A battered and bruised NIU women’s soccer team takes the field together for the last time today. The team has battled injury all year. At one point, 16 of the team’s 32 players were nursing some sort of injury. “We were really beat up,” coach...

The NIU volleyball team is slowly taking out the MAC West Division’s best teams. The latest team to fall to the Huskies (16-7, 5-5 MAC) was MAC West-leading Eastern Michigan. NIU beat EMU on Tuesday 30-25, 27-30, 36-34 and 30-23 at Victor E. Court in...

The following story ran in the Oct. 7, 2002 issue of the Northern Star. MUNCIE, Ind. - In a game dominated by NIU’s special teams, it was only right that Dan Sheldon’s 64-yard punt return for a touchdown was the final score, giving the visiting Huskies...

The NIU volleyball team is looking to use Friday’s victory over Ball State as momentum against MAC West leader Eastern Michigan. At 7 p.m. today at the Convocation Center’s Victor E. Court, the Huskies face an EMU team (18-4, 6-3 MAC) that has lost...

It couldn’t last forever. Admit it. If you thought the NIU football team was really going to go undefeated, you were nuts. It’s just too hard to do - unless you’re Ohio State or Miami or something. Don’t get me wrong, the chance was there. But...

With Saturday’s loss, the NIU football team stands a game behind in the MAC West, but still has a chance at the division crown - with some help. For a chance to win the MAC, NIU needs to win its remaining four games against Ball State, Buffalo, Toledo...

While one star had a career day, another was relegated as a spectator. Bowling Green quarterback Josh Harris threw for a career-high 438 yards, while NIU running back Michael Turner carried just 18 times and spent most of the second half blocking. It...

Nearly a month after losing to Ball State in straight games, the NIU volleyball team beat the Cardinals in four games. The Huskies lost to BSU on Sept. 26 at Worthern Arena. It was Ball State’s 56th straight win at home against MAC opponents. This time,...

NIU women’s soccer coach Frank Horvat hoped his team would add another win to its record with a pair of games against MAC Tournament-bound teams this weekend. The Huskies (3-14-1, 1-10-1 MAC) fell short, getting shut out 2-0 by Central Michigan on Friday...

Ball State volleyball coach Randy Litchfield called Friday’s match against NIU a joke. Ball State, who beat the Huskies 3-0 earlier in the season, never trailed in winning the first game by seven points. NIU responded by winning three consecutive games...

The NIU hockey club outscored Robert Morris College 18-2 in a two-game series over the weekend in Rockford. The Huskies won the first game 9-2 before shutting out RMC 9-0 in the second game. NIU was 1-5 heading into the two-game series, with all six games...

Bowling Green, Ohio - On a chilly, wet, overcast day in northwest Ohio, NIU saw its dreams of an undefeated football season come to an end. NIU, going into the weekend as one of four remaining undefeated teams in Division-IA , lost 34-18 in front of 31,007...