Women’s tennis senior Nelle Youel’s final match of her 20-0 season proved to be one of her toughest matches of 2015. She wouldn’t have had it any other way.Youel finished the spring season with a pair of victories over the weekend. She beat Akron’s...
Gymnastics put together a meet that was 12 years in the making by taking down the school record for team total score, earning it the No. 5 spot in Sports’ top five stories.The Huskies scored a school record 195.8 in the regular season finale against...
Softball junior catcher Emily Naegele is getting back in her groove with the Huskies as the season heads into the home stretch.In two seasons at NIU, Naegele has turned into a huge player for the Huskies with 11 home runs, six triples, 99 hits and a collection...
Isaac Kannah, men’s soccer senior forward, checks in at No. 10 on Sports’ list of the top 10 athletes of 2014-15.Kannah garnered All-MAC First Team honors while leading the Huskies in points (12), goals (four) and assists (four). His four goals in...
Football redshirt senior Rasheen “Rock” Lemon has been suspended indefinitely from the team.Lemon, who is an outside linebacker, was charged with domestic battery on April 12. He was suspended immediately after the football program learned about the...
About 70 football players and 15 coaches and staff members helped clean up debris Saturday in Fairdale.Fairdale was hit by a tornado April 9 during violent weather in northern Illinois.The Huskies spent around four hours during the morning and afternoon...
Da’Ron Brown, football redshirt senior wide receiver, takes the No. 9 spot on Sports’ countdown after highlighting a depleted receiving corps in 2014.Brown, who earned All-MAC Second Team honors, led all receivers with 68 receptions for 1,065 yards...
Redshirt senior Anthony Johnson made a big impact for men’s basketball in his first and only year with the team, which is why he’s the No. 5 newcomer.After transferring from Purdue, Johnson stepped in and helped the Huskies on offense. Their scoring...
Sports’ countdown of the top 10 athletes, top five newcomers and top five stories of the 2014-15 season is under way.Not every student-athlete or story made the cut, so below are the honorable mentions — in alphabetical order — from each category.Top...
Men's golf will try to get momentum in its last tournament before the MAC Championships.The Huskies will get their shot in the Boilermaker Invitational on Saturday and Sunday on the Kampen Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex in West Lafayette,...
Men’s tennis will play its final regular season game this weekend.The Huskies (17-5, 3-1 MAC) will face the Bulls (9-9, 1-2 MAC) 11 a.m. Sunday in Buffalo, N.Y. The Huskies would be guaranteed to come out on top of the MAC for the regular season for...
Track and field will participate in its first one-day competition of the outdoor season this weekend.The Huskies will partake in the Michael Johnson Classic, which begins at 11 a.m. Saturday at Baylor's Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium in Waco, Texas.The...
