Huskie wrestlers went into the St. Louis Open last weekend expecting some tough competition. They got more than expected. "The competition was phenomenal," coach Ed Vatch said. "An example is a two-time NCAA champion from Iowa didn't even make it to the...

When the Bethel College men's basketball team steps foot in Chick Evans Field House Saturday for NIU's season opener, history will be made. It will be the first time in Division III Bethel's history that the Royals will play against a Division I program....

Exchanging gifts before a game has become the custom when teams from different countries meet in competition, and Friday's women's basketball game in the Chick Evans Field House was no exception. However, head coach Jane Albright and her squad gave the...

First, the good news: guard Jeff Delaney scored 28 points in the NIU basketball team's final preseason intrasquad scrimmage Friday night in Shabbona. Now, the bad news: Delaney is ineligible to play with the Huskies this season after transferring from...

Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk was on hand at Chick Evans Field House to compliment NIU's volleyball team for its efforts in winning the North Star Conference title. Fish, however, had been pulling for Illinois-Chicago. Fisk, whose daughter Carlyn...

NIU's volleyball team came into the North Star Conference Championship match Sunday at Chick Evans Field House an underdog to Illinois-Chicago, but the Huskies went out champions. The Huskies snuffed the Flames in a three-game sweep Sunday to win the...

It's showtime. The NIU women's basketball team will make its 1988-‘89 debut Friday at 7 p.m. in the Chick Evans Field House. Head coach Jane Albright and her team will square up against Solna Sports Club, the Swedish National Team, in an exhibition...

Even though the NIU women's volleyball team isn't the odds-on favorite to capture the North Star Conference title this weekend, it stands a pretty good chance of winning it. Why? Simple. The Huskies have won eight-straight matches and haven't lost an...

After last weekend's season-opening tournament, NIU wrestling coach Ed Vatch said his team was out of shape. This week he did something to remedy that problem. He intensified practice workouts. "I upped the intensity of the workouts to find out how good...

University employees might find that a few good ideas can earn them more than a paycheck by submitting those ideas and suggestions to Illinois' State Employees Suggestion Award Board. Richard Leatherwood, director of mail services for NIU, recently was...

A 7-4 season wasn't quite what the NIU football team had hoped for, especially after its 3-0 start, but the Huskies did put up a few numbers that nobody could be disappointed with. For openers, there were the 906 rushing yards accumulated by freshman...

Almost one year ago, the NIU men's swimming and diving team defeated the Wisconsin-Milwaukee Panthers at Milwaukee, Wis. One year later the Huskies will try it again, but at DeKalb. NIU hosts Milwaukee for a 6 p.m. contest today at the Anderson Hall Pool....