By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
| February 22, 2023
DeKALB – The doubles duo of juniors Cheng En Tsai and Mikael Vollbach continued their dominant season with their seventh straight win at No. 1 Wednesday.
The Huskies defeated the University of Illinois Chicago 4-3 Wednesday afternoon, marking NIU’s...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| February 22, 2023
DeKALB – Weeks of shuffling in the Midwest College Hockey League standings came to a conclusion Saturday. All six teams have completed their conference schedules and are gearing up for the MCH playoffs, hosted by Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 21, 2023
DeKALB – NIU fell to Ohio University 77-68 Tuesday thanks to a poor 1-for-19 three-point shooting night, as the Bobcats extended their win streak to six.
The Huskies were once again without sophomore guard David Coit, who missed his second straight...
By Kumail Razvi, Sports Reporter
| February 21, 2023
DeKALB – The NIU men’s tennis team (6-3) remained undefeated at home after defeating the University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks (10-2) by a final score of 4-1 Sunday.
DOUBLES: 1-0 NIU
Juniors Mikael Vollbach and Cheng En Tsai played...
DeKALB – NIU women’s golf ties for fourth place at the Atlantic Invitational behind a top 10 finish from junior Emily Romancew.
The Huskies started the invitational strong after being in first place out of twelve schools at the conclusion of the...
By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
| February 21, 2023
DeKALB – A senior night victory over Eastern Michigan University helped the Huskies improve to 7-3 overall and move into sole possession of fourth place in the Mid-American Conference standings.
Seniors Gillian and Jacklyn Dolitsky, Natalie Hamp,...
DeKALB – Junior Scout Regular continued her dominant season for NIU women’s track and field when she won the 60-meter hurdles for the third time this season at the Badger Invitational.
This season, Regular is the top-ranked woman athlete in the...
DeKALB – Strong performances from the lightweight and middleweight classes helped NIU wrestling (8-5, 5-1) to a 25-12 win over the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) Cougars (1-14, 1-7) Sunday.
Redshirt freshman Blake West started...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| February 20, 2023
FEB. 17
DeKALB – Another lackluster first period provided the No. 12 ranked Illinois State University Redbirds all the offense it needed to crush NIU hockey by a final score of 10-2 Friday.
The Huskies’ (4-27, 1-18 MCH) losing streak extended...
DeKALB – NIU baseball’s cold bats persisted as they could only muster one run in the final game of the opening season series against the Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles.
The Huskies could not find their first win in the weekend series against...
By Kumail Razvi, Sports Reporter
| February 19, 2023
DeKALB – The NIU men’s tennis team went up against the Youngstown State University Penguins at home. The Huskies beat the Penguins with a final score of 5-2.
The Huskies (5-3, 0-0 MAC) are yet to lose a match at home this spring and extended...
By Zachary Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
| February 19, 2023
FEB. 17
DeKALB – Oral Roberts University dismantled NIU 16-2 in the season opener, fueled by a three-home run performance from redshirt senior shortstop Mac McCroskey Friday. McCroskey finished his monster day 3-for-6 with three home runs and six...
