By Kalin Schaefer, Assistant Sports Editor
| October 23, 2023
After a loss at Western Michigan University and a win at home against Belmont University, NIU men’s soccer has two games left in the regular season.
Looking to end the season with a .500 win percentage, the Huskies (5-7-1, 2-3-1 MVC) are in sixth...
By Lucas Didier, Former Sports Editor
| October 22, 2023
DeKALB – No offensive goals were needed for a win Sunday, as a defensive showcase and an own goal gave NIU men’s soccer (5-7-1, 2-3-1 MVC) a victory over Belmont University (8-5-2, 3-3 MVC).
NIU was outshot 22-9 on the day with no Huskie players...
DeKALB – NIU Athletics begins another October week of events, headlined by men’s and women’s basketball’s Huskie Madness event and wrestling’s Red/Black Dual.
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Thursday, Oct. 26: Huskie Madness, 7 p.m.
DeKalb...
By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
| October 22, 2023
A second straight shutout performance from NIU women’s soccer’s defense pushed the Huskies past Central Michigan University by a final score of 1-0.
Redshirt senior goalkeeper Sadie McGill kept the aggressive Chippewa attack at bay, as she recorded...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| October 21, 2023
DeKALB – With a goal-line stretch by redshirt senior quarterback Rocky Lombardi in the final two minutes of regulation, NIU football (4-4, 3-1 MAC) pulled away from Eastern Michigan University (4-4, 2-2 MAC) by a score of 20-13.
The Huskie offense...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| October 21, 2023
After being the MAC’s fourth-ranked squad eight days ago, the NIU volleyball team is experiencing free fall after sustaining its third consecutive loss in the span of five days.
NIU (8-15, 6-5 MAC) was undone in four sets,15-25, 25-16, 24-26, 18-25,...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| October 21, 2023
ALBERT LEA – Take the ice with excitement, give up goals, play from behind, leave the arena dejected about another loss.
That game day cycle continued for NIU Hockey (0-10-2, 0-6 MCH) Saturday, as the team fell to the Waldorf University Warriors...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| October 21, 2023
Kills aplenty, two pivotal challenges and a battle past 25 points, all in the first set of a match seemingly destined to go the distance.
Instead, it was just the beginning of NIU volleyball’s downhill slide to utter defeat.
The Huskies (8-14,...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| October 21, 2023
ALBERT LEA – While the players of Waldorf University (1-8-2, 1-4 MCH) skated with their families and friends with music blaring in their “Skate with the Warriors” event, a somber and dejected group of Huskies quietly retreated back to their locker...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| October 20, 2023
DeKALB — Radio play-by-play announcer and United States Air Force veteran Bill Baker has been named an “Elite 11” finalist for the 2023 Armed Forces Merit Award, NIU announced on Friday.
The Armed Forces Merit Award honors an individual and/or...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| October 19, 2023
DeKALB – The early-season struggles have plagued NIU Hockey (0-8-2, 0-4 MCH), as injuries and blowout losses have piled up through the first five weeks.
The Huskies are finally on the mend for the coming weekend, as they travel to Albert Lea, Minnesota,...
Sports Editor Ethan Gonzales and Assistant Sports Editor Alex Crowe are joined by redshirt senior goalkeeper Sadie McGill and graduate student midfielder Abby McHugh to discuss women's soccer's season, the mindset of being a goalkeeper and the beauty...
