NIU men’s tennis (17-4, 6-2 MAC) earned its second MAC loss after losing to the University of Toledo (11-10, 6-3 MAC) in a 6-1 defeat, snapping the five match win streak in the conference.
After staring slow in doubles matches, the Huskies couldn’t...
DeKALB – Freshman Arianna Calloway earned her first Huskie of the Week for the 2023-2024 season with her eighth place performance for the high jump at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational on Saturday.
Calloway cleared the mark of 1.72 meters on her...
NIU women’s tennis (13-9, 2-4 MAC) won only two matches in the 6-1 defeat at the hands of Western Michigan University Broncos (13-6, 4-2 MAC).
One victory in singles matches and one doubles victory kept the Huskies from being swept, but the Broncos...
By Lucas Didier, Assistant Sports Editor
| April 8, 2024
NIU softball (9-23, 3-9 MAC) fell to 10th place in the MAC after suffering a three-game sweep from Ohio University (20-18, 8-6 MAC).
The Huskies had 20 combined runners left on base over the weekend series as they were outscored 21-11.
“I think...
NIU baseball travels south to face the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in a three-game series this week in Huskie sports.
BASEBALL
Tuesday, April 9 at Eastern Illinois University, 3 p.m.
Charleston, Ill. / Coaches Stadium at Monier Field
Live...
DeKALB – The Bowling Green State University Falcons (15-10, 12-0 MAC) continued their reign over the Mid-American Conference with a doubleheader sweep of NIU baseball (10-21, 6-9 MAC) to remain unbeaten in conference play.
After taking down the Huskies...
Two top-10 finishes in the high jump highlight NIU track and fields’ visit to Coral Gables, Florida, for the Hurricane Alumni Invitational.
The Huskies’ high jump duo of freshman Arianna Calloway and junior Kamiya Dendy secured two of NIU’s...
NIU women’s tennis (13-8, 2-3 MAC) protected the home court against Eastern Michigan University (8-9, 2-3 MAC) to split the season series in a 5-2 win over the Eagles at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House Friday.
“The intensity...
Earning its fifth straight win in MAC competition, NIU men’s tennis (17-3, 6-1 MAC) defeated the University of Buffalo (4-13, 0-8 MAC) in a 5-2 victory. The Huskies are now above Western Michigan in the standings, holding first place in the conference.
NIU...
DeKALB – NIU Athletics’ eventful 2023-24 has had many moments to remember, but unfortunately, the Northern Star Sports Staff only has the word count space to talk about 10 of them.
Here are the top 10 moments from all NIU sports so far this academic...
Sophomore gymnast Kiera O’Shea was standing in line March 2 at Jeni’s Ice Creams in Raleigh, North Carolina, waiting to place her order – a scoop of chocolate sheet cake and a scoop of salted peanut butter, adorned with a waffle chip.
As she...
Senior guard Keshawn Williams and junior guard David Coit are the newest former Huskies to enter the transfer portal. The Huskies’ two most recent leading scorers join junior guard Zarique Nutter, redshirt sophomore guard Zion Russell, sophomore forward...
