Hitting the road one day before Thanksgiving, the NIU men's basketball team took an 86-80 decision from Maryland Eastern Shore on Wednesday. Aided by senior Xavier Silas' 34-point showing, the Huskies (2-2) kept UMES at an arms' length throughout the...
NIU wrestling opened its dual season at the Hoosier Duals and saw three tight matches until the very end. The Huskies went 1-2 in their first duals of the season with a 16-14 win over Old Dominion and 21-15 and 22-18 losses to North Carolina Greensboro...
For the first time since 2003, and for only the second season in school history since becoming an FBS program, the NIU football team is now ranked in the Associated Press' top 25 poll. The Huskies are ranked No. 24 in the AP poll and No. 23 in the USA...
Friday will be the NIU football team's first appearance in a MAC Championship game since 2005. In an effort to give students an affordable way to attend the game in Detroit, the Student Association and Campus Activities Board, in partnership with Intercollegiate...
Playing only 36 miles away from the site of Friday's MAC Championship game, the NIU football team showed why it deserves to play its final MAC game in Detroit instead of Ypsilanti, Mich. For the second straight week, NIU went on the road to come away...
The NIU hockey team hadn't lost back-to-back games since dropping two games to St. Louis University over a month ago until this past weekend. The Bowling Green State University Falcons were too much for NIU as they beat the Huskies twice this past weekend,...
Going into spring practice, the NIU football team depth chart had only one starting linebacker penciled in: Alex Kube. It didn't take long, however, for sophomores Devon Butler and Tyrone Clark to grab the two remaining starting positions. "[Tyrone and...
With the MAC West title and a trip to the MAC Championship game already clinched, NIU head coach Jerry Kill could be forgiven for thinking his team might have a letdown when the Huskies take on Eastern Michigan at 11 a.m. Friday morning. Kill has no such...
Xavier Silas has been named MAC West Player of the Week following 22 and 34-point performances against Bradley and Cardinal Stritch, respectively. The senior guard on the NIU men's basketball team shot 64.3 percent from the field while sinking all 12...
TOLEDO, OHIO | Thursday evening Lauren Wicinski went to the Mid-American Conference volleyball awards banquet ready to cheer for her teammates' achievements. Little did she know, she would make history by winning the MAC Freshman of the Year, as well...
TOLEDO, OHIO | The year before Ray Gooden became NIU head volleyball coach, the Huskies won the Mid-American Conference Tournament in a 3-0 defeat of Ball State. The year was 2001, in which the Huskies went 24-6, with a 15-3 MAC record. Nine years later,...
There are a lot of things the NIU football team has never done. Before Saturday for example, the Huskies had never paired a MAC West title with an eight-game win streak. One 59-21 triumph over Ball State later and NIU can celebrate its eighth consecutive...
