Many collegiate teams would be happy tying the No. 9 ranked team in the nation, but not NIU. Last night, the NIU soccer squad let a victory over the Indiana Hoosiers slip away in front of a Huskie Soccer Field record crowd of 2,051. The Huskies gained...

Although there were some anxious moments for coach Pete Waite, in the end the NIU women's volleyball team put the broom to Valparaiso University Tuesday. The "broom": as in clean sweep, as in three straight games, as in 15-12, 15-5, 15-12. The third straight...

Ask Murray State coach Mike Mahoney about the upcoming game with NIU and visions of David versus Goliath immediately come to mind. "We're young and struggling," Mahoney said. "And running into a juggernaut." NIU a juggernaut? That's a pretty hefty statement...

Parents' Weekend 1990: food, folks, fun and football, not necessarily in that order. Much of the focus of this week's festivities is on Saturday's NIU football game against the dreaded Murray State Racers. Murray State, as if you don't know, is in Kentucky...

BEWARE HUSKIE FANS: Wednesday's forecast calls for possible on-the-ground lightning at Huskie Soccer Field. Sunny skies could be overshadowed by the expected-to-be thunderous match-up between the Indiana Hoosiers and the NIU Huskies. Wednesday's showdown...

A week-long break from competition just might be an advantage for the Huskie volleyball squad, which is back in action and on the road again Tuesday for their second conference match of the season at Valparaiso University. NIU heads into Tuesday's match...

Before the 1990 college football season started, several publications had named NIU as a possible Top-20 breakthrough team. Then the Huskies fell to 2-3 and the critics began howling that the pre-season hype was a fluke. Since then, NIU has recorded two...

Even though the field was more competitive and much-improved, the end result was still the same. The NIU men's tennis team proved to be the top squad again. In this case it was the Bowling Green State University Fall Invitational Tournament featuring...

Indiana University's head soccer coach Jerry Yeagley's records speak for themselves. Entering his 18th year as the head coach for the "Team of the ‘80s," Yeagley will bring his 293-50-23 career record to Huskie Soccer Field at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday to...

Both the NIU men's and women's basketball teams have been waiting for this day for seven months. Monday was the first day that both teams could officialy throw on the practice jerseys, tie on the shoes, and hit the hardwood floor at Chick Evans Field...

He is the enforcer of the NIU defense. When the ball goes up in the air opponents better watch out for No. 21 because he will definitely make his presence known. He talks trash, he grunts, he hits and he tackles. No, he's not a linebacker on the football...

BLOOMINGTON-Illinois State took full advantage of its opportunities to beat the NIU soccer team 4-1 in a rain-slicked field in Bloomington Sunday. In NIU's second straight loss, ISU cashed in on four of its eight goal scoring opportunities while NIU only...