DeKALB – Fifth year Diamond Riley earned first place in the triple jump and graduate student Aquilla St. Louis’ two second place finishes highlighted NIU women's track and field’s split squad results
Riley competed at the Drake Relays this...
This Week in Huskie Sports: May 1 to May 6
DeKALB – NIU sports is back in action this week, headlined by men’s golf at the MAC Championship in Alabama.
BASEBALL
Wednesday, May 3: at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 6 p.m.
Franklin, Wisconsin...
DeKALB – NIU baseball (7-35, 4-16 MAC) dropped both games of a doubleheader against the University of Akron Zips (17-27, 9-15 MAC). NIU pitching continued to struggle as they lost Game 1 11-9 and lost Game 2 8-4 for its 10th and 11th consecutive losses.
GAME...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| April 30, 2023
DeKALB – NIU (23-24,12-12 MAC) softball split the first two games of a three-game weekend series against the University at Buffalo (12-34, 6-16 MAC) Saturday at Nan Harvey Field.
GAME 1
Game 1 in Saturday's doubleheader ended in a narrow 3-2...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| April 28, 2023
DeKALB – The MAC announced Friday three Huskie women’s golfers to All-MAC teams. Junior Jasmine Ly earned a spot on the All-MAC First Team for a second year in a row, while graduate Sydney Naro and junior Emily Romancew received Second Team honors...
DeKALB – Sophomore Ben Sluzas earned his second consecutive MAC Golfer of the Week after finishing first place in the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate. Sluzas finished two under par with a score of 211.
Sluzas finished the tournament six strokes ahead...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| April 28, 2023
DeKALB – NIU has agreed to terms on a contract extension with women’s basketball head coach Lisa Carlsen, NIU announced on Tuesday.
Carlsen was extended through the 2024-25 season.
Carlsen expressed her sincere gratitude to the NIU community,...
DeKALB – NIU baseball’s (7-32, 4-13 MAC) losing streak stretched to nine games in a 19-7 slugfest loss to the University of Akron Zips (14-27, 6-15 MAC).
A rough start for junior pitcher Dominic Hann put the Huskies in an early six run hole after...
DeKALB – With day one of the 2023 NFL draft wrapping up, the Bears made a safe selection in University of Tennessee offensive tackle Darnell Wright. The Bears took Wright with the 10th pick after trading back one spot with the Philadelphia Eagles.
The...
DeKALB – As the 2022-23 season closes, NIU men’s golf prepares for its last tournament in the 2023 MAC Championship. Coming off back-to-back third place finishes, sophomore Ben Sluzas headlines the Huskies roster.
All 10 MAC teams automatically...
DeKALB – A disastrous bottom half of the third inning for the Huskies where five Illinois State runs scored and stretched their lead to 8-5 led to NIU’s eventual loss.
NIU baseball (7-32, 4-13 MAC) dropped its eighth straight matchup Wednesday,...
DeKALB – After dropping game one 5-4, NIU softball (22-23, 11-11 MAC) came back to win game two 8-4 and split the doubleheader against the Western Michigan University Broncos (16-23, 10-10 MAC) Wednesday. Senior infielder Kelly Walinski belted a sixth...
