By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 13, 2023
DeKALB – After scoring 10 runs in the first five innings, NIU baseball’s offense disappeared during the late innings of its 16-10 loss to the Kent State University Golden Flashes Sunday.
The Huskies (3-12, 0-3 MAC) dropped their third straight...
DeKALB – NIU baseball (3-11, 0-2 MAC) was defeated by Kent State University (10-4, 2-0 MAC) in a back-and-forth game Saturday by a final score of 12-7.
A five-run eighth inning – highlighted by a three-run home run from junior shortstop Michael...
DeKALB – NIU softball extended its win streak to three games, defeating the Bradley University Braves and the Saint Louis University Billikens on day one of the Saint Louis University tournament Saturday.
GAME ONE
Clutch hitting helped the Huskies...
DeKALB – NIU head coach Thomas Hammock completed his coaching staff with the additions of Darius Eubanks and Cory White to the NIU football coaching staff, Hammock announced Friday.
Eubanks joins the Huskies after coaching college football the...
DeKALB – NIU (3-10, 0-1 MAC) was defeated by Kent State University (9-4, 1-0 MAC) in its first Mid-American Conference game of the season by a score of 12-1.
Redshirt senior pitcher Ben Cruikshank dominated for the Golden Flashes, giving up just...
DeKALB – The Mid-American Conference basketball tournament in Cleveland brought people from all over the Midwest to watch NIU basketball.
Friends and family members of players were in attendance to watch their athletes play at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse,...
CLEVELAND – No. 7 seeded NIU men’s basketball fell to No. 2 seeded Kent State University 76-57 in the opening round of the Mid-American Conference tournament in Cleveland.
Kent State shut down NIU’s offense for the entirety of the game, forcing...
NIU women’s volleyball head coach Sondra Parys announced Thursday that Ross Kessler will be joining the volleyball staff.
Kessler has over 18 years of coaching experience. His recent stint as head coach was at Divison II Newberry College in South...
NIU women’s basketball was defeated by Kent State University 75-68 Wednesday in the opening round of the Mid-American Conference tournament in Cleveland.
Led by senior guards Katie Shumate and Clare Kelly, the Golden Flashes hit 11 of their 26...
DeKALB – The Huskies (3-9) were defeated by the University of Minnesota (1-11) 5-3 Tuesday at U.S. Bank Stadium – home of the Minnesota Vikings – highlighted by a go-ahead home-run from redshirt senior catcher Riley Swenson in the bottom of the...
DeKALB – The Mid-American Conference announced the All-MAC teams and specialty awards given to players in the conference Tuesday. NIU women’s basketball had three players honored: senior forward A’Jah Davis, senior guard Chelby Koker and graduate...
On a special episode of All-Star, sports editor Ethan Gonzales is joined by the newest reporters of the Northern Star Sports Staff, Adrien de la Peña and Eddie Miller, along with regular co-host and assistant sports editor Alex Crowe. The crew discusses...
