Struggles with mental health impact millions of people. The wide-reaching community of student-athletes is no different. To combat mental health struggles, a trio of Huskie softball players have launched a chapter of The Hidden Opponent at NIU.
“Unfortunately,...
DeKALB – The Huskies volleyball team had two players announced as Mid-American Conference Players of the Week Monday
Junior middle blocker Sammi Lockwood earned Defensive Player of the Week and junior setter Ella Mihacevich earned Setter Player of...
DeKALB – Junior midfielder Claudia Muessig has secured her first Northern Star Huskie of the Week honor after scoring a goal in each of women’s soccer’s past two games.
Muessig, a native of Paw Paw, Michigan, posted NIU’s lone goal in its 4-1...
DeKALB – The NIU Huskies fielded a fully-healthy seven-woman lineup at the Live in Louisville Classic cross country event on Saturday. This was the third event of the year for NIU, and easily the most stacked.
Entered into the women’s 5K blue division...
DeKALB – The NIU women’s soccer team (5-4-2, 2-2 MAC) captured their third shutout victory on Sunday, winning 2-0 against Central Michigan University (1-8-2, 0-3-1 MAC).
Sunday's game was one of the most dominant performances by the Huskies this...
WEST DUNDEE – NIU hockey’s efforts at finding its first victory of the season continue to fall short after consecutives losses to the Western Michigan University Stallions over the weekend.
The Huskies (0-6, 0-0 MCH) dropped both games in their...
DeKALB – NIU’s (3-3-3) battle against the University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers (3-4-1) ended in a 0-0 draw on Wednesday night.
Neither the Huskies nor the Badgers could create goals for themselves the entire game.
"We knew that Wisconsin...
DeKALB – The NIU volleyball team (11-4, 4-1 MAC) saw its winning streak go up in smoke during their weekend road series against the University at Buffalo Bulls (10-7, 2-3 MAC) on Friday and Saturday at Alumni Arena in Buffalo, New York
NIU opens the...
A 24-7 halftime lead wasn't enough to help the Huskies retain the Bronze Stalk Trophy as they fell to rival Ball State 44-38 in double overtime in Muncie.
It’s that time of the year once again; the Huskies football team is taking on its arch-rivals, the Ball State University Cardinals. NIU currently sits at fourth place in the MAC West, they are coming off of a two game losing streak against Southeastern...
DeKALB – The Huskies hockey team (0-4, 0-0 MCH) look to snap their four-game, season-opening skid when they take on the Western Michigan University Stallions (1-2, 0-0 GLCHL) in a two-game home series Friday and Saturday.
The Huskie defense has struggled...
