Defending the North Star Conference title comes as no easy task for the NIU volleyball team, but tonight's match with Illinois-Chicago paves the way for the Huskies 1989 NSC crown quest. Last season, first year coach Pete Waite led an experienced group...

When it came time to hand out the post-tournament hardware for the 1989 Huskie Women's Golf Classic, NIU walked away with everything but misplaced divots in winning its own tournament for the first time. The Huskies took home the 1989 team title with...

Coming into last weekend's Marquette University McDonald's Cup, Huskie soccer coach Willy Roy said he would be happy with a split. That is exactly what NIU received, but it came down to a nail-biting finish. With just 36 seconds left in the second overtime,...

RUSTON, La.—For the second straight year, NIU has gone down to Cajun-country and come back with a loss, this time 42-21 to Louisiana Tech in front of 17,300 fans. The Bulldogs (2-3-1) came prepared to break the wishbone, they came ready to open up their...

NIU's field hockey team made the most of its brand-new NCAA No. 17 ranking by winning its third straight game with a sweep to two Philadelphia-area opponents Friday and Saturday. NIU opened the weekend with a 4-1 victory over Villanova University Friday....

It happens every year. The National League Championship Series broadcast begins, and suddenly I'm struck by that same old feeling: "Shouldn't I be smoking ye custom-made pipe and dipping into yonder caviar trough?" That thought hits me every time I hear...

The consensus in the NIU locker room is that the Huskies cannot take this Saturday's 82nd Homecoming game with rival Southern Illinois lightly. "We can't come out nonchalant," quarterback Stacey Robinson said. "They'll give us a bunch of different looks...

While many students focus on this weekend's homecoming activities, NIU's soccer squad will be focusing on a much different event. The Huskies will travel to Eastern Illinois Saturday to defend their Illinois Governor's Cup title. NIU hosted the Cup last...

This season NIU plays the likes of the Bearcats, Cornhuskers, Bulldogs, Rockets and Owls. But on this Homecoming weekend, NIU plays host to the Salukis. What's a Saluki? Some people on campus actually know what a Saluki is, but there are some others that...

A record alumni attendance for the 82nd annual NIU Homecoming football game is expected because the number of NIU alumni has surpassed the 122,000 mark. Activities for alumni begin today at 5:30 p.m. at the Chick Evans Fieldhouse, when NIU's Athletic...

The Huskies are going to Notre Dame—not to face the No. 1 ranked football team, but to face its struggling volleyball squad. The NIU volleyball team is not having a great season themselves. But the team is determined to make this weekend the turning...

It's official, the NIU Soccer team did not lose a regular season game at Huskie Soccer Field. The Huskies have taken full advantage of a new grass field this season and the latest victim on the turf was Northwestern University on Wednesday. NIU recorded...