When NIU takes on the Toledo Rockets Saturday, it will be the 80th time the Huskies have played a Homecoming contest. Last year's script wasn't written too well, as NIU went down to a 20-6 defeat to Miami (Ohio) on a cold, rainy, late October day. But...

CHICAGO—A weekend at the Loyola Invitational did not end as expected for the NIU volleyball team. While NIU defeated Loyola 15-13, 11-15, 15-7, 15-10 Friday, the Huskies lost the championship game to Illinois-Chicago Saturday 15-9, 15-4, 15-6. The match...

YPSILANTI, Mich.—After NIU's 32-31 loss to Eastern Michigan, the Huskies are 1-2-1 although they are a mere eight points away from having a perfect record. NIU's non-wins include a 39-35 loss to Lamar in the opener, a 16-16 tie to Northwestern a week...

The NIU men's tennis team came back from Madison, Wis., with more than they expected—a loss. The Huskies, now 5-1, walked into Nielson Tennis Stadium Saturday having beat UW twice last year, 7-2, 7-4, but left the courts with an 8-1 defeat in the Badgers'...

YPSILANTI, Mich.—When George Bush won the Iowa caucus during the 1980 presidential campaign, he bragged about having something called "Big Mo." "Big Mo," of course, is not a stomach disorder or a bad hangover. It is momentum, that mystic quality that...

Scoring only one goal in 210 minutes of play did not sit especially well with the NIU women's field hockey squad. Following three road losses, the Huskies rebounded to soundly defeat Louisville 11-0 Sunday on the turf at the St. Louis Soccer Park. NIU...

An understudy of basketball's inventor said Wednesday, the work of an overzealous custodian played a key role in the sport's origin. John B. McLendon, believed to be the last person alive to have worked under Dr. James Naismith, told listeners during...

The setter is offensive leader in volleyball just as a quarterback leads his offensive team in football. The "quarterback" for the NIU volleyball team for the last three years has been Beth Glisk. Although a football quarterback is a glamour position,...

Two days after the NIU Huskies escaped a meeting with a Big Ten team with something more than a loss, Jerry Pettibone faced the weekly Huskie Club luncheon with a newspaper in his hand. Pettibone held the sports page up for the gathering, proudly extolling...

If all goes well for Colleen Preston this season, she could be an All-American goalie and could play field hockey in the Olympics. "Colleen is heads and tails above the rest of the keepers I've had," said Laurie Bell, NIU field hockey coach. "She has...

Despite the back injuries, the pulled muscles and the overall dreariness of a two-day tournament, the NIU men's tennis team managed a 5-1 dual meet victory over Eastern Illinois Saturday in Normal, Ill. "We didn't play our best, but we won," said Carl...