If only NIU had won one more game. After getting swept by an 11-18 Toledo squad the night before, the Huskies’ volleyball season came to a close Saturday in Kalamazoo as they lost the decisive fifth game against Western Michigan. They lost with a final...

Even without 6-foot-9 Andre Brown inside, the Blue Demons frustrated the Huskies and prevented them from anything easy in the paint. Brown, who averaged 14.5 points a game last season and 9.4 rebounds - both team highs - would have presented a problem...

Taking on the two-time defending NCAA Champions might be intimidating to some teams, but the NIU wrestling team didn’t back down. Even though NIU fell short against Minnesota 26-17, coach Dave Grant still was happy with his team’s effort. "The kids...

More than 11 minutes into the game, everything looked good for NIU on Saturday night. Tied up at 15-all, the jitters of opening the Convocation Center and facing DePaul (1-0) had, what looked like, no ill effects on the Huskies (1-2). Then DePaul went...

All the hard work that NIU wrestler Scott Owen has done in his life finally has caught up to him. While training hard this past offseason, the 5-foot-9 Owen has gotten sore hips from his strenuous workouts. "In my mindset, that’s getting me better,"...

ThunderStix will be back this weekend for NIU’s crucial game against Toledo at 11:05 a.m. Saturday. But it won’t just be ThunderStix found amongst the predicted crowd of 25,000; fans can also expect CheerStix to grace the crowd. Don’t get too excited;...

Bowling Green who? A week after NIU won its biggest game in two decades, the triumph over BGSU doesn’t look all that impressive. After falling to the Huskies 26-17, Bowling Green went down to South Florida on Saturday and got mopped by the Bulls, 29-7....

In four years, students here can earn a degree, but also can leave a lasting impression as athletes. Sunday marked the culmination of the careers of three NIU players, Jen VonderHaar, Rena Widboom and Tenisha Wilkins, who will graduate with their names...

It didn’t take long for the women’s basketball team to score its first basket of the game on Saturday. In fact, it didn’t take any time at all. Jennifer Youngblood made a free throw after the visiting Gee’s Clippers were assessed a technical foul...

Now knowing what needs to happen to make the MAC tournament, the NIU volleyball team holds its destiny in its hands. NIU (13-15, 6-10 MAC) is tied with Western Michigan for the last seed in the MAC tournament with a 6-10 conference record, followed by...

The road isn’t paved with gold for the NIU women’s basketball team. At least not yet. The Huskies did many things well in their 70-59 exhibition win over the Chicago Challengers on Nov. 8, but coach Carol Hammerle knows there’s room for improvement....

With a 5-9 conference record, the NIU volleyball team still has a splinter of a chance to get into the MAC tournament. "We’re looking to go 4-0 or 3-1 in our last four games," coach Ray Gooden said. "If we go 3-1, we have a really good chance to get...