Three NIU women’s tennis players have been named to the 2025 All Mid-American Conference teams, the most in school history.  For the first time since 2017, a Huskie has been selected for the All MAC first team. Senior Maria Dzemeshkevich was awarded...

NIU baseball (15-24, 4-14 MAC) picked up its fourth midweek victory of the season with an 8-6 comeback victory over Valparaiso University (8-27, 3-12 MVC).  “We found a way to win a game when it felt pretty dire for most of it,” said NIU baseball...

NIU women’s golf wrapped up its spring season at the MAC Championship, finishing fourth in a field of 10 teams after the three-day event wrapped up Tuesday. After a seventh-place finish following the first day, the Huskies found themselves sitting...

During a successful offseason, the Chicago Bears addressed just about every major need they had coming out of a disastrous 2024-2025 season.  Possessing the 10th overall selection in the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft, the Bears hold a luxury pick in which...

Becoming the first NIU baseball player to hit 2 grand slams in a single game, senior outfielder CJ Cepicky has been named the Northern Star’s Huskie of the Week.  In the Huskies record-breaking 27-11 upset of Northwestern University on April 15,...

NIU softball played Game 1 of its three-game series at Kent State University on Saturday morning. The Huskies (17-23, 11-9 MAC) went back and forth on offense with the Golden Flashes (9-34, 2-17 MAC), with each team seeing the ball well through the storm...

NIU baseball's (14-24, 4-14 MAC) seventh inning struggles against the University of Akron Zips (12-26, 6-15) were enough to concede the series in a 7-3 loss on Saturday.  “Extremely disappointing,” said NIU baseball head coach Ryan Copeland. “It’s...

Facing off against the Mid-American Conference-leading University of Miami Redhawks (10-9, 9-1 MAC), NIU women’s tennis (21-6, 7-3 MAC) lost its last match of the regular season in a 4-3 loss.  “It was a tough match,” said NIU women’s tennis...

DeKALB – NIU baseball (14-23, 4-13 MAC) split its Friday doubleheader with the University of Akron (11-26, 5-15 MAC) as junior infielder Will Couchman walked off Game 1 win for the Huskies with a homerun. “Even though we did split today, I thought...

Just over halfway through its season, NIU softball sports a 15-22 record, 9-8 in the Mid-American Conference. While the Huskies have seen high points, the squad has subsequently seen some pretty harsh lows.  While certain players have shown bright...

NIU Softball (15-22, 9-8 MAC) staged a comeback Monday to take a 7-6 victory against the Bradley University Braves (18-25, 7-10 MVC) in extra innings. “We want to be the instigators,” said NIU softball head coach Kathryn Gleason. “When people...