If anyone has ever warranted the use of the "I told you so" phrase, the 1990-91 women's basketball team should definitely qualify. Prior to the 1990-91 season, everyone and his brother questioned the Huskies' potential due to the losses of Carol Owens,...

Women's college basketball rivalries just don't get any bigger than the one taking place at Chick Evans Field House Thursday night. At 6:30 p.m., the NIU women's basketball team (23-5, 12-0) squares off with the DePaul Blue Demons (14-11, 9-3) for their...

Back in October, NIU basketball coach Jim Molinari said that the theme for the 1990-91 season would be momentum. And it is momentum that the Huskies will seek to continue building as they head into Illinois-Chicago for a Thursday night encounter with...

Call it coincidence, but the NIU gymnastic team has done nothing but improve since assistant coach Harry Orkowski arrived. A coincidence would be hard to prove, however, given Orkowski's reputation and experience. Orkowski has been a key factor in catapulting...

If anyone has reason to be confident it's Bobbie Cesarek, NIU's women's gymnastic coach. After a week off from competition, NIU (10-0) returns home Saturday for a 1 p.m. dual against Western Michigan which Cesarek feels poses no threat to her squad. The...

Good teams bounce back from tough losses. Less than 48 hours after the NIU women's basketball team's humiliating 91-66 defeat at Northwestern, the Huskies regained their winning form Thursday night by pouncing on Wright State, 86-55, in Ohio. Four Huskies...

If basketball were more like boxing, Saturday's NIU men's basketball game might have a name like "the battle by the bay," or "the Mid-Con clash II." But if any game this season doesn't need any extra hype, it's Saturday's 7:30 p.m. road match against...

Several NIU women's sports programs will find themselves in a new home for the 1992-93 season. Although a formal announcement isn't expected until Friday, NIU's Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell confirmed NIU's decision during a telephone call Thursday...

Five-thousand miles is a long way to travel to play tennis. Erik Andersch, the Huskies' No. 3 singles player, made the trip from Sweden with the help of his friend Ova Pipkorn. Pipkorn convinced Andersch to come to the U.S. to pursue his academic and...

"There is no ‘I' in the word, team." This is the first commandment on an NIU men's basketball team that is enjoying a banner 20-win season due to its team play. Nowhere is this team play exhibited better than on defense, where the Huskies currently...

Eager to forget the Northwestern loss, the NIU women's basketball team boarded the bus to Dayton, Ohio Wednesday. The Huskies will try to get back on the winning track when they take on North Star Conference opponent Wright State University Thursday night....