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Student tickets limited

By Frank Rusnak | September 15, 2003

A sold-out Sept. 27 football game caused the NIU Athletics Department to require students to have a ticket to enter Huskie Stadium. Beginning at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, 6,000 free tickets for the game will be available for students to pick up at the Convocation...

Dodson, Lobdell and Walsh make all-tourney

By Jason Watt | September 14, 2003

School records were caught and one was shattered as three Huskies made the all-tournament team at the NIU Comfort Inn and Suites Invitational. Brooke Dodson, Tera Lobdell and Corinne Walsh all made the team. Lobdell set the NIU record for attempts in...

Three-goal lead not enough for Huskies

By Sean Connor | September 14, 2003

Injuries continue to pile up for the NIU men’s soccer team and so do the number of games without a win. The NIU Fall Invitational began this weekend with a double overtime 0-0 tie Saturday against Oneonta State. The tie against the Red Dragons (3-1-1)...

Women’s soccer gets first win of season, loses MAC opener

By Steve Brown | September 14, 2003

The NIU women’s soccer team was faced with a bittersweet weekend. Heading to Buffalo on Sunday for the MAC opener against the Bulls, the Huskies hoped to ride momentum gained from their 1-0 overtime win over Creighton on Friday at the Huskie Soccer...

NIU spikes competition

By Jason Watt | September 14, 2003

NIU volleyball coach Ray Gooden emphasizes defending home court to his team. The Huskies did exactly that, sweeping its second tournament of the season at Victor E. Court in front of an average attendance of 384. NIU came out on top in the Comfort Inn...

Volleyball hosts second tournament of season

By Ian Waddick | September 11, 2003

After a week off, the NIU volleyball team will host its second tournament of the season starting at 7 p.m. tonight, when the Huskies square off with UIC at Victor E. Court. The four-team Comfort Inn and Suites Invitational will include Stony Brook and...

Huskies look to stop ‘Jays

By Alex Robles | September 11, 2003

The NIU women’s soccer team faces Creighton at 4 p.m. today at the Huskie Soccer Field. On Sunday, the Huskies travel to play MAC foe Buffalo. The Huskies (0-3-0) are coming off a 3-1 loss to the University of Wisconsin on Friday. Creighton appeared...

Men’s soccer hosts NIU Fall Invitational

By Sean Connor | September 11, 2003

Victory has slipped through the hands of the NIU men’s soccer team in its first four games of the season. The Huskies (0-3-1) will look to pick up their first win of the year at this weekend’s NIU Fall Invitational. NIU plays at noon on Saturday against...

Is blood thicker than water?

By Frank Rusnak | September 11, 2003

Riverside-Brookfield High School football coach Otto Zeman said Britt Davis is the No. 1 player in the state. Davis backs that up by saying he’s No. 1. Now, all NIU wants is for Britt to say the Huskies are No. 1. I The 6-foot-3 senior quarterback lists...

Measuring up to the competition

By Jason Watt | September 10, 2003

Standing only 4-feet-10, NIU volleyball’s Gina Guide is the shortest player in Division I volleyball. Megan Vehovic of Navy and Lauren Vukovic of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are the next shortest in the country, according to the www.Richkern.com. Both barely...

Iowa State sells out

By Mark Pickrel | September 10, 2003

Fans looking for tickets in the west side of Huskie Stadium for the Iowa State game are in for an unpleasant surprise. The west side is officially sold out for the Sept. 27 game. “I’m thrilled,” NIU coach Joe Novak said. “For eight years I’ve...

Who’s your favorite Huskie?

By Sean Connor | September 10, 2003

Only Britney Spears kissing Madonna at the MTV Video Music Awards is a hotter topic on campus right now than NIU football. A recent anonymous survey was filled out by 10 men and 10 women, randomly chosen in the Stevenson cafeteria. Students were asked...