Golf often runs in the family, but few siblings get the opportunity to golf with each other in college. Sophomore Taylor Ellett and freshman Connie Ellett are doing just that for the women’s golf team. For the Ellett sisters, golf at NIU has also been...
With only one home meet on its schedule during the regular season, the track and field team has to spend a lot of time on the road traveling to competitions. The hectic travel schedule is even busier during the team’s outdoor season: NIU has competed...
The men’s tennis team (14-8, 2-2 MAC) was able to get an important conference win last weekend against the Toledo Rockets (18-9, 0-3 MAC), 6-1. Those six wins all came from singles, and one of the players that helped in that victory was freshman Simon...
The MAC West-leading NIU baseball team will look to continue its strong play in a midweek matchup against the Bradley Braves at 3:05 p.m. at Ralph McKinzie Field. The Huskies (14-19) are coming off a three-game sweep over Western Michigan and have posted...
After a rough fall, no one anticipated senior Bryce Emory would become a two-time MAC golfer of the week or win a tournament, but that’s exactly what he did. Head coach Tom Porten is happy to see Emory ending his career on a high note. “It’s really...
There are many differences between softball and baseball, including pitching style. The differences do not stop with the style itself, as the usage of pitchers in softball is vastly different than in baseball. NIU softball is in a similar vein to many...
The 2013 NCAA men’s basketball tournament was a perfect illustration of why so many people love March Madness. The first weekend of the tournament had everything fans could’ve wanted. Upsets like a 15-seed Florida Gulf Coast University defeating No....
This upcoming season for the Bears will be somewhat different from those of recent years due to some key departures. Those departures include former head coach Lovie Smith and Bears middle linebacker Brain Urlacher. With these big time departures it is...
During the men’s tennis season there have been a couple of standouts, none more than Dor Amir. Amir is a red shirt sophomore from Tel Aviv, Israel. He attended Rothberg High School and is currently the Huskies’ No. 2 player. Outside of his love, playing...
Junior Jenny Niemiec has experienced a successful season for the women’s golf team, especially this spring. The transfer student played for NIU last spring and has made vast improvements since joining the team. Last season, Niemiec had scores ranging...
Softball is coming off four losses on the road in MAC play where it was outscored by more than double the amount of runs it scored. With losses to a very talented Ball State squad and Miami of Ohio team that are red-hot in conference, the Huskies were...
Major league baseball thought it was fixing the problem of 16 teams in the NL 14 in the AL when it moved the Houston Astros from the National League Central to the American League West, but the truth is it might have created another problem. With the...
