NIU baseball (4-4) faced the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougars (2-7) on Friday in a doubleheader. The Huskies won 5-4 in a comeback victory in Game 1 and secured an 8-4 seven inning-win in Game 2.  GAME 1 NIU struck in the first...

DeKALB – NIU women’s basketball (13-15, 6-10 MAC) mounted a 15-point fourth-quarter comeback, fueled by graduate student guard Chelby Koker, for a thrilling 84-77 double-overtime victory against Bowling Green State University (16-12, 9-7 MAC).  “I...

Editor’s note: This story was updated at 5 p.m. to include NIU Vice President and Director of Athletics and Recreation Sean Frazier’s comments on NIU’s financial savings from the conference move and Horizon League Commissioner Julie Roe Lach’s...

NIU women’s basketball suffered its third consecutive loss Wednesday after falling to the Kent State University Golden Flashes by a score 76-58. With this loss, the Huskies fall to 5-10 in the MAC, 12-15 overall while Kent State improves to 18-10 overall...

NIU men’s golf kicked off the 2025 spring season with a second place finish at the Lake Las Vegas Invitational, which wrapped up Wednesday. Headlined by senior Felix Krammer, all five members of the Huskies’ lineup finished within the top-50.  The...

NIU men’s basketball (5-23, 1-14 MAC) suffered a blowout loss to Miami University (OH) (21-7, 12-3 MAC), dropping to the Redhawks by a score of 87-58 on Tuesday.  “I didn’t think we had the energy that we needed to compete in a game, especially...

With the start of the 2025 MLB season, two Chicago teams are on opposite sides of the competitive spectrum.  The Cubs are coming off of a competitive offseason, aiming to finally contend in the postseason after missing the playoffs for the last four...

NIU softball took on Lindenwood University Monday afternoon in a doubleheader. The Huskies (5-8, 0-0 MAC) held onto the lead in Game 1 until the LWU Lions (5-7, 0-0 OVC) launched two balls out of the park in the sixth inning to take control. Unable to...

Women’s gymnastics junior Kiera O’Shea has earned her second career Huskie of the Week honor, after earning first place on vault for the sixth consecutive meet. Competing at the Western Michigan University Tri-Meet on Sunday, O’Shea reached a...

NIU softball split Sunday’s doubleheader in St. Charles, Missouri, improving to 4-7 on the season. The Huskies won a 2-0 game against the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix (4-4) in Game 1 before losing a 6-0 shutout against the Saint Louis University...

DeKALB – Less than two months after the groundbreaking announcement that it would play football in the Mountain West Conference in 2026, NIU has reportedly found a new sports home: the Horizon League. Action Network’s Brett McMurphy first reported...

NIU track and field continued their streak of victories in the high jump event with senior Kamiya Dendy taking first place for the second week in a row.  Dendy and the Huskies competed in the John Gartland Invitational on Saturday morning in Terre...