DeKALB – Senior Jasmine Ly’s record-tying performance at the Johnie Imes Invitational helped her secure women’s golf’s first ever Huskie of the Week honor.
Ly scored a 67 in the second round of the Johnie Imes Invitational on Tuesday, tying...
By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
| October 2, 2023
One goal in the 78th minute was all it took for NIU women’s soccer to end its seven-game winless streak and secure its first MAC win.
Junior forward Reegan Kingpavong was the hero for the Huskies on Sunday, as her lone goal of the 2023 season lifted...
By Kalin Schaefer, Assistant Sports Editor
| October 2, 2023
Winning 18 matches in its opening weekend at the Hoosier Invitational, the NIU women’s tennis team finished the weekend in Indiana with an 18-10 record between doubles and singles matches.
Competing over three days, NIU faced opponents from around...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| October 2, 2023
DeKALB – NIU football has announced that they will be playing at North Carolina State University in 2024 and will be playing at Ohio State University in 2028.
This will be the second time in school history that NIU will play the North Carolina...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| October 1, 2023
Hardworking, humble, sweet, fun, energetic.
Those are just some adjectives used by NIU volleyball players to describe Anya Hopkins at an Aug. 26 press conference at Victor E. Court.
The full rank and file of NIU volleyball watched as Hopkins was...
DeKALB – NIU Athletics begins its first week of events in October, highlighted by volleyball’s quest to extend its three-game win streak against Ohio University and Kent State University.
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Saturday, Oct. 7: at University of Akron, 2:30...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| September 30, 2023
KALAMAZOO – Another game resulted in another heartbreak for NIU hockey (0-4-2), who dropped an overtime thriller to sophomore forward Connor Braate and the rest of the Western Michigan University Stallions (3-4) by a final score of 3-2 on Saturday.
Braate,...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| September 30, 2023
DeKALB – NIU volleyball remains undefeated in the confines of Victor E. Court after a series-ending performance that saw the Huskies firing on all cylinders.
The Huskies (5-11, 3-1 MAC) slammed the door on the visiting Miami University RedHawks (4-12,...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| September 30, 2023
DeKALB – An offensive revival was not enough to grant a victory over the defending MAC champions as NIU football (1-4, 0-1 MAC) fell to the University of Toledo (4-1, 2-0 MAC) 35-33 Saturday.
For the first time this season, NIU scored more than...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| September 30, 2023
DeKALB – Senior Jasmine Ly earned MAC Golfer of the Week after tying the NIU record for the lowest scored round in school history with a 67 at the Johnie Imes Invitational hosted by the University of Missouri.
This is Ly’s first MAC Golfer of...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| September 30, 2023
KALAMAZOO – A deke to the backhand and a top-shelf shot was the dagger that put NIU hockey (0-4-1) away in a heartbreaking 3-2 shootout loss to the Western Michigan University Stallions (2-4) Friday in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
After five minutes of...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| September 29, 2023
DeKALB – Victor E. Court was overtaken Friday by glimmering lights, the iconic tune of the Huskie Fight Song and deafening cheers, all indicative of one result: an NIU volleyball win.
NIU junior middle blocker Charli Atiemo pounced on match point...
