After a career performance last week against Ball State, quarterback Jordan Lynch received a number of honors, including his third MAC West Offensive Player of the Week award. An NIU player has won this award every week this season. Defensive end Sean...

This week’s recipients of NIU’s Scholar-Athletes of the week are Dor Amir of men’s tennis and Sarah Angelos of volleyball. Amir competed in the Tom Fallon Invitational over the weekend, facing nationally-ranked competition from schools like Notre...

After earning its second conference win against Hartwick over the weekend, NIU men’s soccer will turn around and play the ninth-ranked Marquette Golden Eagles in Milwaukee, tonight. The Golden Eagles (11-0) are undefeated this season as they come off...

Brian Thomas: The first half of NIU football’s season is officially in the books and the team sits at 5-1. Going into the season, people didn’t know what to expect from the Huskies, as there were a lot of questions surrounding them. Those questions...

The Northern Star sat down with first year women’s soccer assistant coach Connor McKee to get a better understanding of who the 2011 graduate from the University of Sioux Falls is. Before heading back to his home state of South Dakota McKee spent two...

With six seniors, NIU men’s golf has more than enough leadership. “It is always good to have senior leaders on your team,” said coach Tom Porten. “Over the last few years Bryce Emory, Griffin Bauman and Kurtis Luedtke, each in their own way have...

NIU men’s golf finished in seventh place at the John Dallio Memorial in Lemont, Ill. But the highlight of the tournament was senior Griffin Bauman finishing second in individual play. At the end of round one, the Huskies sat in sixth place with a total...

NIU men’s tennis saw ups and downs throughout the Tom Fallon Invitational over the weekend in South Bend, Ind. The Huskies concluded day one with an overall record of 4-3. The two teams that they beat were Notre Dame and Michigan State. Coach Patrick...

Women’s soccer split two home matches against Bowling Green and Central Michigan over the weekend. Corner kicks stood out in Friday’s match between the Huskies (6-5-2, 2-2-2 MAC) and the Falcons (1-11-1, 0-4-1 MAC). The Huskies took seven and were...

After its first conference win against Florida Atlantic, NIU men’s soccer looked to remain undefeated in MAC play as it took on the Hartwick Hawks in a 1-0 game Saturday. The Huskies (2-5-2, 2-0-0 MAC) pressured the Hawks (3-5-2, 1-1-0 MAC) right out...

After sweeping its MAC matches last weekend, NIU volleyball hoped for a repeat performance. The Huskies (13-9, 4-2 MAC) ended up splitting the pair of matches, losing at home before winning on the road. The Huskies hosted Western Michigan (11-7, 4-2 MAC)...

Behind timely defense and continued excellent output from the quarterback position, NIU football picked up its fifth win of the season in Muncie, Indiana. The Huskies (5-1, 2-0 MAC) defeated the Ball State Cardinals, (3-3, 1-2 MAC) 35-23 as NIU’s defense...