By L.J. Bennett, Sports Reporter
| February 16, 2025
NIU wrestling (6-3, 5-1 MAC) triumphed over the No. 22 ranked California Polytechnic State Mustangs (4-9, 0-2 PAC-12) 25-19 in Friday's matchup.
HOT START
NIU would get off to a hot start in Friday's matchup. Starting at 125 lbs when redshirt...
Powered by eight-straight late-game points by graduate student guard Chelby Koker, NIU women’s basketball fended off the Western Michigan University Broncos’ attempt at a comeback Saturday, defeating the Broncos by a score of 60-51.
With the win,...
NIU softball (3-4) began play at the Ragin’ Cajuns Tournament on Friday. In a doubleheader in Lafayette, Louisiana, they faced off against the University of Central Arkansas and the University of Louisiana. The Huskies dominated against Central Arkansas...
NIU baseball dropped its first game of the season to Nicholls State University by a score of 5-3.
The Huskies opened the 2025 season in Thibodaux, Louisiana, with redshirt junior pitcher Adam Brouwer toeing the rubber for the first time this season.
Brouwer...
NIU softball (3-5) fell to the Sam Houston State University Bearkats (4-5) Saturday by a score of 1-0 in a pitcher's duel, where strong performances on the mound kept both sides contesting.
“We had great pitching performances by Hannah (Bolly)...
NIU women’s golf freshman Alexa Ouellet earned Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week honors on Thursday after a top-three finish at the Bowling Green State University Women’s Intercollegiate on Wednesday.
Placing third in the field of 80...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 13, 2025
Once upon a time, NIU made the daring decision to leave the confines of the Mid-American Conference and venture out into the great unknown of independence. What followed was an embarrassing saga that eventually brought the Huskies back to where they started.
Four...
By Eric Avila, Sports Reporter
| February 13, 2025
NIU women’s golf opened its spring season tying for fifth place at the Bowling Green State University Women’s Intercollegiate, which wrapped up Wednesday.
“I think what helped us finish in the top 5 was obviously Alexa (Ouellet) and Caroline...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 12, 2025
DeKALB – Three days earlier, NIU men’s basketball allowed an 11-point halftime lead to slip away. On Tuesday, it battled back from an identical deficit against the University at Buffalo. But upon the blare of the final buzzer, the result was the same...
NIU wrestling No. 31-ranked 157-pound redshirt sophomore Landen Johnson earned this week’s Mid-American Conference West Wrestler of the Week after claiming an overtime victory over a nationally ranked opponent Friday.
Johnson matched up against previously...
NIU baseball is set to begin its season with a new look team, entering the second year of the Ryan Copeland era.
In Copeland’s first year at the helm, the Huskies finished with a record of 21-33, winning 11 more games than 2023.
NIU’s 2024...
As the NIU men's and women's basketball teams enter the final stretch of their respective seasons, it's not hard to see who the better squad is. The women are in the race for yet another berth to the Mid-American Conference Tournament in Cleveland, while...
