ay Gooden and his Huskie volleyball team will be out for blood this weekend to avenge an early season loss against MAC powerhouse Akron. "We want to do the same thing to them that they did to us," Gooden said about beating them on their home floor. "That...

Starting with oh so many, the field has dwindled down to a select few for NIU tennis’ Erick Martinez and Juan Pablo Barriga. Over 10,000 players and nearly 600 schools participate annually in the Omni Hotels Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA)...

The first men’s basketball game at the Convocation Center wasn’t a game for the memory books, as NIU coach Rob Judson left the game with mixed feelings after the Huskies fell to Team Nike 93-84 in an exhibition contest. "I like the way our offense...

With basketball season less then a month away, everyone wants to know how close the Convocation Center is to being completely done. If you walked though the Convo Center today, there are dust and boxes everywhere. But despite the appearance, the Convocation...

Nowhere is a home-field advantage more valuable than in college basketball. In the past, the home court hasn’t been as big an advantage for NIU as it is for other schools. With the new Convocation Center, NIU hopes to make the stadium a place of fear...

The NIU cross country team returned home from the MAC Championships in Ohio on Saturday with an 11th place finish. Placing 11th out of 13 teams was the best finish in five years for NIU. "The thing we’ve been talking about all year is making improvement,...

Having lost three of its last four home matches, the NIU volleyball team will try to use its home court advantage as an edge this weekend. The Huskies (11-11, 4-6 MAC) will square off today against Toledo at 7 p.m. and on Saturday against Ohio at 7 p.m....

Over the past four years, Jen VonderHaar has seen her career hit both peaks and valleys. The NIU middle blocker took the Huskies from a 10-15 record in her freshman year to a 24-6 mark and a MAC championship in her junior campaign. This year VonderHaar...

An opposing quarterback fakes a handoff to his running back. He rolls out to the right, looking for his tight end in the flat. NIU linebacker Larry Williams wasn’t fooled by the fake. He breaks to his left and picks off the QB’s pass. While Williams’...

While the NIU football team is stealing the headlines, the NIU men’s tennis team had some success of its own over the weekend at the ITA Midwest Regional IV Championship. The duo of Juan Pablo Barriga and Erick Martinez won the doubles draw to advance...

While there will be no MAC Tournament for the NIU women’s soccer team, there is still one game to be played that has some implications to it. The Huskies (6-11, 4-8 MAC) will take on in-state rival DePaul University at 2:00 pm. today at Huskie Soccer...

The garden is green, the fruit is ripe and things are looking awfully good for the NIU football team. When the Huskies welcome in 18th-ranked Bowling Green on Nov. 9, the stakes will be high and the players fully realize this. "This is a real big game...