By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 31, 2023
DeKALB – A five-run first inning gave Xavier University all the offense it needed in its three-game series-opening victory over NIU baseball Friday by a final score of 8-3.
The Huskies (5-19, 2-7 MAC) have now lost four of their last five games...
DeKALB – Seven players from the NIU wrestling team were announced on Tuesday to be on the Mid-American Conference All-Academic team.
Student-athletes must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50% of the contests scheduled...
DeKALB – Bats went cold as NIU softball (14-14, 5-3 MAC) dropped its final game of a three-game series against the Ball State University Cardinals (16-13, 6-2 MAC) 5-1 Wednesday.
After scoring 14 runs in game two of Tuesday’s doubleheader,...
DeKALB – NIU baseball lost a high-scoring contest against Northwestern University by a score of 15-11, giving Northwestern its second win of the season.
Northwestern came into the matchup against the Huskies with a record of 1-17.
NIU’s...
By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
| March 28, 2023
DeKALB – NIU softball split a doubleheader with Ball State University Tuesday after recording a season-high 16 hits in game two.
GAME ONE
The Huskies mustered just three hits total in game one. Junior catcher/outfielder Ellis Erickson scored the only...
DeKALB – NIU senior guard Darweshi Hunter and redshirt senior forward Anthony Crump have entered the transfer portal. Hunter entered the portal Thursday and Crump entered Monday.
Hunter and Crump are two of three NIU players to enter the transfer...
DeKALB – Freshman utility player Danielle Stewart received the Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Week award after the Huskies’ sweep of Miami University last weekend.
NIU won all three games. Game one 4-2, game two 7-6 and game three 7-2.
Stewart...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 27, 2023
DeKALB – Redshirt senior wrestler Izzak Olejnik announced that he is entering the transfer portal via his Twitter Monday.
Olejnik is fresh off his second straight Mid-American Conference Championship at 165 pounds. He also finished in eighth place...
DeKALB – Freshman utility player Danielle Stewart’s string of dominant pitching performances helped her net NIU softball’s first Huskie of the Week honor of the 2023 season.
Stewart pitched in all three games of a weekend series against Miami...
DeKALB – The NIU football team wrapped up its first week of spring drills with a full pad practice Sunday at the Chessick Practice Center.
NIU’s defensive line group, consisting of senior defensive lineman James Ester and junior defensive end...
DeKALB– Freshman Ian Bruchhauser earned his first Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week award with a second place finish at the Missouri State Intercollegiate. Bruchhauser’s performance led to NIU finishing third in the first tournament of the...
DeKALB – NIU men’s tennis took two out of the three doubles matches, but dropped its matchup with Western Michigan University (WMU) by a final score of 4-3.
The match with WMU Saturday was the 14th time this season that the Huskies took the first...
