DeKalb | What football has done doesn’t mean anything to the Huskies as they have their eyes strictly focused on conference play.NIU went undefeated in its four non-conference schedule, beating Big 10 teams Iowa and Purude along the way, but it has...

DeKalb | Another sports club that will be in action this weekend is the women’s rugby team. NIU will play Illinois State University at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Outdoor Recreation Sports Complex.NIU (1-2) is coming off a tough loss against arguably its...

DeKalb | After last weekend’s sweep of the University of Missouri, the Div. II hockey team will look to continue its fast start to the season against the Robert Morris University Maroon team.Head coach Chuck Rinaldo believes NIU will be in for a tough...

DeKalb | Men’s golf takes its second trip to Wisconsin on the year as it looks to build upon its best outing of the season.The Huskies will be without one of their top performers, Nick Huggins, who will miss the rest of the season after injuring his...

Volleyball’s Lauren Zielinski made it to NIU based purely on her limitless potential.Zielinski, a redshirt freshman, sat out last season as part of recovery from surgery to repair a torn labrum in her hitting shoulder that she injured before her senior...

DeKalb | For men’s soccer’s European players, most not only have to transition into the new culture, but a new soccer style.Even though soccer is played throughout the world, there is a big transition from European soccer — or football — to American...

DeKalb | Going into this season, football had 11 dog bones on the wall in its locker room at the Yordon Center.Each dog bone serves as an individual trophy of the Huskies’ victory over a school from the BCS. The dog bone tradition started back in 1983...

Men’s golf continued to improve its season score despite a 13th place out of 14 teams.The Huskies finished Tuesday’s round with its second-best card of the fall, shooting a 305. The 302 NIU posted during the first round of the 54-hole tournament was...

DeKalb | Justine Schepler has been a staple for volleyball’s back row since day one with the program.Schepler, who grew up in neighboring Sycamore, has appeared in all but one match since she came to NIU, and she has been a reliable force for the team’s...

DeKalb | Statistically, the Huskies’ (4-0) defense has been one of the worst yet one of the best units in the Mid-American Conference and the NCAA.The Huskie defense surrendered 31.3 points per game through four games. That is currently 88th out of...

DeKalb | The Div. II hockey team has a player who loves the challenge of an 80-mile-per-hour slap shot: junior Alex Hare.In his first year as starting goaltender last season, Hare went 18-8-1 with a 3.22 goals against average and an 89.7 save percentage....

The women’s golf team had its best two rounds of the season, but finished Tuesday’s Kangaroo Invitational with a 313 to total 932 for a fourth-place finish out of nine teams.Danielle Lemek from Bradley University was the top finisher from the field...