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Baseball club wins 2, water polo starts fast

By Eric Burt | April 11, 1989

Three of the NIU baseball club's five scheduled games from last weekend were cancelled due to the inclement weather. The Huskies were able to fit in two games, one on Friday and one on Saturday, both of which NIU won. On the road Friday, the Huskies defeated...

Volleyball, baseball clubs win

By Eric Burt | April 4, 1989

"We blew the doors off both of them, to be blunt," volleyball club president Rob Uhwat said about his team's victories last weekend. NIU defeated Quincy College 15-1, 15-5, 15-9 and Illinois 15-2, 15-5, 15-4 during Saturday's triangular match at Illinois....

Mets early favorites

April 3, 1989

The eight-member Star sports staff, in an effort to speed this year's baseball season along, have come up with the following forecasts. Each writer made his or her picks for each division and for a World Series champion. These selections were tabulated...

Braves’ Sutter may be finished

March 29, 1989

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP)- Bruce Sutter admitted Tuesday that his chances of ever pitching again are remote because of a severely torn rotator cuff. But the former king of the bullpen still is not ready to announce his retirement. Sutter, who last year...

NIU baseball club’s trip gets fouled up by funds

By Eric Burt | March 29, 1989

NIU's baseball club will visit North Central College on Thursday for their first game of the spring. The team was originally scheduled to play games in Florida over spring break but funds could not be raised in time. "I don't know if we'll play with the...

Spring training set for Huskies

By Eric Burt | March 1, 1989

While most students will be baking in the Florida sun during Spring Break, NIU's baseball club will be playing games in the Florida sun during their "spring training." "We'll play teams like Tennessee State, Ohio Wesleyan and Northeast Illinois," co-president...

Huskies will sign Oak Park gridder

By Chris Sigley | January 20, 1989

This year, the NIU football team can look forward to heading into the season with a winning record under its belt. Next year, the squad can look forward to having a part of the Best-of-the-West on its side. NIU's coaching staff has landed the Chicago...

ODU press flattens Huskie women

By Bob Regan | November 28, 1988

Baseball legend Yogi Berra once said that the game isn't over until it's over. In the case of the NIU women's basketball team, head coach Jane Albright might have wished Saturday night's game only lasted the first 20 minutes. Despite leading 37-35 as...

America’s pastime gone from NIU too long

By Bob Regan | November 2, 1988

American sport consists of the Big Three—football, basketball and baseball. However, NIU athletics seems to be lost in the shuffle. The Huskies pride themselves on being an up-and-coming program. Great strides are being made by NIU to become recognized...

Hall of Fame inducts former Huskies

October 23, 1988

NIU will induct 12 former Huskie greats into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame Friday, Oct. 28 at the Holmes Student Center's Blackhawk Room as part of the 81st Homecoming weekend festivities. The reception begins at 6 p.m. and is followed by a 7 p.m....

Writers take swings at ‘fall classic’ picks

October 4, 1988

Kari Brackett, sports editor Here I go again. I always try to be so philosophical with my predictions, and I fall flat on my face. Not this time. In the National League, I'm gonna go with the Mets. Actually I hate the team, but it has speed and it has...

Viverito is just one of the guys

By Kari Brackett | September 28, 1988

In the realm of sports, a place most people deem as a "man's world," one woman has entered the sacred territory. She is the commissioner of the Gateway Conference, and she is the only woman to supervise a man's sport. She is Patty Viverito. The NIU graduate...