NIU wrestling will travel to Bloomington, Ind. this weekend to partake in the Hoosier Duals. NIU will open the event against host Indiana (3-0), before facing SIU-Edwardsville and Campbell (3-2). The duals will be the first head-to-head competition for...
As the clock expired at the end of the first half, Jenna Thorp drained a buzzer beater from the top of the circle to pull NIU within one against Temple. Perhaps it was this shot that propelled NIU women's basketball (2-1) over Temple (2-2) Sunday 58-52,...
College basketball games are played for 40 minutes barring overtime, no more and no less. Oddly enough, NIU men's basketball (0-4) seemed to get complacent when it was most crucial in its match-up against Eastern Illinois (2-1), falling 67-55 Sunday....
The run in the NCAA tournament came to a close Sunday for NIU men's soccer. The Huskies (15-6-0) were defeated at No. 2 seed Creighton 3-0 in the second round. "Obviously, it's hard, you don't want your season to come to an end," said NIU men's soccer...
Sunday's MAC Championship match proved to NIU volleyball that history can repeat itself. In a nail-biting championship match, Central Michigan upset the top-seeded Huskies in five grueling sets, 25-21, 25-22, 21-25, 23-25 and 15-11. NIU (27-6, 14-2 MAC)...
In his first season as head coach of NIU wrestling, Ryan Ludwig has done his best to immediately address concerns in his team's lineup. One way of combating the concerns was bringing in volunteer assistant coach Ryan Tomei.Tomei wrapped up his senior...
After a stretch of five games away from its home rink, NIU's D-II men's hockey team returned home this weekend to face Iowa. The Huskies (7-8-2) lost 7-5 Friday night against the Hawkeyes, (7-6-3) NIU got off to a 4-1 start after the first 20 minutes...
Turnovers and bad shooting will almost always result in a loss.Both statistics plagued the NIU men's basketball team Thursday night against the Iowa Hawkeyes, as the Huskies lost by 33 points in an 88-55 blowout on the road.The Huskies started the game...
For the second time in school history, NIU men's soccer advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament. The Huskies shutout Western Illinois 3-0 at the NIU Soccer Complex. With the Huskies (15-5-0) win over the Leathernecks, (13-7-1) they also tied...
After 43 years, the NIU men's rugby program is about to go somewhere it has never gone before: the Division II Collegiate Rugby National Tournament.The Huskies (9-0) earned the trip with a 35-10 victory over the Ohio Bobcats (7-1-1) in the Midwest Regional...
With a 13-match winning streak heading into the MAC Tournament at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, NIU volleyball hopes to show the conference it deserves to be the No. 1 seed. After coming just short last season by losing the championship match to Ohio...
The sky is the limit for NIU volleyball. Thursday evening, the Mid-American Conference announced its regular season awards with five Huskies honored. Sophomore outside hitter Lauren Wicinski was named MAC Player of the Year for the second year in a row,...
