NIU volleyball continued its hot streak against non-conference teams at the Hampton Inn Invitational in Indianapolis.  The Huskies (6-2) battled the Gonzaga University Bulldogs (5-3) and the Bellarmine University Knights (4-4) on Friday and, with...

Week 3 of the college football season has arrived. Across the country, many teams enter conference play, while others will face off in premier non-conference matchups. Meanwhile, NIU has the week off as it gears up for its Sept. 20 visit to Starkville...

Editor’s note: This column is the second of a two-part satire column series wherein Senior Sports Reporter Skyler Kisellus hypothetically fights teams from the two conferences NIU will join in 2026 — the Mountain West Conference and the Horizon League....

From a team that finished the season with just three wins last season, to starting 2025 with a 3-1-1 record, NIU men’s soccer has had a vastly different start to the season than they did in 2024.  Last season, the Huskies went 1-4 in their first...

Editor’s note: This column is the first of two-part satire column series wherein Senior Sports Reporter Skyler Kisellus hypothetically fights teams from the two conferences NIU will join in 2026 — the Mountain West Conference and the Horizon League....

Each week during the college football season, the Northern Star will recap the most interesting NIU grades published by Pro Football Focus, a sports analytics company that evaluates every player on every play of every game. Season and single-game grades...

Hoping to bounce back after a close loss to then-No.19 Kansas City, NIU men’s soccer delivered against the Indiana University Indianapolis Jaguars (2-2-2) on Tuesday. Driven by first-half goals from freshman forward Vance Sheffield and sophomore...

Wrapping up on Monday, three Huskies finished in the top-25 as NIU women’s golf took fifth at the Redbird Invitational, their first invitational of the season.  NIU finished with a final score of 901, 37 over par, as a team in a field of 16 teams....

Coming in last place at their first invitational of the fall season, NIU men’s golf finished the Gopher Invitational, hosted by the University of Minnesota, in 15th place.   “It’s a demanding test of a golf course (Windsong Farm Golf Club),”...

After being named the MVP of the NIU Invitational, NIU volleyball junior middle blocker Autumn Flynn has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.  In the NIU-hosted tournament where the Huskies faced Merrimack College, Indiana State University...