Baseball tryouts for the 1990-91 squad have turned into a numbers game. Of the 187 players who began the tryouts last week, only 60 are still seeing some hope for their Huskies baseball careers. Head coach Spanky MacFarland expects to dim the picture...

A winning attitude, tougher defense, enthusiasm, youthfulness, and a touch of experience has become the winning formula for NIU's volleyball team. NIU boasts a surprising 6-1 record and will test the winning formula against Bradley University 7 p.m. tonight...

Let's consider the pressure the Huskies have put on themselves. After struggling against a I-AA team and trading players for dollars against an elite I-A force, the football Huskies are untested against the middle group of college football. Is NIU a legitimate...

This is the final installment in a series profiling NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell After his stint at Minnesota, Gerald O'Dell ended up at NIU. He said he enjoys the job when he counts his blessings, but it is a high pressure job. "I feel like I'm...

The NIU soccer team took a roller coaster ride this weekend, with the high point coming on Friday and the low on Sunday. Head coach Willy Roy was seeking some recognition going into the weekend and up until Sunday, the Huskies were in a great position...

The Huskie spikers are on a hot streak. In fact, it's a hot streak that is history-making. Three victories on the road this weekend puts NIU's overall record at 6-1, having now won five consecutive matches. It is the best start for an NIU volleyball team...

Dropping a successful program is never easy for an athletic director. But, in the case of men's gymnastics last year, the decision came easy for O'Dell. As a requirement to join the Association of Mid-Continent Universities now called the Mid-Continent...

Things went from bad to worse for NIU's field hockey team which was plagued with an abundance of mistakes in its 0-2 showing in the weekend's Temple University Field Hockey Invitational. Host Temple scored four unanswered second-half goals to upend NIU...

LINCOLN, Neb._ Huskie head coach Jerry Pettibone, as confident in his team as any coach in the nation, came to a realization after Saturday's 60-14 loss to Nebraska. "I'm glad we're through playing Nebraska," he said. "I'd just as soon play teams that...

As most serious athletes will attest, reaching the top is often preceded by a series of setbacks and disappointments. Kori Schauer, NIU's hard-hitting volleyball standout, knows all about such hardships. Better yet, she knows about comebacks. Schauer,...

It's too soon for classroom exams, but the NIU soccer team will be spending the weekend on the road in two early season tests. The Huskies face the University of Wisconsin and Eastern Illinois University, two teams with which NIU has experienced little...

Second-year menVs tennis coach Charles Merzbacher is looking for more of the same performances as lart year. The entire men's tennis team returns and looks to take another step towards Merzbacher's goals. One of those goals NIU may have already won by...