Fall softball is underway for the NIU contingent this weekend. Head softball coach Dee Abrahamson and her team will play host to the Huskie Invitational tourney, which will be played on both Saturday (Sept. 16) and Sunday (Sept. 17) at Huskie Diamond....

Both the men's and women's golf teams tee it up this weekend in their respective tournaments. Head coach Jack Pheanis and his men's team open the fall season with Friday through Sunday's (Sept. 15-17) Association of Mid-Continent Univerities/University...

From one champion to another—that's the story of the NIU soccer team's week. On Wednesday, the Huskies suffered a heart-breaking loss to defending national champion Indiana University. In the 1-0 overtime loss, the controversial call that appeared to...

NIU entered last night's soccer game against 1989 NCAA champion Indiana University and fought to a scoreless tie through 99 minutes until the Hoosiers scored on a controversial call for a 1-0 victory. NIU argued goalie Markus Roy stopped the ball before...

There is definitely more to being a football player than just showing up for Saturday's game and practicing a couple days a week. For the NIU football team, football season means long, hard days on and off the field. "Our time is more concentrated, we...

Progress is what the volleyball team was striving for, and got, in their loss to a tough Wisconsin-Madison team. The Huskies were defeated in a 15-8, 15-9, 15-6 match to the Badgers, who NIU coach Pete Waite said should finish in the top three of the...

NIU's soccer team enters tonight's action against defending national champion Indiana with a 3-0-1 record and a No. 4 ranking in the Midwest. "I think it's great to play the defending national champions," said coach Willy Roy, whose team is on the road...

A 1-4 record in the infancy of the fall season doesn't sit well with NIU volleyball coach Pete Waite. And things will not get any easier for the Huskies as they head out to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tuesday for a 6:30 p.m. match. Wisconsin is...

The big game for the NIU football team this season was last Saturday in Nebraska. And although the Huskies lost that game 48-17, they still have to line up nine more times this season. No matter how bad the loss was to the Cornhuskers, it leaves the Huskies...

As NIU head soccer coach Willy Roy preferred to point out from an optimist's view, the Huskie soccer team has yet to be beaten. Granted, NIU would have preferred a victory, but the Huskies did rally to salvage a 2-2 overtime tie with the University of...

A win and two tough losses summarizes the three-game weekend for the NIU Field Hockey team. The highlight of the weekend was Sunday's victory over the Rockets of Toledo at Huskie Stadium. The Huskies upended the Rockets in formidable fashion by controlling...

The NIU volleyball team came home with a 3-3-1 showing following a weekend trip to California. In the Western Invitational Tournament, the Huskies came back after a rough 1-1-1 beginning Friday to go 2-2 on Saturday. NIU lost their tourney opener to Sacramento...