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Former b-ball player charged

September 11, 1991

Former NIU basketball player Joseph "Jo Jo" Jackson Jr., 22, 835 Edgebrook Dr., faces several criminal charges stemming from a Tuesday incident, police said. Jackson was charged with home invasion, aggravated battery, unlawful restraint and criminal damage...

Netters pound Eagles

By Jennifer Hutchins | September 10, 1991

The Windy City got a little windier Tuesday when the NIU volleyball team blew away Northeastern Illinois University, 15-5, 15-2, 15-9. The Huskies' three-game sweep marks four straight victories for NIU (6-1) and puts Northeastern at 1-3 for the season....

Season starts with tryouts

By Gregory Janicki | September 10, 1991

The fall season for the NIU baseball team officially began Monday afternoon. On the field, the Huskie regulars got dirty with their first day of coached practices. In the bullpen behind first base, some forty walk-ons came out to show their stuff to head...

Sadler driven by winning vision

By Wes Swietek | September 10, 1991

It isn't as severe a case of split-personality as was suffered by Dr. Jekyll, but Huskies coach Charlie Sadler proves that first impressions can be deceiving. Sadler's usual gentle demeanor doesn't always fit in with the image presented by his players....

Football team ‘down but not out’

By Wes Swietek | September 10, 1991

"Somewhat down, but not out," is the message from the NIU football team after suffering a 55-7 loss in its season-opener. Rookie head coach Charlie Sadler openly questioned the competitiveness of his squad after Saturday's loss at Fresno State. "We learned...

Huskies must age quickly

September 10, 1991

Last week, I advised the new coaches at NIU to have faith in their school, to not abandon it overnight, like some of their predecessors have done. Now, I am not so sure in what I said. It might not be so unwise for head football coach Charlie Sadler to...

Huskies don’t expect to pass on their air attack

By Wes Swietek | September 10, 1991

In their season-opener, the NIU football team's air game wouldn't get a passing grade, but the Huskies aren't about to pass on their air game. On the surface it might appear that the Huskies fell short of their goal of diversifying their offense by adding...

Spikers take on rebuilding Northeastern

By Jennifer Hutchins | September 10, 1991

The most Northeastern Illinois University's head volleyball coach Deborah Ofcky can hope for is improvement. Considering Ofcky's two-year coaching mark at Northeastern is 4-67, it seems the only way for the third-year boss and her squad to go is up. Yet,...

Field hockey squad falls to Penn St. 7-0

By Todd McMahon | September 10, 1991

NIU field hockey coach Laurie Bell said after Saturday's loss to defending national champion Old Dominion that she expected Penn State to be almost identical to the Monarchs. She wasn't kidding as NIU suffered its second straight shutout Monday, 7-0,...

Old Dominion puts on 10-0 show for Huskies

By Todd McMahon | September 9, 1991

The NIU field hockey team saw firsthand Saturday what it hopes to become in the near future. Old Dominion, the defending national champion, taught NIU a lesson or two in the season opener with a 10-0 victory at Norfolk, Va. Carolin Bruns, Maaike Hilbrand...

NIU spikers sweep by EIU and Bradley

By Jennifer Hutchins | September 9, 1991

The 1990 "broom" is out of the closet and back in the hands of this year's NIU volleyball team. The Huskies (5-1) defeated both Eastern Illinois University, Friday, and Bradley University, Saturday, in a double three-game sweep for the weekend. EIU suffered...

Roy’s team finds no breaks on trip East

By Steve Dennis | September 9, 1991

If NIU soccer coach Willy Roy learned anything from his team's 0-1-1 showing this weekend, it had to be that Midwesterners don't catch any breaks in the East.

In Roy's first trip to the East since taking over the head coaching job in 1987, his Huskies had the unamiable task of facing the No. 9 team in the nation, Hartwick College, in the first round of the National Soccer Hall of Fame/Mayor's Cup XVI-Royal Toyota Classic.

And if that wasn't enough, the Huskies had to play the University of South Florida in the consolation match—a team that was expected to be in the championship.

"Florida shouldn't have lost," Roy said after State University of New York-Oneonta upset USF 1-0 in other first round action. "Technically, they are a much better team."

With the help of a "no-call" by the referee, that Saturday season-opening contest for the Huskies resulted in a 1-0 Hartwick triumph.

"Overall, I thought the officials did a real nice job," Roy said. "But, they had one blatant non-call that might've changed the game."

On the play, a Hartwick defender apparently stopped the ball with his hand as the Huskies crept in for a score. The Warrior ceased play, but the referee advised otherwise.

"The referee told the kid to play on," Roy said. "Which proved to me that something had to have been wrong."

The Huskies did manage to keep Hartwick off the board in the first half, but with just under 15 minutes into the second, a Warrior snuck underneath the NIU defense for an easy seven-yard blast.

"They're a good team," Roy admitted after the setback. "But, we lacked a little on game fitness. There were three or four opportunities when we didn't get our shots off. But we expect to eliminate those problems with our second match."

Roy's Huskies didn't exceed expectations in the second round match against the University of South Florida, but NIU didn't let the coach down either.

Against a tough South Florida squad, the Huskies managed a 1-1 overtime tie that salvaged a little pride for the NIU team. The lone NIU tally coming off the foot of a Karsten Roy penalty shot, assisted by a John Lechner run that was cut short by a Warrior.

"We have a long way to go," Roy said. "But it's nice to play two highly respected soccer teams and get decent results."

Once again, if the Huskies could've gotten a break on Jay Conrad's head ball that barely sailed over the top of the goal or Frankie Sparacino's shot that bounced off the post, the results might've been different. But, such is the life of a soccer team.

"Considering it was our first two games of the season," Roy said, "it was really a good start—not great—but decent."

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