The NIU football team used four interceptions to register a school-record 10th regular-season victory, 38-24 over Eastern Michigan on Saturday at Huskie Stadium. In front of the smallest crowd of the season - 16,589 - the Huskies (10-2 overall, 6-2 MAC)...

For the second time in as many years, the NIU volleyball team’s season ended in a five-game loss. Last season, the Huskies had their season cut short by Western Michigan, a loss that prevented NIU from making the MAC tournament. The Huskies (20-11 overall,...

Despite a second-half comeback attempt by Eastern Illinois, the NIU men’s basketball team held on for a 83-76 win Saturday night to begin its season. In front of 3,621 at the Convocation Center, the Huskies were up by as many as 17 points in the second...

The NIU men’s basketball team hasn’t beaten a ranked team in 30 years. The team will have a chance to change that at 7:30 p.m. today when the Huskies travel to South Bend, Ind., to play 21st-ranked Notre Dame. NIU last defeated a ranked team in 1973...

The NIU women’s basketball team will begin its regular season with a 7:05 p.m. home match today against Loyola. “I think we’ll see a great deal of intensity,” coach Carol Hammerle said. “I’m going to do my best to get a good rotation going...

For the 19 seniors on the NIU football team, this could be the last game. With a bowl game still in doubt, the seniors could be suiting up for the last time at 1:05 p.m. Saturday at Huskie Stadium. NIU (9-2 overall, 5-2 MAC) will look for a school-record...

Eastern Michigan running back Anthony Sherrill is the fifth best rusher in the nation, but you wouldn’t know it from the lack of hype surrounding him. Junior running back Sherrill and NIU running back Michael Turner - who leads the nation in rushing...

Freshman accounting major Ryan Shaughnessy dove to the floor trying to save an errant pass from one of his teammates during basketball practice Wednesday. He wasn’t going all out for NIU men’s basketball coach Rob Judson. He was helping prepare the...

After placing six wrestlers, including four freshmen, at the Michigan State Open, the NIU wrestling team is trying to place more at the Missouri Open this weekend. The Huskies will travel to take on some of the best teams in the country this weekend,...

A repeat performance from earlier this season would be ideal for the Huskies volleyball team when it faces No. 3 Akron in the MAC tournament. NIU will take on Akron (16-12) at 3 p.m. today at Ball State‘s Worthen Arena. The Huskies (20-10) beat Akron...

NIU running back Michael Turner is one of the eight best running backs in the nation for the second year in a row, according to the Southern Methodist University Athletic Forum Board of Directors. Turner was named one of eight semifinalists for the 2003...

For the third straight year, NIU outside hitter Tera Lobdell was named to the honorable mention All-MAC team Wednesday. Lobdell averaged 4.32 kills per game during the regular season for the Huskies. “Tera has matured a great deal from her sophomore...