Matt Hopkinson: Well, Brian, with the judgement day of NIU football looming, what do you feel is going to be the biggest factor for a Huskie victory come Wednesday night? I personally feel that the key factor will be for NIU to maintain possession of...

Men’s soccer will look to defend its 2011 MAC Tournament Championship this weekend as it faces off against the West Virginia Mountaineers on Friday in Akron. The Huskies (6-9-3, 4-2-1 MAC) will go into the match as a second seed, while the Mountaineers...

Freshmen are not known to have immediate success at the college level. For NIU wrestling, however, freshmen have been making names for themselves early on this season. After five true freshmen won matches at the opening wrestle-offs, coach Ryan Ludwig...

Going into the start of the regular season it’s clear that NIU women’s basketball has strength and depth at the guard position. The Huskies have a number of players who can both run the point but can step out and shoot the ball. It helps that all...

With regular season play over, it is clear that this year’s freshman class has given men’s soccer a big boost. Eight freshmen have gotten time on the field his season, cumulating in 32 starts and 87 regular season appearances. Coach Eric Luzzi said...

NIU women’s golf received a big boost this season from freshman Connie Ellett, who stepped up and became its second best golfer in the fall. Ellett currently holds the second lowest average on the team with 80.25 strokes per round, which is only two...

NIU women’s basketball grinded out a 45-42 victory against a tough Indiana Wesleyan/ls group in its exhibition game at the Convocation Center Monday. After coming out and scoring five quick points, the Huskies struggled to find an attacking rhythm in...

Men’s golf concluded the fall season with a ninth-place showing at the Pinetree Intercollegiate. The Huskies started their season with a disappointing 11th-place finish at the Northern Intercollegiate. Their first half of the season was filled with...

Recently, the Northern Star sat down with junior defensive tackle Ken Bishop. Bishop is a transfer from Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, Iowa, where he spent two seasons. He talks with the Northern Star about why he decided to transfer to NIU,...

For the ninth time this season, a Huskie player won a MAC West Player of the Week award. This week it was junior defensive tackle Ken Bishop, taking home the MAC West Defensive Player of the Week. In the Huskies 63-0 win over the Minutemen of Massachusetts,...

With the Huskies dominating victory over MAC bottom-feeder Massachusetts, 63-0, they saw a noticeable increase in votes from the polls this week. After receiving 12 votes in The Associated Press Top-25 poll last week, the Huskies received the most of...

This weeks recipients of the NIU Scholar-Athletes of the week are Dominique Ware of football and Mary Kurisch of volleyball. The junior cornerback lead the Huskies with eight tackles in their 63-0 win over the Massachusetts Minutemen. This broke his previous...