Overcome by fumbles and the play of running back Jason Davis, the NIU football team lost 37-3 to Louisiana Tech Saturday night at Huskie Stadium in front of 9,519 fans. The Huskies had won 14-straight games at home, tying the school record. The Bulldogs...

For the young NIU men's tennis team, the best way to prepare for the future is to go back to the past. So, the Huskies took on former NIU standouts in an exhibition match Saturday with coach Chuck Merzbacher using the event as an opportunity to expose...

Scoring goals will be the name of the game this Saturday for the NIU field hockey team. Coming off a 2-2 tie versus Northwestern and a 3-1 loss to Michigan last weekend, NIU squares off with conference foe Iowa University Saturday at Iowa City, Iowa....

Repeating a championship performance is never easy. Unless you're NIU men's golf coach Jack Pheanis. Pheanis will take his three-time Mid-Continent golf champions to the Illinois State University Redbird Invitational in Normal. The 54-hole competition...

When the USA and Japan women's volleyball teams battle it out Sunday at Chick Evans Field House, expect some of the spotlight to land on the NIU team. "The match will be seen by people from all over," NIU head volleyball coach Pete Waite said. "Fans can...

The Northern Illinois softball squad will try to keep up its winning ways this weekend when it travels to the University of Iowa for another exhibition tournament. The Huskies have gone 5-1 so far this fall in exhibition play, including capturing their...

Getting kicked and pushed around is no fun, but for a soccer player, it's a way of life. For the past three matches, NIU soccer coach Willy Roy has questioned the physical play of his team. He questioned the willingness of his players to "mix it up" on...

The NIU men's tennis team showed once again that it is the team to beat in the Mid-Continent Conference by dominating the Mid-Continent Fall Invitational last weekend. This year's tournament took place at Valparaiso University, and the NIU players were...

It wasn't so long ago when high school girls had to keep their athletic dreams within the boundaries of the school gymnasium. But now more than ever, those students are harboring ambitions for a future athletic career in college. The NIU volleyball team...

Although the NIU women's tennis team didn't net any first-place awards at the Indiana Women's Tennis Fall Invitational last weekend, the members snatched up valuable experience in their first invite of the season. "The purpose of our coming to this tournament...

The Huskies took a page out of Ernie Banks' book and played two on Sunday. And they won them both. NIU first defeated Ball State University 6-5 in 10 innings to gain a berth in the championship game against Western Illinois University, whom they beat...

After staring into the teeth of Iowa's offensive and defensive onslaught Saturday, the Huskies are getting a better view by looking ahead. Looking ahead is about all NIU can do after being demolished 58-7 by the 9th-ranked Hawkeyes and suffering a physical...