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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

NIU's women basketball players aren't getting much rest these days. The Huskies head into their second home game in three days as they take on the South Carolina Lady Gamecocks at 7:30 p.m. at Chick Evans Field House. The women cagers enter tonight's...