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Huskies “linked” together for big year

By Steve Dennis | November 1, 1989

The first page of the 1989-90 women's basketball season opened Tuesday with coach Jane Albright and her team hosting Media Day at Chick Evans Field House. And the first thing that the media was given was the first page of the players' notebooks for the...

Venerable Corno plays, learns and enjoys the game

By Carl Ackerman | October 31, 1989

Being involved with a program for five consecutive years, one can learn plenty. Just ask NIU soccer standout Jim Corno. Corno first came to NIU in ‘85 with all the inspirations and high hopes of a talented high school soccer player, but suddenly learned...

Tucker in step on defense

By Wes Swietek | October 31, 1989

NIU senior Brett Tucker never thought that he would wind up playing football for the Huskies. Fortunately for Tucker, and NIU, he was wrong. The Honorable Mention All_America defensive back from neighboring Sycamore, was not heavily recruited after his...

Huskies nip winless Owls 20-17

By Thom Gippert | October 30, 1989

The NIU football team assured itself of a winning record this season after it downed the Temple Owls 20-17 Saturday in Philadelphia. The Huskies' record is 6-2, and they have put together two consecutive winning seasons. Last year, NIU finished with a...

Soccer team clinches conference title

By Carl Ackerman | October 30, 1989

Tension, sweat, excitement and even some tears set the scene for NIU's dramatic Big Central Soccer Conference championship game against the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Sunday, which came down to a nail-biting finish. With the score locked 1-1,...

‘No cost’ modern scoreboards give Chick Evans clean, contemporary look

By Steve Dennis | October 26, 1989

There's a new dog in town, there are new scoreboards in the fieldhouse and there's a new look for NIU athletics. The most recent step in the upgrading of the NIU athletic program was the installment of two new scoreboards and a new scorer's table at Chick...

Wrestlers, Vatch eyeing ‘89 schedule with tough teams

By Eric Burt | October 26, 1989

NIU's wrestling season is just around the corner with the Tombstone Open at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. "In the early part of the season, I just kind of lay back and let the guys teach themselves," Huskie head coach Ed Vatch said. "I let...

NIU welcomes all teams competing in BCSC tourney

By Carl Ackerman | October 26, 1989

Now that NIU's regular soccer season has ended, the Huskies are preparing for their most important and most challenging event of the year. NIU will play host to the Big Central Soccer Conference Tournament this Friday through Sunday at Huskie Soccer Field....

Huskies battling in Philadelphia

By Thom Gippert | October 26, 1989

Through six games, records have not always been a good indicator of the Huskie football team's opponents. Earlier this year, NIU defeated a 1-4 Southern Illinois squad in a tough battle and two weeks ago the Huskies were beaten by a 1-3-1 Louisiana Tech...

Smith unable to play

October 25, 1989

Until Bobby Smith's name is cleared, the sophomore guard "is separated" from the NIU men's basketball team, coach Jim Molinari said Tuesday. Smith, who was one of two NIU students arrested in connection with an Oct. 17 drug-related robbery, has yet to...

Handicap no boundry; Banak makes the day

By Thom Gippert | October 25, 1989

Mark Banak knows his football and dreams of being a head coach in the NFL. Currently though, Banak is one of the student equipment managers for the NIU football team and he can be seen throwing passes, joking around with players and observing practice...

IIT slated as next foe for icemen

October 25, 1989

By defeating Marquette University 5-3 last Weekend, the NIU hockey club can use that momentum heading into this weekend's contests with the Illinois Institute of Techololgy and Bradley Univeristy. With one game down, the Huskies appear to be headed in...