NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell received a $3,000 a year raise, primarily because he was being wooed by other institutions, NIU President John La Tourette said. O'Dell, who earned $81,600 in FY91, received an increase to $84,600 for FY92. "It's part...

NIU soccer coach Willy Roy has seemingly found a potent scoring weapon—the corner kick. Before the season even began, Roy said his team would be tough on the corner kick play. And the Huskies have lived up to the expectations by scoring a goal in each...

Head softball coach Dee Abrahamson once said that pitching will need to dominate if the NIU softball team is to contend this season. Abrahamson got a sample of dominating pitching on Sunday as the Huskies swept visiting Indiana State to open NIU's fall...

The competition from the Big Ten Conference is proving to be too much for the NIU volleyball team. The Huskies dropped the title bout of the University of Michigan Volleyball Classic to the host team after defeating Georgia State University (15-2, 15-2,...

Sure the NIU volleyball team has amassed an 11-3 mark to date, but as the cliche goes, "You're only as good as your last outing,"—which wasn't very impressive from Head coach Pete Waite's standpoint. The Huskies came up empty in their second try to...

There was no question who the dominant player was in the NIU soccer team's 2-0 win over Northwestern yesterday at Huskie Soccer Field. NIU defender Dusty Showers won most of the loose balls and took away anything on the Huskies' side of the field as the...

NIU's passing game finally came to life Saturday night, but Kansas State made history with its aerial assault to deflate the Huskies 34-17 in front of 27,229 fans here at Wagner Field. Stacey McKinney, in just his third start as NIU's QB, tossed for a...

The word is out—it's being heard here on the NIU campus, and it's rapidly spreading throughout the entire Midwest. With record breaking scores this weekend in the Michigan State University Invitational, the Huskie women's golf team captured first place...

It's rare for a football team that gives up 428 net yards to an opponent to talk about an improved defensive effort, but the Huskies find themselves in that situation. "We have improved," NIU coach Charlie Sadler said after Saturday's 34-17 loss to Kansas...

All three Huskies that scored in the ISU-NIU soccer game Wednesday afternoon were oblivious to the rivalry one year ago. Yet, Jim Hall, Jay Conrad and Derek Niepomnik shook off Redbirds and tore up the grass of Huskie Soccer Field like it was their own...

It would be understandable if the Kansas State football team only had its eyes on the Huskies that reside in Seattle, Wash. Though the Wildcats will contest Top-10 Washington Sept. 28, their head coach, Bill Snyder, insists its another Huskie that has...

After years of being the weak sisters of the Big Eight Conference, the Kansas State football team appears headed toward respectability. Last year, the Wildcats had five victories, which was one more than they had the previous five seasons. Their third-year...