NIU, five Big 10 squads join to start conference NIU is finally in a Big Ten conference—sort of. The NIU field hockey team recently joined forces with five Big Ten schools to form the Midwest Collegiate Field Hockey Conference. The Huskies will compete...

When Jeff Wilson's line drive was snared by Central Michigan's second baseman on May 22, 1982, the season and the NIU baseball program had come to an end. More than seven years after CMU swept the Huskies by scores of 12-0 and 13-0 in that season-ending...

Five prep swimming standouts and a transfer student have signed NCAA Letters of Intent with NIU, and the prospects seem good for coach Mike Burt's 1989-90 Huskies. The Huskies gain the services of diver Donna Gluth from DeMotte, Ind. and swimmers Kimberly...

The Huskies waited, but the call never came. After cruising through its 1989 schedule and posting one of the top records in the country, the NIU softball team failed to receive its second consecutive berth in the NCAA College World Series. The Huskies,...

Clarence Hudson, NIU associate athletic director, resigned effective June 2 to take a position with a former employer. Hudson came to NIU last July after working for four years at Ruan Transportation Management systems where he will return to work in...

NIU's plans to start a new in college baseball. Huskie tennis coach Carl Neufeld leaves NIU for a position at UCLA. Gymnast Erik Solky will represent the U.S. in the 1989 Maccabiah Games. Women's swimming and diving coach Mike Burt signs five recruits....

Despite being a member of the North Star Conference for only two years, the NIU women's sports program has established itself as a league powerhouse. By winning two NSC crowns and finishing second in two other sports, NIU claimed the 1988-89 NSC All-Sports...

NIU has another basketball coach. Jim Molinari was officially named coach of the Huskies after NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell and his staff decided the 11-year assistant coach from DePaul was "The Leader of The Pack." About 80 people applied for...

Six shutouts in a row enabled the NIU softball team to run away with the 1989 North Star Conference Tournament played last weekend in Akron, Ohio. By beating Wisconsin-Green Bay by a score of 4-0, Cleveland State (6-0), Valparaiso (1-0), DePaul (3-0),...

Once again, the weather took a turn for the worse when the Huskies took the field for Saturday's Red-White spring football game. The bright, sunny skies that graced the pre-game festivities took the afternoon off, only to reappear with about seven minutes...

It was a matter of who would make the first mistake in the final round of the 1989 NIU/Miller Lite Midwestern Invitational held at Kishwaukee Country Club over the weekend. University of Illinois' Steve Stricker carried a two-stroke lead over Ohio State's...