Softball could not pick up a win in their first midweek game of the season against the Illinois State Redbirds. ISU (15-14, 1-2 MVC) had the same amount of hits as NIU (11-19, 1-1 MAC) but made more of them count as it picked up a 7-3 win. “We weren’t...
After having to get on a plane to travel to its last three competitions, track and field will only have to get on bus this weekend. The Huskies will compete in the Chicagoland championships hosted by Lewis University in Romeoville. The Huskies won this...
Baseball will look to continue its three-game winning streak today when it hosts Milwaukee at Ralph McKinzie Field for its first home game of the season. The Huskies (8-17, 4-2 MAC) are feeling confident after their sweep over Akron last weekend. Over...
The softball team is getting ready to play in its first midweek game of the season as it is scheduled to take on the Illinois State redbirds. The Huskies (11-18, 1-1 MAC) took on ISU in their first game of the season in Texas, where they defeated the...
With 39 athletes on the track and field team and only three full-time coaches to help manage sprinting, distance running and field events, the coaching staff needs all the help they can get. One student, junior Adam Lotito, is helping the program with...
The women’s golf team wrapped up the IPFW Spring Classic with a third-place finish Monday. The Huskies finished third out of 10 after moving up from fourth place from day one. “Definitely good to finish in the top three,” said head coach Kim Kester....
Records are made to be broken, and baseball’s senior center fielder Jamison Wells has done just that. In the Huskies’ prior weekend series against Kent State, Wells tied the NIU career stolen bases record of 71. The record was set by Alvin Maynard...
NIU baseball won its first MAC series of the season as it swept Akron over the weekend in Ohio. The Huskies took game one on Friday thanks to a solid pitching performance from freshman Jordan Ruckman and two late runs in the ninth inning. Ruckman earned...
With an early win in conference playing against the Chicago State Cougars (1-16) earlier in the season, the men’s tennis team got back into its conference games Friday against Western Michigan (15-7, 1-0 MAC), losing 5-2. Heading into the matchup, the...
Over the weekend, softball got its first taste of home and MAC play as it played Western Michigan in a two-game series. The Huskies (11-18, 1-1 MAC) ended up with a draw in the two games, winning the first 12-5 over the Broncos (10-17, 1-1 MAC). They...
The track and field team sent two groups of athletes to two different events and came up with mixed results. The distance runners competed at the Raleigh Relays at North Carolina State University. At the event, one Huskie clinched her spot in the MAC...
The women’s tennis team can’t seem to find its way back into the winning column as it lost to Bowling Green, 5-2, and Western Michigan, 6-1 this weekend. Those two losses gave the Huskies their longest losing streak of the season, as they have not...
