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Big weekend showing keeps Vatch optimistic

By Paul Keller | December 7, 1987

Despite many nagging injuries, NIU's wrestling team came away with an impressive showing this weekend at the Illinois Illini Open. Anton Kossakowski was NIU's top performer, taking first place in the 177-pound weight class in the freshman division. "I...

Divers place well at NU

December 7, 1987

NIU men's and women's diving teams separated from its usual partner—the swimming team—Friday and Saturday, to test their skills in the Northwestern Big Ten Western meet in Evanston. Although NIU did not capture first place in any of the four diving...

NIU just misses taking Iowa in Fest

By Chris Sigley | December 7, 1987

There is no practice situation that could put NIU's women's basketball team in the position they were in Sunday. With 49 seconds left on the clock of the championship game of the Fifth Annual Fastbreak Fest, the Huskies were down 74-73 to Iowa, the sixth-ranked...

Both swim teams win

By Chris Sigley | December 7, 1987

NIU men's and women's swimmers racked up enough points in each group to knock off last year's champions, and capture first place in the Wheaton Invitational. The men scored 938 points to beat two-time defending champs, Western Illinois, who scored 665....

Huskies finish fourth in UTEP Tournament

By Jeff Kirik | December 7, 1987

The NIU men's basketball team must be looking forward to its week off. The Huskies finished fourth in the Texas-El Paso MetroMobile Tournament after losing to UTEP 67-55 Friday and falling to Wisconsin-Green Bay in third place game Saturday. Now the 1-3...

NIU wants road win at UTEP tournament

By Tom Clegg | December 4, 1987

Perhaps warmer weather can help the NIU men's basketball team when they take on host Texas-El Paso Friday at 10 p.m. in the first round of the Metromobile Tournament. The visiting Huskies (1-1) will be looking for their first road win following Tuesday's...

Grapplers in Illini Open

By Paul Keller | December 4, 1987

Having a meet canceled is not always bad. The NIU wrestling team's dual meet tonight with Illinois will be changed due to scheduling problems. However, the Huskie freshmen grapplers will tangle with the Illini tonight in Champaign. The rescheduling could...

Men and women swimmers at Wheaton invite

By Chris Sigley | December 4, 1987

NIU's men and women swimmers will tread their way through the Wheaton Invitational Friday and Saturday in efforts to improve last year's standings. It will be the last meet this semester for the teams and both coaches are looking for a team effort, as...

Divers at NU tourney

December 4, 1987

NIU's diving teams will test their ability to handle pressure at Northwestern's Big Ten Western Meet Friday and Saturday in Evanston. "They're (divers) all excited about the meet," coach Chris Chelich said. "It will be a peak meet before finals and we're...

Impressive lineup highlights Fastbreak Fest

By Dan Moran | December 4, 1987

Being that it's early December, it's beginning to look a lot like ... NCAA basketball tournament time. And, according to NIU women's basketball coach Jane Albright, the best women's tourney in the nation will take place right here in DeKalb, this weekend....

Game-by-game analysis

By Dave Tuley | December 3, 1987

NIU's football season took a roller coaster ride through the season, basically ending back where it started, with a .500 record. The Huskies had one two-game winning streak and one two-game losing streak while alternating the rest of the time to compile...

Season of ‘ifs’ for football team

By Dan Moran | December 3, 1987

Let us simply look at the record, and a picture of the 1986 season—and the stage the NIU football program has reached—naturally emerges. Five wins, five losses and one tie. The five wins, three more than in 1986, show you progress. The five losses...