You could say the Huskie soccer team was made up of good losers. After posting a dismal 6-10-2 overall record in 1987, including a 1-3-0 mark in the newly formed Big Central Six Conference, three Huskies were named for postseason conference honors. Named...

At the beginning of an athletic season, a squad usually sets goals it hopes to accomplish by the end of the season. NIU's volleyball team was one such squad, and although it did not meet all of its expectations, the overall feeling by both coach and players...

The Faculty Assembly will meet with NIU Provost Kendall Baker Wednesday to discuss the second draft of his "Working Priorities" paper. "He has received input from various faculty groups as well as the academic planning committee and the deans," University...

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 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...

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...