It may be the last match for the NIU soccer team or it may not be, but the Huskies need a win to stay alive in the NCAA Tournament hunt. The Huskies take on the 2-10-3 Northwestern squad Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at the Buffalo Grove Schwaben Center. Despite...

Athletes at NIU generally agree with the locker room policy at Huskie sporting events and even took it a step further. Controversy about the whole situation arises with the fact that the NIU policy allows male or female reporters to enter a men's locker...

For the second year in a row, the NIU women's tennis team will be represented in the Rolex Midwest Invitationals. Three sophomores will travel to Madison, Wis., to face the top Midwest competition. "It's going to be a big challenge and honor for them....

A three-game winning streak will be put on the line this Saturday when the NIU football squad takes the field at the Rubber Bowl against Akron (3-5-1). The Huskies (5-3) will also be looking to snap a three-game losing streak on the road that has accounted...

It's out of the frying pan and into the fire for NIU men's swimming and diving team this weekend. After dealing with two-a-day practices for the past several weeks, the Huskies will open the season on Friday with a six-way dual meet at the University...

When the Huskies travel to Akron this Saturday for a matchup with the Zips, they'll be facing a team saddled with injuries. "We're so banged up right now that I don't know if we can put 11 men on the field on Saturday," said Akron head coach Gerry Faust....

If NIU women's swimming and diving coach Mike Burt and his team had their way, the 1990-91 season would have already started. "We are anxious to get started," Burt said. "This past week we've been practicing twice a day and that gets to be a drag so we're...

Monday, Nov. 5 marks a big day for 32 collegiate soccer teams across the country. At 12 p.m., the NCAA selection committee will release its picks for the 1990 NCAA Soccer Tournament. The day is notoriously known to uncross the fingers of NIU soccer fans,...

Not many volleyball teams could survive if they lost a fourth of their team to injuries. At best, the squad's performance would be deeply in trouble. Especially if those players were regular contributors to the team. NIU is facing that problem right now,...

A Mid-Continent championship may not be as good as getting an NCAA bid, but NIU head soccer coach Willy Roy said anything can happen. Although the Huskies have a 12-5-2 record, University of Saint Louis head coach Joe Clarke already ruled out NIU as a...

So much attention is focused on NIU's head baseball coach, Joe "Spanky" McFarland, that the others involved in the revival of the baseball program get shoved under the rug at times. Yet, the rest of McFarlands' gang plays a prominent role in the rebuilding...

There were a few more spectators than usual at Chick Evans Field House Saturday for the NIU women's volleyball victory. The only difference was these spectators saw the NIU victory over Wisconsin-Green Bay from the bench, not from the stands. Senior standout...