A no-hitter is good enough for a win, right? Wrong. Iowa held the NIU softball team hitless in game two of a doubleheader Tuesday, but came away the loser. The Huskies split the two-game set by capturing a 1-0 win in the nightcap. With runners on first...

The NIU water polo club's A-team made the most of their last fling before concentrating on player development for the rest of the season. A Chris Kerstin goal with 40 seconds left in overtime beat Purdue, 14-13, in the third-place game of the Midwestern...

"There's a new dog in town", the slogan of the Huskies men's basketball team, might soon be changed to "there are three new dogs in town." Wednsday is national letter-of-intent day when high school basketball players sign over their basketball lives to...

With the taste of victory on the tip of its tongues, NIU's softball team was poisoned with a mouthful of disappointment on two late-inning comebacks from guest Adelphi University Monday. NIU (10-15-2) surrendered five runs after a 4-1 lead in game one....

Maybe the biggest news from the NCAA Rules Committee last week was the rule it didn't change, with the committee deciding to keep the 3-point stripe where it is. The narrow strip of paint located in an arc 19 feet, nine inches from the target, which has...

A pair of road losses at Notre Dame and Miami (Ohio) closed the traveling portion of the NIU women's tennis season on a low note. NIU, 13-11 in dual match competition, began the weekend with a 9-0 loss at Notre Dame Friday afternoon. The Huskies, who...

Weather was not the only thing "cold" at the Saturday-Sunday Indiana University Women's Golf Invitational: The NIU Huskies never did get warmed up and finished 11th in the 14-team outing. A biting wind hampered Saturday's opening 36-hole effort with NIU...

At the NCAA Central Regionals this weekend, NIU gymnasts Vicki Thimgan and Martha Unger didn't have two things: a high enough finish to advance to the NCAA Championships, and a lot of luck. Unger, competing in her third Regional competition, had a costly...

Total domination is the only way to describe the NIU soccer team's 2-0 shutout over Loyola University in its spring exhibition game Saturday. Although the offensive spark head coach Willy Roy was looking for wasn't there in the first half, the Huskies...

Two key Saturday victories powered the NIU softball squad to a second-place finish in the Western Illinois 'Winds Classic Tournament in Macomb, Ill. The Huskies scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to slip past Ohio State, 8-7, in Saturday's...

NIU's men's tennis team overcame many obstacles to notch a successful weekend at Northern Iowa Univeristy. The Huskies came away with a four-match win streak and a 15-11 record. The cold and windy conditions forced play indoors. NIU faced Wisconsin-LaCrosse...

A good defense will literally mean a good offense for the NIU soccer team if Willy Roy gets his way—and he usually does. Roy will get the chance to see his high-powered offense in action this Saturday at 11 a.m. when the Huskies take on the Loyola Ramblers...