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NIU receives poll recognition

By Wes Swietek | January 23, 1991

For apparently the first time since 1972, NIU's men's basketball team has received recognition in the AP Top-25 poll. The 13-2 Huskies earned five votes in the "others receiving votes" category. The five votes place NIU at the 41st spot in the weekly...

Swimmers fall short

January 23, 1991

After two losses last weekend, the NIU women's swimming team fell to 2-4. The Huskies lost a Friday dual meet at the University of Notre Dame, 172-122, and also came up short in a 167-118 Saturday afternoon home meeting with the University of Iowa. There...

Irish edge men’s squad

January 23, 1991

In true swimming parlance, NIU's men's squad was "out-touched," 152-148 by the University of Notre Dame. Although the Huskies took first place in nine of 16 events, the "luck" of the Irish persisted in Friday's meet at UND's Rolfs Aquatic Center. Depth...

NIU baseball season nears

By Steve Dennis | January 23, 1991

Believe it or not, there's only 45 days left for NIU baseball coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland to get his gang ready for the 1991 season. March 9th is the official date that McFarland will display his revival of an NIU baseball program that has been defunct...

IBC nearly slips by ‘tired’ NIU squad

By Roger Moreano | January 22, 1991

Illinois Benedictine College (14-4), a Division III school, came into the Chick Evans Field House Monday night and took full advantage of a tired NIU men's basketball team to nearly pull off what would have been a major upset. NIU (13-2) barely hung on...

Huskies edge IBC, fall to W-GB

By Wes Swietek | January 22, 1991

Evidence that there is no such thing as a sure win in college basketball was provided at Chick Evans Field House Monday night, courtesy of Illinois Benedictine College. The Division III Eagles (14-4) took the heavily favored Huskies (13-2, 4-1) to the...

Run-and-gun offense sparks win for women

By Steve Dennis | January 22, 1991

VALPARAISO—NIU's women's basketball team stuck with the game plan Monday night and consequently ran the Crusaders out of their own gym by a 95-82 tally. That game plan was simple: run, run, run. The Huskies came into the game averaging just over 81...

Huskies await Mid-Con clash

By Wes Swietek | January 18, 1991

The prevailing theme around the NIU men's basketball team going into Saturday's 7 p.m. home match against Wisconsin-Green Bay concerns records. Records such as 12-1, the Huskies' season mark which ties the all-time NIU record for best starts. Records...

Layton out for season

By Roger Moreano | January 18, 1991

Next to losing and suffering injuries, the worst feeling that a collegiate athlete can experience is being ineligible due to academics. NIU freshman guard Mark Layton is going to miss the rest of the 1990-91 campaign due to his inability to meet NIU's...

Netters await Big Ten contest

By Hyun Moon | January 18, 1991

Hearing the words "Big Ten" doesn't frighten second-year NIU Men's Tennis Coach Charles Merzbacher. This Spring, the Huskies will face six Big Ten opponents, who are all ahead of NIU in the Midwest Region Poll. Merzbacher's crew, ranked No. 13 in the...

New conference studied by Board

January 17, 1991

Several NIU women's sports, including basketball, may no longer be members of the North Star Conference by the 1992-93 season.

NIU's Athletic Board will vote on whether the women's sports will be moved from the NSC to the Mid-Continent Conference at its Feb. 13 meeting.

Many members of the board expressed their unofficial approval of the move to the M-C at Wednesday's NIU Athletic Board meeting.

The M-C administers league competition and championship events in nine men's NCAA Division I sports. All nine schools must decide on whether to affiliate its respective women's programs by the Feb. 15 deadline. NIU's men's basketball team is in its first season in the M-C, which was formed in 1982.

NIU's women's basketball, volleyball, softball and tennis teams currently belong to the NSC which was founded in 1983-84. With the board's approval, each of these sports and women's swimming would become an M-C member. NIU's women have competed in the NSC since the 1987-88 academic year.

Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois and Northern Iowa also have the opportunity to move its women's programs into the M-C.

"If (the other three schools) didn't support the effort to move to the Mid-Continent, I would be much more concerned about (NIU's move to the M-C)," NIU athletic director Gerald O'Dell said. "However, I don't see that happening."

If the other schools do back out on last-minute notice, then NIU may reconsider its decision.

Wrestlers face road challenge

By Jennifer Hutchins | January 17, 1991

With the Huskies' wrestling season kicked into full gear, head coach Ed Vatch is driving the NIU wrestling team straight ahead to three dual meets in just four days. A tough enough task made even more impressive because none of the matches are at home....

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