, 1990

NIU men's basketball coach Jim Molinari turned to his past when presenting the future at Wednesday's men's basketball media luncheon. Legendary former DePaul coach Ray Meyer was the special guest as Molinari unveiled the 1990-91 basketball squad to the...

M-C coaches tab NIU third

By Steve Dennis | November 7, 1990

Chicago, IL - Coaches from the Mid-Continent Conference have picked the NIU men's basketball team to finish third in its' debut and forward Donnell Thomas to make the All-Conference team. A panel of 27 casted their pre-season selections and the results...

NIU’s Royster scores in clutch

By Carl Ackerman | November 7, 1990

Making the most of opportunities is what makes a player stand out from the rest. Although his opportunities have been limited this season, Huskies' tight end Claude Royster has been successful in the clutch. The 6-3, 228-pound senior has caught three...

‘System’ spurns Huskies

By Hyun Moon | November 6, 1990

The "system" may have done in the NIU soccer squad again. Despite building a 13-5-2 record this season, the Huskies were snubbed again by the NCAA Tournament selection committee. That 13-5-2 record is better than four schools who have received bids to...

NCAA committee passes on Huskies soccer team

By Steve Dennis | November 6, 1990

For the second consecutive year, all hopes of a national championship for the NIU soccer team were shattered by the NCAA selection committee. The Huskies failed to generate enough support among those selecting the 28 teams on Monday, despite their 13-5-2...

Huskies sneak by pesky Zips

By Eric Burt | November 5, 1990

AKRON, Ohio_ "We feel great now even though we made a lot of mistakes. We feel great because we won a game on the road." That was what NIU head coach Jerry Pettibone had to say after his Huskies squeaked by Akron 31-28, improving their record to 6-3....

Last seconds feel like an eternity for Huskies

By Eric Burt | November 5, 1990

AKRON, Ohio - Let's set the scene. An NIU punt pinned Akron on their own nine-yard line with :10 remaining in the game, trailing 31-28. Zips quarterback Mark Friday completed a 53-yard pass to Harold Robinson on what should have been the last play of...

Huskies swimmers lose meets, gain recognition

November 5, 1990

Despite the fact that the NIU men's swimming and diving squad lost three dual meets, coach Dave Clark was pleased with what he saw. No, Clark's not mad at his crew, he's simply keeping his eye on the stopwatch rather than the scoreboard. On the scoreboard,...

Huskies Soccer team wins, waits

By Steve Dennis | November 5, 1990

BUFFALO GROVE—There were no surprises from the Schwaben Center on Saturday as the NIU soccer team scratched the Wildcats of Nothwestern 2-0 in the Huskies' "regular season" finale. Note: The only game left on the Huskies' schedule is the "waiting game."...