NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright thinks the 1988-89 version of the Huskies can improve on last season's 14-14 record by playing more aggressively and creating more turnovers on defense. A new defensive philosophy aimed at creating more fastbreak-scoring...

The 1988-89 NIU women's basketball team has two new faces on the block—two faces that head coach Jane Albright and her staff feel will fit right in the Huskie lineup. Entering this year's campaign are freshmen Tracy Mondek and Dee Dee Jeske. Both women...

Both the NIU men's and women's swimming and diving squads open their 1988-89 campaigns on Friday. The men host Loyola in a 6:30 p.m. Anderson Hall Pool meet, while the women head towards the University of Missouri for a 7:30 p.m. contest. On Saturday,...

American sport consists of the Big Three—football, basketball and baseball. However, NIU athletics seems to be lost in the shuffle. The Huskies pride themselves on being an up-and-coming program. Great strides are being made by NIU to become recognized...

The NIU men's basketball team wants to get its fans more involved this season. Thus, the slam dunk is going to play a major role in the team's plans this year. That's where the fastbreak comes in. Because without it, there are few dunks. Saturday morning,...

Mission accomplished. The NIU women's volleyball team (14-8) set out to prove some things this weekend and did precisely that with two convincing North Star Conference victories. On Friday, the Huskies, 5-1 in conference play, outplayed Wisconsin-Green...

Behind the strong offensive attack of freshman Laura Wehrman, the NIU field hockey squad captured the title at the Midwest Independent Championships Friday through Sunday at the St. Louis Soccer Park. Out of NIU's six goals in the Huskies' 3-0 victory...

The NIU soccer team wrapped up the 1988 season over the weekend at the Big Central Soccer Conference Championship held at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville with a split. On Friday, the Huskies squared off against Cincinnati and got revenge from a 2-0 NIU...

Just when last-second winning field goals were starting to become a trademark with the NIU football team, Ball State came to Huskie Stadium Saturday and bought the rights. BSU placekicker Kenny Stucker booted a 38-yard field goal with 10 seconds left—after...

There were more footballs floating around at the weekly coaches luncheon Thursday than there are on Huskie field during football practice. Special guest NIU President John LaTourette was one of a handful of 107 luncheon guests who received a football...

The NIU men's basketball team will hold an intrasquad scrimmage at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Chick Evans Field House before the Homecoming football game. Coach Jim Rosborough's Huskies will be back at the fieldhouse after the football game at 4 p.m....

Coach Willy Roy and his players are hoping to shake an illness that has plagued the team this year—losing. The NIU soccer team has a chance to redeem itself this weekend as the Huskies travel down to Southern Illinois-Edwardsville where this year's...