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Using all options necessary to win

By Mark Pickrel | October 2, 2003

A 1-3 team that’s a 22-point underdog on the road has made for quite a week of preparation for NIU football coach Joe Novak. While fans see a one-win team, the coach sees an endless array of offensive misdirection and trickery that makes his head spin....

Huskies pick up MAC play with 2 home contests

By Ian Waddick | October 2, 2003

Last year, the NIU volleyball team lost to both Kent State and Akron on the road in MAC matches. This season, however, both the Golden Flashes (5-6, 1-1 MAC) and the Zips (6-8, 1-1) travel to play at Victor E. Court, where the Huskies are 9-1 this season....

Soccer falls to DePaul

By Sean Connor | October 1, 2003

DePaul’s Edwin Arreola and Luke Rojo were marked men heading into their matchup with the NIU men’s soccer team. NIU (1-7-2, 1-0 MAC) played shorthanded for the final 57:56 of the game and lost 1-0 at DePaul (3-6-0) on Wednesday. With 3:25 remaining...

Football facility in works

By Steve Brown | October 1, 2003

The north side of Huskie Stadium may receive a facelift as soon as next spring, said NIU associate athletics director Robert Collins.

Plans are underway for an athletic complex beyond the north stands that would include a weight room, training rooms and locker rooms on the lower level. On the top level would be offices and meeting rooms.

The facility also would include a student-athlete support center, where athletes could utilize computers and tutoring, Collins said.

“It’s been something we’ve talked about since I’ve gotten here,” football coach Joe Novak said. “It’s a commitment we have to make if we want the program to grow.”

Novak said current facilities get the job done, but a better football complex would greatly benefit the program.

“What we really need it for is recruiting,” Novak said. “When kids are going on recruiting trips, a football team’s facilities are part of what they’re looking at, since they’ll spend a great majority of their time at those facilities. I’ve got 110 kids right now, and only 95 lockers. We don’t have room.”

The complex, which Novak said will cost about $7 million, will be paid for by private funding.

“We’re working on that right now,” Collins said. “We’re soliciting donations as we speak.”

Novak said the recent success of the Huskies football team has helped, but donations have been received for some time. At the earliest, construction could begin this spring.

“We’ve raised a considerable amount, and we’re certainly close,” Novak said. “We just need a few more large donors.”

The complex would be the football team’s place to call home, Novak said. But it also would be used by other sports.

No plans are in place for what is to be done with the currently unoccupied north stands at Huskie Stadium.

“Right now, we don’t have a plan,” Collins said. “We’ve had two sellouts without having to open up a questionable stands area. We’ve discussed the issues sellouts have brought to us. It’s just not the best time.”

The stands, which have been vacant since 2001 according to NIU Sports Information, are unsafe for use, said Collins. Before 2001, the stands were used as general admission.

“With the [unstable] ground under those stands, we don’t want to risk having people jumping and cheering on them,” Collins said.

Collins denied the claim that the stands were unused only because of the fear students in the area would rush the field.

“We can deal with that,” he said. “All we’d need to put would be a controlled group in the area, like the band or honors students.”

Accepting the challenge

By Adam Zolmierski | October 1, 2003

NIU quarterback Josh Haldi has taken his share of hits from opposing linemen. But it doesn’t end there. I Haldi has been criticized by local media and the student body for being ineffective, despite being a big reason why the Huskies are off to their...

Depleted women’s soccer team falls

By Steve Brown | September 30, 2003

The NIU women’s soccer team held the game scoreless for the first half during its fifth match in three days, but Illinois State chiseled away at the Huskies to win 2-0 Tuesday. The Redbirds (4-3-2) kept sophomore goalkeeper Carrie Dvorak busy with six...

What is a real season?

By Adam Zolmierski | September 30, 2003

First, it was a win over then-No. 15 Maryland. Then, it was a win at historic, No. 21-ranked Alabama, followed by the first ranking in school history. The Huskies are 4-0 for the first time since 1965 and are ranked No. 17. But none of that matters, because...

Small crowd sees NIU win

By Frank Rusnak | September 30, 2003

“Any updates?” That was a constant question at the NIU volleyball team’s 3-1 victory over Loyola at Victor E. Court on Tuesday night. With a few royal blue jerseys and shirts scattered throughout the gym, the Cubs game versus the Braves may have...

Clanton, NIU’s first verbal commitment

By Steve Brown | September 30, 2003

Among those in the stands for the NIU football team’s win over Maryland on Aug. 28 was one of NIU’s six current verbal commitments, Montell Clanton. Clanton, a running back from Rockford Guilford, said he liked what he saw enough to turn down scholarships...

Men’s soccer looks for 2nd straight win

By Sean Connor | September 30, 2003

“One more win, and that makes two. Win three, and that’s what we like to call a winning streak. It has happened before,” said James Gammon, who played Lou Brown in the movie “Major League.” The NIU men’s soccer team (1-6-2, 1-0 MAC) has not...

Lining up to reach success

By Mark Pickrel | September 30, 2003

In the first game against Maryland, the Terrapins defensive line, led by all-American candidate Randy Starks posed quite a challenge. But, the line was confident. The result was running back Michael Turner rushing for 90 yards. Turner hasn’t gained...

Guide sits out for NIU with flu

By Frank Rusnak | September 30, 2003

Gina Guide failed to play in the NIU volleyball team’s Tuesday night win over Loyola. The freshman defensive specialist with a bad case of the flu also may have failed one of her exams on Tuesday. “I had three classes, and I only went to one because...

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