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In next week’s sports section:

June 20, 1989

NIU's plans to start a new in college baseball. Huskie tennis coach Carl Neufeld leaves NIU for a position at UCLA. Gymnast Erik Solky will represent the U.S. in the 1989 Maccabiah Games. Women's swimming and diving coach Mike Burt signs five recruits....

Women take NSC All-Sports Trophy

June 20, 1989

Despite being a member of the North Star Conference for only two years, the NIU women's sports program has established itself as a league powerhouse. By winning two NSC crowns and finishing second in two other sports, NIU claimed the 1988-89 NSC All-Sports...

Tough job ahead for Molinari

May 1, 1989

NIU has another basketball coach. Jim Molinari was officially named coach of the Huskies after NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell and his staff decided the 11-year assistant coach from DePaul was "The Leader of The Pack." About 80 people applied for...

Stricker outgolfs Tryba in NIU-hosted tourney

By Bob Regan | April 30, 1989

It was a matter of who would make the first mistake in the final round of the 1989 NIU/Miller Lite Midwestern Invitational held at Kishwaukee Country Club over the weekend. University of Illinois' Steve Stricker carried a two-stroke lead over Ohio State's...

NIU lands DePaul’s Molinari

By Chris Sigley | April 30, 1989

Jim Molinari was officially named the new NIU men's basketball coach at a press conference Friday morning. A six-week national search ended Thursday night when NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell selected Molinari, DePaul's assistant basketball coach,...

Huskies win North Star; staff hurls six shutouts

By Bob Regan | April 30, 1989

Six shutouts in a row enabled the NIU softball team to run away with the 1989 North Star Conference Tournament played last weekend in Akron, Ohio. By beating Wisconsin-Green Bay by a score of 4-0, Cleveland State (6-0), Valparaiso (1-0), DePaul (3-0),...

‘Sycamore’ tops ‘DeKalb’ in spring football contest

By Eric Burt | April 30, 1989

Once again, the weather took a turn for the worse when the Huskies took the field for Saturday's Red-White spring football game. The bright, sunny skies that graced the pre-game festivities took the afternoon off, only to reappear with about seven minutes...

Huskie Huddle

April 30, 1989

The NIU women's golf squad edged Missouri 617-618 to capture the title at the 28th Annual ISU Redbird Invitational. The weather was the biggest factor, according to coach Pam Tyska. "The rain was just incredible," Tyska said.

Senior Laura Scheibach was top medalist after shooting back-to-back rounds of 74 to finish with 148.

The Huskie men's golf team continued its success at the U. of Northern Iowa Fall Classic, finishing in the top half for the fifth straight year. NIU took sixth place with a total of 1211, 53 behind winner Illinois (1158).

Chad Behrends led the Huskies with a 299, good enough to tie for 12th, 26 strokes behind winner Steve Stricker (273), an All-American from Illinois. Mike Briggs finished five strokes behind Behrends with a 304.

Rounding out the Huskie field was Tek Osborne (307), Rick Stewart (308), and Ted Meyer (322).

The NIU men's tennis team won the Northern Illinois Open held at the Plum Grove Tennis Club in Palatine this past Saturday. They defeated St. Ambrose (3-2), Illinois-Chicago (4-1), and Marquette (5-0).

The highlight of the morning was the come-from-behind victory by Mats Persson over St. Ambrose. In his No. 3 singles match, Persson rallied from a 5-3 deficit in the last match to win the tiebreaker 7-2, and finish with a 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 victory.

Sophomore Erik Andersch won all three of his singles appearances, as did all three of the Huskies' doubles teams. Steve Wiere and Tim Halligan defeated St. Ambrose, Dan Bowers and Persson defeated UIC, and Colin Taheny and Persson teamed up to beat Marquette.

Following the NIU football victory over Wisconsin Saturday, linebacker Mike Manson said, "It was no upset. We were the better team. If they had beaten us, that would have been an upset."

Halfback Rod Taylor also is noticing a change in attitude. "The last three years I've been here, every time it's been a close game, we always lost it. I always felt something was against us. Now we've got things going the right way," Taylor said.

The Huskie women's volleyball team defeated Cincinnati (6-15, 15-11, 15-8, 15-5), Missouri (15-11, 14-16, 15-12, 15-4), and Eastern Illinois (15-7, 15-13, 15-13) to win their own Huskie Invitational Saturday, and improve their record to 6-3.

During the Eastern match, setter Beth Glisk had 12 kills in 27 attempts (.444), with no errors. She also led the team with 31 assists.

Coach Ros bids DeKalb farewell

By Jeff Kirik | April 27, 1989

On May 7, an optimistic Jim Rosborough will leave DeKalb, eager to begin his work as an assistant coach at the Arizona basketball program. And although he is excited about his future, the former NIU head coach will leave behind 13 recruits, a three-year...

Molinari reported to be next coach

By Tom Clegg | April 27, 1989

DePaul assistant basketball coach Jim Molinari is expected to be named today as the next NIU head coach. Chet Coppock of WLUP-AM radio in Chicago reported Thursday night that Molinari would be hired by NIU. WMAQ radio reported that a source within the...

Golf invitational features Huskies, Ohio State, Illini

By Bob Regan | April 27, 1989

Long drives, high fading iron shots and clutch putts will abound this weekend in DeKalb. No, the PGA Tour is not making an appearance, but the creme de la creme of the Midwest's golf schools will be participating in the 1989 NIU/Miller Lite Invitational...

Hallihan, Coomes say ‘No’ to NIU

By Jeff Kirik | April 26, 1989

Neither Jim Hallihan nor Mark Coomes will be the next NIU men's basketball coach. NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell is expected to announce his choice for the spot by Friday, but Hallihan and Coomes, two of the six finalists, have withdrawn from the...