AMES, IOWA | To the casual observer, last Thursday’s season opener for NIU football may have looked pretty simple. A MAC team looked generally out-matched and couldn’t keep up with a deceptively talented Iowa State team. But preseason expectations...
AMES, IOWA | Before last Thursday night’s football opener, NIU head coach Jerry Kill remained unsure about who was going to be kicking field goals in 2010 for the Huskies. After erratic performances and windy conditions caused a total of three missed...
AMES, IOWA | When the NIU football team stepped onto the field at Jack Trice Stadium Thursday, head coach Jerry Kill believed that there was something missing. His fear was quickly confirmed as his team showed an inability to play with a sense of urgency...
Looking to continue its success from the undefeated offseason, the NIU men's soccer team took a minor stumble out of the starting gate of the 2010 campaign. As the dust settled on opening weekend, the Huskies left Oregon without a win after a scoreless...
NIU volleyball has reached uncharted territory. For the first time in program history, the Huskies have started a season 8-0. Over the weekend the Huskies won the UIC Invitational in impressive fashion, winning matches 3-0 against Kennesaw State, Memphis...
CHICAGO | After exploding for three goals in their previous game, the Huskies couldn’t even manage one against the previously winless Ramblers on Sunday afternoon. NIU (2-2-0) took on a Loyola team that had yet to even register a tie in its first five...
AMES, Iowa | Leading up to NIU's season opener against Iowa State Thursday night, head coach Jerry Kill was adamant in saying that you don't know anything about your team until you get out there and play. Kill may not have liked what he saw after two...
When the lights click on tonight at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa, the NIU football team will shed the practice shells and don full uniforms for the first time in 2010. Unlike the NFL, there have been no preseason games for NIU head coach Jerry Kill...
NIU club sports will kick off this weekend as the women's rugby team heads to NIU's polar opposite, Southern Illinois University, for a tournament. After making it to the Chicago Area Rugby Football Union (CARFU) Cup Championship game last fall and losing...
"Our attitude for the whole season is going to be: the next game is the most important no matter who it is." This is the mentality that NIU head coach Eric Luzzi and the men's soccer team will not give up on after starting it last season. No. 19 Portland,...
Assistant coach Mark McConeghey knew nothing about the incoming freshmen runners on this year's NIU women's cross country team. When he took a time trial of the runners, he quickly became aware of their capabilities. "When they first came in I had no...
DeKALB | Three is a good number for the Huskies when the Bradley volleyball team is involved. For the third time in three years, the Huskies (5-0) beat the Braves (2-2) in only three sets Tuesday evening. The win continues the NIU's success, sending the...
