DeKALB – Poor pitching proved to be NIU baseball’s (0-3) downfall in a doubleheader sweep at the hands of Abilene Christian University Wildcats (3-0) on Friday to open up the 2024 season.
The Huskies dropped Game 1 16-6 by slaughter rule in seven...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 17, 2024
NIU softball stole nine bases and struck out as many batters en route to splitting the second day of the South Alabama Invitational on Saturday in Mobile, Alabama.
The Huskies (3-6) upended the University of Alabama at Birmingham (3-4) 5-1 in the morning...
By Lucas Didier, Sports Editor
| February 17, 2024
NIU women’s basketball (12-12, 5-7 MAC) survived a rematch with the Eastern Michigan Eagles (6-17, 2-10 MAC), winning 61-52 three days after a season-low score of 47.
The Eagles gave the Huskies a scare with a third-quarter buzzer-beater to take...
NIU women’s tennis (5-4) sailed past both Western Illinois University (1-7), 7-0, and Bradley University (2-6), 4-0, without dropping a match.
The Huskies did not lose a match against Western Illinois, but one match went unfinished.
In doubles,...
NIU women’s track and field took home 13 top-five finishes, including three first-place finishes in the high jump, 800-meter run and 200-meter dash in the Redbird Tune Up on Friday.
The Huskies swept the top-five for the 200-meter dash, with junior...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 17, 2024
NIU men’s basketball (9-16, 3-9 MAC) suffered its worst loss of the season, an 85-47 annihilation at the hands of the Kent State University Golden Flashes (13-12, 6-6 MAC) Saturday.
NIU’s three-game conference win streak came to a screeching halt...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| February 16, 2024
DeKALB – NIU has signed a new agreement with full-service sports advertising and entertainment agency Van Wagner to be the University's new multimedia partner. NIU announced the news on Thursday.
Van Wagner stands at the forefront of sports advertising...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 15, 2024
DeKALB – Before she blossomed into NIU gymnastics’ bar star and beam queen, senior Alyssa Al-Ashari got her start in the Great Lake State of Michigan.
Nearly halfway into her swansong season at NIU, Al-Ashari’s set to compete in her home state...
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter
| February 15, 2024
NIU women’s golf opened the spring season finishing in fourth place Wednesday at the Bowling Green State University Women’s Intercollegiate. Senior Jasmine Ly paved the way for the Huskies, finishing tied for sixth place.
The Huskies also had...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 15, 2024
DeKALB – Former NIU Director of Athletics Cary Groth regaled a packed audience with her account of the celebration following NIU football’s storied 2003 upset win over the University of Alabama, after which former NIU President John Peters chugged...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| February 15, 2024
DeKALB – Redshirt senior Jaivon Jones was named MAC Co-West Wrestler of the Week, the conference announced Tuesday.
Jones pinned nationally ranked 149-pounder Nick Stonecheck in 2:22 at the annual “Beauty and the Beast dual” on Friday. Jones...
DeKALB – NIU women’s tennis duo senior Diana Lukyanova and sophomore Isabella Righi were named the MAC Doubles Team of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday.
The pair won both of their completed matches over the weekend, defeating...
