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ISU tournament awaits Huskies

By Roger Moreano | March 21, 1991

Some things, it seems, never change. This weekend the NIU softball team will continue its road trip to Illinois State for the ISU Tournament in Normal, Ill. beginning Friday. NIU has been on the road for every game this season playing out a difficult...

Huskies’ notebook

March 18, 1991

NIU men's basketball coach Jim Molinari has been named an assistant coach for the United States entry in this summer's Junior World Championships at Edmonton, Canada. Molinari will assist University of Florida head coach Lon Kruger.

The NIU women's golf team finished seventh among 18 schools competing in the North/South Collegiate Invitational contested Monday and Tuesday at the Baymeadows Golf and Country Club in Florida.

Host Jacksonville State claimed the team title with a 968, NIU was seventh at 1,005. The top Huskie finisher was Nicole Jeray who finished with a 243 total. Following Jeray for NIU was Mishelle Reed, who posted a 256.

True test awaits Huskies

By David Lance | March 6, 1991

Friday will mark the opening of the NIU softball team's season as it travels to College Station, Texas to play in the Texas Aggie II Tournament. The tournament will reveal whether the Huskies are ready for natural playing conditions. Due to bad weather,...

M-C faces big changes

By Carl Ackerman | February 15, 1991

Several NIU women's sports programs will find themselves in a new home for the 1992-93 season. Although a formal announcement isn't expected until Friday, NIU's Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell confirmed NIU's decision during a telephone call Thursday...

Softball squad busy preparing

By Jennifer Hutchins | January 31, 1991

It is probably too early and just a little too cold to drag out the softball equipment and set up the diamond, but NIU's softball squad has still been busy preparing for the upcoming season. Since mid-October, the Huskies have had to make do within the...

New conference studied by Board

January 17, 1991

Several NIU women's sports, including basketball, may no longer be members of the North Star Conference by the 1992-93 season.

NIU's Athletic Board will vote on whether the women's sports will be moved from the NSC to the Mid-Continent Conference at its Feb. 13 meeting.

Many members of the board expressed their unofficial approval of the move to the M-C at Wednesday's NIU Athletic Board meeting.

The M-C administers league competition and championship events in nine men's NCAA Division I sports. All nine schools must decide on whether to affiliate its respective women's programs by the Feb. 15 deadline. NIU's men's basketball team is in its first season in the M-C, which was formed in 1982.

NIU's women's basketball, volleyball, softball and tennis teams currently belong to the NSC which was founded in 1983-84. With the board's approval, each of these sports and women's swimming would become an M-C member. NIU's women have competed in the NSC since the 1987-88 academic year.

Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois and Northern Iowa also have the opportunity to move its women's programs into the M-C.

"If (the other three schools) didn't support the effort to move to the Mid-Continent, I would be much more concerned about (NIU's move to the M-C)," NIU athletic director Gerald O'Dell said. "However, I don't see that happening."

If the other schools do back out on last-minute notice, then NIU may reconsider its decision.

Unanimous vote opens door for women’s athletics in M-C

January 14, 1991

In conjunction with the 85th Annual NCAA Convention, the Mid-Continent Conference Council of Delegates voted unanimously to sponsor and conduct championships for women's athletics starting in 1992-93. The announcement was made by league President David...

DePaul withdraws from North Star Conference

By Steve Dennis | November 16, 1990

DePaul University officially announced its departure from the North Star Conference to form the Great Midwest Conference Thursday during a press conference at the Chicago Athletic Club. "It's official," DePaul Associate Athletics Director, Jean nsetto...

Huskies’ Schauer spikes obstacles

By Jennifer Hutchins | September 6, 1990

As most serious athletes will attest, reaching the top is often preceded by a series of setbacks and disappointments. Kori Schauer, NIU's hard-hitting volleyball standout, knows all about such hardships. Better yet, she knows about comebacks. Schauer,...

New homes for NIU athletics

By Jennifer Hutchins | August 29, 1990

Home sweet home takes on a new meaning for NIU athletes, coaches and fans, who will find their "homes" have been remodeled or newly constructed. It's all a part of NIU's renovation and expansion of athletic facilities. The first two of four phases in...

Spanky builds; hopes they will come (to bat)

By Jennifer Hutchins | August 27, 1990

It isn't heaven or even Iowa, but NIU has its own field of dreams brewing thanks to new head baseball coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland. It is a field of dreams filled with uncertainty and challenges, but McFarland is ready. McFarland likes a challenge. "Starting...

NIU catcher Sexton earns ‘All-America’

By Steve Dennis | August 26, 1990

The 1990 NIU Softball season hasn't even started yet and the accolades are already coming in. Senior physical education major, and Huskie softball catcher, Julie Sexton will be presented with her 1990 GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America award during the halftime...

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