The NIU women’s basketball team’s second meeting with Western Michigan on Tuesday night was strangely reminiscent of the first. The end result would be the same as the Huskies (11-15, 5-8 MAC) lost in their second meeting against the Broncos (18-9,...
DeKALB | Holly Reichard’s career has been nothing if not interesting. After being named MAC Gymnast of the Year after her sophomore season, Reichard spent a good portion of her junior year sitting due to injury. Now a senior, it has fallen on Reichard...
DeKALB | Social media forums like Facebook and Twitter have revolutionized the way college students make fools of themselves. Tweet-induced insanity has made it difficult to believe there are people out there that actually care about what they put on...
DeKALB | NIU men’s soccer has officially named seven new recruits for the 2011-2012 season. The team is looking to build on a 9-6-2 record during the 2010-2011 campaign. Head coach Eric Luzzi hopes the new recruits will not only bring depth to the team,...
Toledo: Head coach Tim Beckman's 2011 recruiting class has a clear emphasis on the passing game. Beckman signed four receivers, two of which are considered three-star recruits by Scouts.com. 6'4" wide outs Justin Olack and Alonzo Russell are considered...
Men's golf competing in Arizona tournament to kick off season Head coach Tom Porten and the NIU men's golf team traveled west yesterday to kick off the spring 2011 season at the Washington State Snowman Invitational in Chandler, Ariz. Fourteen teams were...
DeKALB | Things continued to unravel for the NIU men’s basketball team. The Huskies (7-18 overall, 3-9 MAC) latest undoing came in a 60-48 loss to Seattle (10-16, 3-11) at the Convocation Center Saturday afternoon. The double-digit defeat extended NIU’s...
DeKALB | NIU’s gymnastics team recorded another team high score on senior night Sunday, but it also came away with another loss, falling 194.800 to 192.875 to Kent State. The Huskies (1-6 overall, 1-4 MAC) beat their previous high score by 1.725 points...
Sloppy play in the field and a lack of clutch hitting accounted for the NIU baseball team dropping two games to Southern Utah in college baseball’s opening weekend. The Huskies (0-2 overall) committed eight errors in Friday’s doubleheader at Thunderbird...
A successful trip to Ypsilanti, Mich. was not to be had as the Huskies fell to Eastern Michigan 62-35 on Saturday. After beginning the day with eight straight missed shots, center Ebony Ellis put the Huskies (11-15 overall, 5-8 MAC) on the scoreboard...
DeKALB | In its regular season final, the NIU wrestling team suffered a conference loss Sunday at Buffalo, 22-9. After gaining a 6-3 lead after victories from senior Dakota Greenhaw at 285 pounds and freshman Nick Smith at 125 pounds, NIU (5-11 overall,...
Even in a world of 24/7 media scrutiny, DeMarcus Grady managed to keep a secret from NIU football fans. Basketball is the only game Grady truly wanted to play in college. The redshirt junior found himself playing football, however, after a series of...
