After a bad start in conference play, the Huskies are excited to get back to playing again, and will go against Bowling Green (12-2) and Western Michigan (9-9) this upcoming weekend. Looking back at the start of the Huskies’ conference play, they came...
After a performance that landed them in 17th out of 19th place, the men’s golf team is looking to rebound this weekend in Boca Raton, Fla., at the FAU Spring Break Invitational. The competition this weekend will be stiff. The tournament features 16...
Following a 12-day respite from action, the softball team is prepared to take its home field for the first time this Friday and Saturday against Western Michigan. While a break is good for any sporting team to recoup possible injuries or just to relax,...
After a week away from competition, track and field will compete in two events this weekend. Thursday through Saturday, the sprinters will compete at the Texas relays, which will be hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. The distance runners will...
Weather conditions are once again affecting the women’s golf team. The Huskies were originally scheduled to compete at the IPFW Women’s Spring Classic at the Pine Valley Country Club. The course was deemed unplayable due to the recent string of bad...
NIU men’s tennis will travel to Kalamazoo, Mich. Friday to open up its MAC play against Western Michigan (11-7, 1-0 MAC).
Western Michigan won the MAC Tournament from 2006 to 2010, but lost in the semifinals last season to eventual champion Ball State. NIU coach Patrick Fisher is familiar with Western Michigan’s success and knows first-hand how tough the Broncos are; he’s never beaten them in his tenure at NIU.
“Everyone in their lineup is a threat,” Fisher said. “They’ve won the league and gone to the tournament, I would say, seven or eight times out of the last 10. They are the team to beat. They are the class of the league. I think in a lot of ways they’ve been like the Akron of men’s soccer; no one really can beat them on a regular basis.”
The Huskies (14-5) have not matched the Broncos’ success over the past few seasons, but have steadily improved in each campaign.
This season has gone exceptionally well for NIU, already accumulating its most team wins since its 16-win 2002-03 showing with nine matches still scheduled.
The Huskies have made it clear they are ready to be the new breed of the MAC, and with a lineup capable of putting up 14 wins without two-time All-MAC performer Maksym Bartiuk, the once-tested depth of the lineup seems to no longer be a problem.
“We’ve had to deal with an unhealthy lineup this whole year,” Fisher said. “Regardless of where we are at, we still feel we have a good chance to win. We’ve won a lot already without having guys in the lineup at certain times this year.”
Fisher said his current roster has what it takes to avenge last season’s 6-1 loss to the Broncos.
“We’re really excited,” Fisher said. “We’re probably in the best shape going into the conference play in the last four or five years. Obviously, we’ve won a lot and our guys have some great confidence right now. Except for a couple matches, we’ve been in position to win every single match and I don’t see that changing this week.”
Baseball will continue its conference play this weekend when it travels to Ohio for a three-game series against Akron. In the Huskies’ (5-17, 1-2 MAC) previous series against Kent State, they lost two out of three games. The Huskies won game two in...
The track and field team will be forced to live a more nomadic life with an increased amount of travel this outdoor season. During the indoor season the team generally stayed in the Midwest, competing in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan and Minnesota....
There is a lot more to playing tennis than just trying to hit the ball hard. In order to win, a player has to figure out ways to utilize different kinds of techniques. Ryun Ferrell, the women’s tennis head coach, said tennis is fairly similar to golf....
In its first series of conference play, baseball lost two out of three games at the hands of Kent State. The Huskies (5-17, 1-2 MAC) gave the Golden Flashes (8-12, 2-1 MAC) all they could handle in game one on Friday, as they fell 3-2. Freshman pitcher...
The men’s tennis team (12-5) took down the Southern Illinois Salukis in a close 4-3 win. The Huskies got off to a slow start in doubles play as SIU won two matches to grab the first point in the match. NIU came storming back in singles play to grab...
The women’s tennis team started off its conference play on the losing end, dropping its first two conference games to Akron and Buffalo. The Huskies (14-4, 0-2 MAC) played two-time defending champions Akron (11-6, 1-0 MAC) for their first match of conference...
