NIU sophomore gymnast Kiera O’Shea scored her third 9.900 on vault this season as she championed the event at Saturday’s road quad-meet.
“I thought it was one of the best vaults that I’ve done this season,” O’Shea said.
O’Shea’s...
NIU softball split its second and final day of action at the Hilltopper Spring Fling on Sunday to finish its third weekend out of 2024 with a 1-3 record.
The Huskies (4-10) defeated the University of Dayton (7-5) before falling to Western Kentucky...
NIU wrestling heads to Kent, Ohio, for the MAC Championships while men’s and women’s basketball conclude their 2023-2024 seasons this week in Huskie sports.
WRESTLING
Friday, March 8 at MAC Championships, TBD
Kent, Ohio / Memorial Athletic...
After falling to the University of Cincinnati Bearcats (6-5) 6-5 on a walk-off hit by pitch in Game 1, NIU baseball (3-9) bounced back for a 6-4 win behind the best performance of freshman catcher Cooper Cohn’s young career in Game 2.
Despite allowing...
Improving to 10-2 on the season, NIU men’s tennis defeated both Southern University (0-9) and the University of Nebraska Omaha (10-6) on Saturday.
Defeating Southern 7-0 with two doubles and four singles matches being played, only five Huskies...
A 35-point performance from junior guard David Coit wasn’t enough for an NIU men’s basketball (10-19, 4-12 MAC) win Saturday as the Huskies were defeated 80-73 by the University of Akron (21-8, 13-3 MAC).
Coit not only scored a career-high in Saturday’s...
NIU women’s basketball (13-15, 6-10 MAC) picked up it’s third-straight loss after falling to the University of Akron Zips (10-17, 5-11 MAC) 69-54.
Poor shooting held the Huskies back, as they finished 32.8% from the field and 21.4% from three-point...
Senior outfielder and catcher Colin Summerhill drove in all five Huskies runs in NIU baseball’s (2-8) 13-5 loss to the University of Cincinnati Bearcats (5-4).
Summerhill finished his day going 2-for-5 with a pair of home runs, including a two-run...
NIU women’s tennis improved to 8-5 while handing the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks (6-1) their first loss of the season on Friday.
The Huskies defeated Whitewater by a score of 6-1, winning all but one of the matches played.
In...
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter
| February 29, 2024
DeKALB – NIU women’s basketball (13-14, 6-9 MAC) fell to the University of Toledo Rockets (22-4, 14-1 MAC) 74-61 in it’s last home game of the season.
Fifth-year guard Sophia Wiard paved the way for the Rockets, scoring 16 points and dishing...
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter
| February 28, 2024
NIU men’s golf wrapped up the Lake Las Vegas Invitational placing 12 out of 22 teams in its first tournament of the spring. Graduate student Zach Place and sophomore Ian Bruchhauser led the Huskies, finishing tied for 25th place.
The Huskies improved...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 28, 2024
Up 73-72 with 16 seconds left and on the verge of handing the University of Toledo Rockets (17-11, 11-4 MAC) its first home conference loss of the season, former student manager guard Steven Tipton stepped to the free throw line and nailed two free throws...
