The first half of Saturday night's NIU season opener against Eastern Illinois was filled with mistakes by the Huskies on both sides of the ball. The second half wasn't. The NIU offense, ineffective in the first quarter, started clicking when quarterback...

The NIU volleyball team made quite an impression this weekend at the Kansas Jayhawk Earlybird Classic tournament. The Huskie spikers brought home a pair of three-game victories, three all-tournament picks, and one happy coach. The Huskies (2-1) swept...

A weekend split gave field hockey coach Laurie Bell a positive feeling about her team. The Huskies' opened their season with a 1-0 win over Ball State. Although they got off to a slow start, the Huskies dominated the second half. The only goal came with...

A soccer goalie's major contribution to his team is preventing the opposition from scoring, usually. NIU goalie Markus Roy was perfect as he recorded a 2-0 shutout against Bradley (1-2) in Sunday afternoon's season opener at NIU. But unlike any previous...

When the whistle is blown at Huskie Soccer Field this Sunday at 1 p.m., the team that rocked last season's Big Central Soccer Conference Tournament Championship with a first place finish will be back to take on a new and more challenging task. However,...

I don't like to make predictions," said NIU soccer coach Willy Roy. "Too many things can happen." Roy and the Huskies are about to begin a new season in a new conference, the Mid-Continent Conference, with the idea of not looking past any opponents. Although...

Look for an anxious Huskie football team at their season opener this Saturday (Sept. 1), when they host the Eastern Illinois Panthers for a 6:35 p.m. kickoff. "We're at the point where we're tired of practicing against each other," said quarterback coach...

The push is on to put people in the stands for the 1990 Huskie football games and has been for quite some time. So far, so good. Season ticket sales are up 33 percent already this year, according to John Penny, Director of Sales. "We have sold over 2,000...

In the Navy, they call it Top Gun. In the NIU weight room, they call it...Top Dog. The Top Dog award goes to the strongest player on the NIU football team in terms of how much he can bench press compared to his own weight. The prize total also includes...

The Huskies' women's basketball team is sweating through its preseason, with one exception. Freshman phenom and prize recruit, E.C. Hill is not working out with the team so she can hit the books. The 5-7 Hill, out of Chicago's Whitney Young High School,...

This is a success story. The entire 1989 football season was a success and things are expected to be even better for the1990 Huskies. The ultimate success last season was named Stacy Robinson. Everyone knows what he did. But 6-0, 211-pound junior fullback...

When the Huskies storm the field Saturday night at the "Dog House" against Eastern Illinois, it may be the start of NIU's most prolific football season in its history. Among the record 52 lettermen returning from last year's 9-2 season is the "Sauce"...