The NIU soccer team remained undefeated against professional teams this year as the Huskies played an agressive Chicago Blaze squad to a 2-2 tie. NIU got the scoring started 10 minutes into the game when freshman Dave Weichman received a pass from Per...

Stopping the opposition's offense and speed will be the main factors that determine the success of NIU's softball team this Saturday and Sunday. NIU (13-16-2) will be busy hosting the three-team double round-robin Huskie Softball Tournament. The tournament...

The platform for tomorrow's soccer game against the Chicago Blaze is set. Willy Roy, head coach, and some of his helpers spent Thursday afternoon setting up a 10-foot high platform for SportsChannel cameras for Saturday's 1 p.m. hoopla. Roy said since...

NIU head soccer coach Willy Roy decided to make history by bringing the newest professional Chicago team into DeKalb for an exhibition with his highly talented Huskies this Saturday at 1 p.m. at Huskie Soccer Field. Saturday's game will mark the finale...

NIU's Genaro Severino should be feeling enough pressure already without the added burden of becoming part of NIU history. Severino is competing in this weekends' NCAA National Gymnastics Championships, a tough enough task for any freshman. But with the...

The cold weather of April 17 wasn't enough to put a chill into the NIU lacrosse club. In a match that never allowed Wheaton College to get close, the Huskies came away with a 17-4 win. Freshman goalie Jim Seeley turned in a stellar performance, holding...

Key hits at key times score key runs. Although it wasn't pretty, NIU's softball team was on key when it counted as the Huskies swept a doubleheader from its arch-rivals Illinois State Wednesday. Host NIU staved off a late-inning comeback by the Redbirds...

Rivalries—every sporting event from the professional level through the high schools has its classic rivalries. NIU's softball team will host one of its most prominent rivals today in a 3 p.m. doubleheader against Illinois State. "What makes it more...

Sweden rules the world in tennis today, and fittingly, a Swede is ruling NIU men's tennis. Junior Mats Persson has firmly established himself as the No. 1 NIU tennis player from the beginning of the year and has performed to a 20-12 mark heading into...

One of the biggest topics at the 1990 Huskie Football Spring Media Luncheon was forgetting about 1989's 9-2 season and concentrating on what is to come. The Huskie offense will face the toughest task after finishing as the No. 6 rushing team in the nation...

"It's time to reform college athletics." That's the cry echoing throughout the land as self-appointed sports saviors watch collegiate sports become as corrupt as real life. Of course there are legitimate changes needed—it is a pretty disheartening fact...

Tickets to a Chicago Cubs game, a hitting contest and a number of other prizes will be just some of the highlights at NIU's 3 p.m. softball doubleheader against long-time rival Illinois State. Beating the Redbirds will be one goal for the Huskies, but...