DeKALB – NIU volleyball (9-3, 2-0 MAC) closed out its first Mid-American Conference of the season with back-to-back wins, routing the University of Akron Zips (3-10, 0-2 MAC) Saturday in three straight sets.
Saturday’s win came just hours after...
DeKALB – NIU volleyball (8-3, 1-0 MAC) became the first team at NIU to win a Mid-American Conference game this season after sweeping the University of Akron Zips (3-9, 0-1 MAC) 3-0 on Friday night at Victor E. Court.
Friday’s result extended the...
NIU Women’s Soccer defeated by Western Michigan to begin MAC Play
DeKALB — NIU women’s soccer was held scoreless by Western Michigan University in their first Mid-American Conference game of the season.
The Huskies conceded an early goal to...
DeKALB – The Huskies will visit the University of Kentucky Wildcats this weekend as NIU’s defense will look to shut down the No. 8 team in the nation.
NIU’s defense has had struggles this season, giving up 38 points in each of their last two...
By Northern Star Sports Staff
| September 22, 2022
DeKALB – The Huskies are in for a landmark weekend of the 2022 sports season as a big-time matchup and the beginning of MACtion reserve spots on the weekend slate.
Football heads to the University of Kentucky for a battle against a nationally-ranked...
DeKALB – The Huskies hockey team (0-2, 0-0 MCH) look to bounce back from their season-opening series loss to John Carroll University when they take on the DePaul University Blue Demons (2-0, 0-0 NCHL) in a home-and-home two-game series Friday and Saturday.
The...
By Tyler Murray, Sports Reporter
| September 21, 2022
Barstool Sports officially launched their new platform, TwoYay. Partnering with Stripe, a payment company, the website is a community of advertisers, agents and content creators.
The NCAA changed their name, image and likeness policy in 2021, allowing...
By Northern Star Sports Staff
| September 21, 2022
DeKALB – NIU women’s soccer freshman goalkeeper Deighton Wamer was named the Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday.
Warmer did not allow a goal in 135 minutes of action during last week’s games against the University...
DeKALB – First-year women’s soccer head coach Michael O’Neill enters the spotlight as he establishes a new identity for the NIU women’s soccer program.
O’Neill was hired to be the head coach of the women’s soccer program on March 14. He...
By Northern Star Sports Staff
| September 21, 2022
DeKALB – NIU volleyball’s sophomore defensive specialist/libero Francesca Bertucci is the Mid-American Conference West Defensive Player of the Week for the second week in a row, the conference announced Monday.
Bertucci earned the honor after recording...
By Northern Star Sports Staff
| September 19, 2022
DeKALB – Junior setter Ella Mihacevich has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week after serving as a major contributor to NIU’s two wins at the NIU Invitational this past weekend.
The Huskies bested the University of Rhode Island...
