With its entire 2011 campaign on the line, NIU volleyball will face No. 25 Miami (Fla.) in tonight's opening round match of the NCAA Tournament.NIU (28-6, 14-2 MAC) enters the match winning 15 of its last 16 matches, while Miami (25-4, 26-4 ACC) has won...
While he's received numerous awards, winning the MAC Vern Smith Award might be Chandler Harnish's most prestigious individual honor in his college career. Harnish was named MAC Player of the Year Tuesday, and the four-year starter is only the second quarterback...
Nine NIU football players earned All-MAC team honors, according to a press release.The first-team MAC offensive team featured three Huskies: quarterback Chandler Harnish, left tackle Trevor Olson and center Scott Wedige.Harnish has done major damage through...
Defensive Line The Bobcats' biggest man on the line is nose guard Neal Huynh, who weighs 307 pounds. The two defensive ends, Curtis Meyers and Tremayne Scott, have an average weight of 254 pounds. The smallest lineman, Carl Jones, at 245 pounds, lines...
Quarterback Sophomore Tyler Tettleton presents a challenge for the Huskies' defense. Tettleton, who ranks fourth in the MAC in total yardage, is a dual threat to run or pass the ball; he has thrown for 2,894 yards and 26 touchdowns, and has also rushed...
The past four seasons for NIU volleyball have been some of the most promising in recent memory, and the team adds more to the mix as each season passes.One of the only constants for the program during that span has been senior outside hitter Allison McGlaughlin.The...
The bright lights of the Convocation Center will be shining on NIU wrestling tonight.NIU (3-2) will take on Purdue (2-4) in its annual NIU Showcase meet and its first home meet in nearly a month."It feels great to be back home," said NIU head coach Ryan...
NIU's Student Involvement & Leadership Development is offering a bus transportation deal for Friday's MAC Championship game between NIU and Ohio.Tickets cost $10 and include a ride to the game in Detroit, lunch and ticket to the game.The bus will...
Two members of the NIU D III hockey team are making history this season. Sophomore defenseman Cheri Klosak and freshman goalie Jessica Stubitsch are the first two females to play for NIU hockey. So far this season, Klosak has played in 11 games and has...
Until finals week is over, I don't think I will have a bigger smile than I did the minute I found out the NBA is "tentatively" back.Amid the images of all the glorious things Derrick Rose can do and the auditory hallucinations of Stacey King, I began...
It was a battle between the north and south of Illinois Tuesday night at the Convocation Center.NIU women's basketball (3-3) defeated Southern Illinois (2-3) in thrilling fashion 53-50 in a game that could've went either way."I think, importantly, it...
A long road trip and jet lag might have helped factor into another loss for NIU men's basketball Monday night 58-47.Coming off a loss to Boise State, the Huskies (0-6) traveled to Utah and dropped their second straight road game out west to the Utah Valley...
