Baseball dropped its midweek matchup against the Illinois State Redbirds 7-3 Tuesday at Illinois State. The Huskies (11-19) jumped to a 1-0 lead in the second inning when junior Joe Battaglia singled to left field, driving in junior Jeff Zimmerman from...
Even though NIU only finished 10 out of 11 at the Jim West Intercollegiate tournament in McKinney, Texas, it was still a big day for senior Bryce Emory. Emory, who finished regular play with an even par score of 216, won the tournament on the third playoff...
Softball will open a six-game homestand with a double-header today against Loyola University. The first game is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Mary M. Bell field in DeKalb. The Huskies (11-23, 1-5 MAC) will have a tough opponent coming in to play, with the Ramblers...
Baseball has been on a tear and will look to continue that strong play today in a mid-week matchup against Illinois State. In the Huskies’ (11-18) last 10 games, they have gone 7-3 overall and won their last two conference series against Akron and Central...
In Greg Hipp’s two years on campus as head cross country and assistant track and field coach, he has brought NIU’s distance running programs to new heights. The cross country team has set nine school records since Hipp joined NIU, and he has translated...
The men’s tennis team couldn’t do what was needed to win over the weekend to improve its MAC record, losing to rival Ball State 7-0 (13-7, 2-0 MAC) and defeating non-conference team Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (5-12). The Huskies...
Baseball continued its strong play as it won two out of three games against Central Michigan this weekend. The Huskies (11-18, 6-3 MAC) suffered a 6-3 loss on Friday, but bounced back to defeat the Chippewas (12-18, 3-6 MAC) 7-2 on Saturday and 5-3 on...
Softball had a rough road trip in its return to MAC play, as it dropped a double header to Ball State and a two-game series to Miami Ohio. The Huskies (11-23, 1-5 MAC) could not match the offense in their two games against Ball State (22-11 7-0 MAC),...
For the second straight weekend an NIU track athlete broke a school record. This time it was junior heptathlon competitor Natalie Tarter. Tarter won the seven-event competition Chicagoland Championships. Tarter, a University of Wisconsin transfer, tallied...
Christian Spears, deputy director of Athletics, has been promoted to acting director of NIU Athletics with the recent departure of Jeff Compher. Spears, who has been a part of the Athletics executive administrations team since 2009, will begin his new...
NIU increased its winning streak to four on Wednesday when it defeated Milwaukee 10-6 in its first home game of the season. The Panthers (11-12, 7-2 Horizon) jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first on a fielding error by NIU freshman second baseman...
After losing to Western Michigan 5-2 last weekend, the men’s tennis team (12-6, 1-1) will travel to Indiana this weekend to face off against conference rival Ball State (12-6, 1-0 MAC) and non-conference team Indiana University-Purdue University Fort...
