The women’s golf team will look to finish its season with a strong showing at the 2013 MAC Championship. This year’s tournament is being hosted by Ohio University at the Longaberger Country Club in Nashport, Ohio. Head coach Kim Kester realizes Kent...
This weekend marks the end of the track and field outdoor regular season, and NIU will make this weekend a busy one by sending athletes to three meets. The first meet of the weekend is the Penn Relays Thursday to Saturday in Philadelphia. On Friday, NIU...
Even though track and field is primarily an individual sport there are some occasions where a team aspect comes into play: the 4x100 meter relay and the 4x400 meter relay teams. As with any sport there is a strategy in deciding who you want to take part...
While baseball has not played especially strong in its midweek games this season, it will look to turn the tides in a matchup against Northwestern today in Evanston. The Huskies (16-21) have won their last four MAC series and have lost just two games...
In the sport of track and field, it could be argued that there are three different areas that make up one sport, which necessitates three different coaches. With the distance running, throwing and jumping and the sprinting aspects, these coaches need...
Senior Griffin Bauman has been a steady competitor for this year’s men’s golf team, but the senior has often proven himself on the course. “Griffin is a soft-spoken young man, but when he speaks the team listens,” said head coach Tom Porten. “He...
Hot on the heels of four consecutive victories, the softball team is getting ready for a midweek departure from conference play as it hosts Western Illinois at 4 p.m. today at Mary M. Bell Field. Western Illinois (13-19) will come into DeKalb as the winner...
The women’s tennis team’s season finally came to a close last weekend as it lost its eighth straight conference match. The Huskies finished the season 14-10 and 0-8 in conference play. At the beginning of the season the Huskies won three of their...
The men’s golf team competed at the Boilermaker Invitational at Purdue University this weekend. The Huskies had a disappointing tournament, finishing in 16th place out of 18 after shooting 70 over par for the weekend. The main reason for the disappointing...
As the inaugural Huskie Bowl was under way, the effects of drafting the teammates to play against each other was in full evidence. The Huskies were drafted into two squads--Black and Cardinal--and were led through the game by assistant coaches Joe Tripodi,...
At a point in the season where it really needed to pick up wins at a rapid pace, softball went on the road and swept Kent State and Buffalo. NIU (17-26, 7-7 MAC) traveled to Kent State (21-16-1, 11-5 MAC) on Friday to take on a squad that had only lost...
In its last weekend of the season, the women’s tennis team had some highs and lows as it faced the Ball State Cardinals (14-10, 5-3 MAC) and Miami of Ohio RedHawks (11-12, 7-1 MAC). The Huskies lost both matches 5-2 to put them 14-10 on the season and...
