In a special episode of All Star, Sports Editor Ethan Gonzales, Assistant Sports Editor Alex Crowe and Senior Sports Reporter Joey Segreti are joined by NIU hockey head coach Brad Stoffers to chat new recruits, next seasons expectations and the Stanley...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| April 18, 2023
DeKALB – Home runs from senior outfielder Malik Peters, junior outfielder and catcher Colin Summerhill and junior infielder and outfielder Andrew Smart weren’t enough to stop the Northwestern University Wildcats from blowing out the Huskies by a final...
DeKALB – A tie-breaking, three round thriller ended in just under 10 minutes as Alpha Sigma Phi outlasted Tau Kappa Epsilon in the third match of the 2023 Interfraternity Council men’s Tugs competition.
MATCH ONE
Both frats were at a stand-still...
By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
| April 17, 2023
DeKALB – After a 41-minute battle for the third rope, Phi Kappa Psi defeated Delta Chi in match one of the 2023 Interfraternity Council men’s Tugs competition. Phi Sigma Kappa defeated Phi Kappa Theta in a 20-minute landslide victory.
MATCH ONE
The...
DeKALB – Clutch hitting by junior infielder Eric Erato in Friday’s come from behind walk-off victory over Western Michigan University earned him his first Huskie of the Week honor.
Erato’s selection is baseball’s third straight Huskie of...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| April 16, 2023
DeKALB – NIU women’s tennis struggled during doubles competition en route to a 7-0 shutout at Nelson Tennis Center in the Chick Evans Field against conference foe Ball State University. BSU shut out NIU for the second time this season.
NIU got...
By Joey Trella, Marketing Team Coordinator
| April 16, 2023
DeKALB – From Monday to Saturday, the Interfraternity Council is hosting the men’s Tug-O-War (nicknamed “Tugs”) tournament at 912 Edgebrook Drive. Competing in the annual philanthropy tournament are: Phi Kappa Psi, Delta Chi, Phi Sigma Kappa,...
This Week in Huskie Sports: April 17 to April 23
DeKALB – Huskie baseball’s trip to Muncie to face the MAC leading Ball State University Cardinals and a pair of MAC Championships highlight another busy week in NIU sports.
BASEBALL
Tuesday, April...
DeKALB – Stiff competition stifled NIU women's track and field’s chances at the Bryan Clay Invitational, as it only earned two top-five finishes.
NIU’s 4x100 meter relay team consisting of fifth-year Kimone Hines, junior Skylynn Blue, junior...
DeKALB – Three top-20 individual finishes helped NIU men’s golf finish the Hawkeye Invitational in third place out of 13 teams. Sophomore Ben Sluzas had the Huskies’ best showing, finishing tied for third place.
The Huskies finished the first...
DeKALB – NIU softball (19-19, 9-7 MAC) hosted the Ohio University Bobcats (24-18, 14-6 MAC) – the No. 1 ranked MAC softball team – splitting wins in the doubleheader. Strong batting helped the Huskies take game one, but poor pitching plagued NIU...
DeKALB – Clutch hitting eluded NIU baseball (7-25, 4-10 MAC) as it dropped the second game of a three-game set to the Western Michigan University Broncos (10-23, 7-7 MAC) 7-1 Saturday.
Despite collecting 10 hits and drawing two walks, the Huskies...
