The "Migrate to Minnesota" brochure, which collected dust on shelves everywhere for weeks, is now a pamphlet hot in pursuit. But interested fans are finding out the pursuit is an endless one. The bus trip for the Sept. 24 NIU vs. Minnesota football game,...
After NIU's first football victory over a Big Ten Conference school last Saturday at Wisconsin, many people are showing more enthusiasm than ever. Matt Miller is extending his duty even further. The junior transfer student from College of DuPage is trying...
Huskie sophomore John Ivanic began the 1988 football season as an All-American candidate. Three games, six field goals and 20 points later, the right-footed soccer-style placekicker seems to be measuring up to that lofty billing. Last week at Wisconsin's...
Neither wind, rain nor lightning could keep the NIU women's golf team from winning the Illinois State Redbird Invitational. It couldn't dampen coach Pam Tyska's mood either. After two days on the par-73 ISU Golf Course, the Huskies owned a one-stroke...
Despite an aggressive 8-0 jump in the first match, the NIU volleyball team lost to Illinois State in a four-game decision Monday in Bloomington. With a disappointing .073 team hitting percentage, the 6-4 Huskies were shot down by the 7-2 Redbirds in 15-9,...
By defeating Wisconsin 19-17 Saturday in Madison, the Huskies ended 17 years of futility against members of the Big Ten Conference. From 1971 to 1987 NIU played 0-12-1 football against three Big 10 opponents. In the previous 13 contests with Wisconsin,...
The volleyball team contributed its share to NIU's winning weekend by sweeping the Huskie Invitational which was held Friday and Saturday in Chick Evans Field House. On a roll from their 3-0 weekend streak, the spikers carry their overall 6-3 record into...
After NIU's 19-17 thriller over Wisconsin Saturday, Huskie defensive tackle Ted Hennings said a disc jockey on a Madison radio station helped the Huskies prepare for their first 1988 test against a prominent Division I-A opponent. Hennings said the disc...
Thanks to a 31-yard field goal by 5-foot-9 sophomore John Ivanic, the NIU football team took a 19-17 decision from the Wisconsin Badgers before a crowd of 46,869 in Madison. It marked the first time in 14 tries the Huskies had defeated a Big Ten Conference...
Facing a 2-0 deficit after one-half of play, the NIU field hockey team came back to tie the Miami (OH) Redskins, but ended the game in a double-overtime deadlock Saturday at Huskie stadium. Huskie coach Laurie Bell was disappointed with her team's first-half...
Basketball enthusiasts can participate in NIU's first annual three-on-three basketball game for charity. The event, sponsored by Lambda Chi fraternity and the Village Commons Bookstore, 901 Lucinda Ave., will be held Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in...
