NIU soccer kicks off what may be its most promising season today because of one important factor—maturity. "The maturity factor is the big thing that will help us this year," said third-year coach Willy Roy. "We had a young team last year and played...

Chuck Merzbacher begins a new chapter in his success-oriented tennis career as he becomes NIU's 24th head men's tennis coach. Fresh from the professional playing ranks, Merzbacher was named Huskie men's tennis boss by NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell....

Experience. Depth. Quality throughout. All of these things were foreign to the NIU coaching staff the past several years when talking about the running back position. This saturday when the Huskies line up against Cal-State Fullerton, one area the NIU...

For the NIU field hockey team, Saturday's exhibition performance was enough to pass. However, coach Laurie Bell was convinced the Huskies have work to do before they can ace the 1989 season. NIU did post a 1-0 shutout victory in an extended 80-minute...

NIU's football season opener with Cal State-Fullerton (Sept. 2) is less than a week away, but the coaches are not worried. "We've practiced hard to get ready for Cal State," defensive coordinator Tim McGuire said. "We're on schedule." The same holds true...

In its last season as a member of the Big Central Soccer Conference, the NIU soccer team has its eyes set on improving last years 0-6-0 intraconference record. The Huskies will join the Association of Mid-Continent Universities the following year so the...

Believing in one's ability plays a key role in athletics. And the NIU women's field hockey team needs to believe in itself as the 1989 fall season approaches. The Huskies finished the 1988 schedule with a 15-3-1 record—good enough to rank them 19th...

Willy Roy has come a long way since the days he and his brother first played soccer in a chicken pen in East Germany. So when the third-year NIU soccer coach is inducted into the United States Soccer Federation Hall of Fame this weekend, he undoubtedly...

The results of NIU's three-year promotions package with Coors Light can now be seen in store windows and on counters throughout DeKalb. NIU's new Coors Light football poster, the first of several promotional items produced in conjuction with the beer...

Former NIU basketball player Rodney Davis returned from his tryout with the Minnesota Timberwolves (July 20-23) with little more than some added experience. The ex-Huskie guard, who tried out for the Chicago Bulls last year, failed to make the NBA expansion...

NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright has completed her 1989-90 coaching staff with the hiring of Sandra J. Schuster as a part-time assistant. Schuster, a 10-year girls basketball coach at Cobden Unit School in southern Illinois, taught science and...