Gymnastics scored its lowest output in nearly four weeks as it lost to the Ball State Cardinals over the weekend.The Huskies (8-3, 3-2 MAC) lost to the Cardinals (2-7, 2-3 MAC), 194.2-193.225, Friday in Muncie, Ind. It was the Huskies’ lowest score...

Men’s tennis pushed its win streak to five games as it picked up a pair of weekend wins.The Huskies (8-2) beat the Saint Louis Billikens, 7-0, Saturday in St. Louis, Mo. On Sunday, they took down the Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars, 5-2, in Edwardsville.In...

Baseball used an historic performance in the rubber match Sunday to win the three-game weekend series against the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles.The Huskies (5-5) pounded out 20 hits as they scored 18 runs in an 18-3 victory over the Golden Eagles (5-4)...

Women’s tennis was served its first taste of defeat over the weekend as it lost to the Southern Illinois Salukis.The Huskies (8-1) lost to the Salukis (3-6), 4-3, Saturday in Carbondale. It was NIU’s first road contest since a 4-3 win over the Cleveland...

Huskie Stadium’s turf will be replaced this spring at a cost of up to $460,000 as the Board of Trustees’ Finance, Facilities and Operations subcommittee approved the expenditure at a Thursday meeting.John Cheney, senior associate athletic director...

Men’s and women’s tennis’ trips to practice are about to get a whole lot shorter as they’ll soon be able to call the Chick Evans Field House their practice home.Athletic Director Sean Frazier said three tennis courts will be installed in the Chick...

The Chicagoland area is just the place to be if you want to go to a game over spring break.Five Chicago-area teams will play 10 home games on eight of the 11 days of NIU’s spring break.Whether you’re a hockey goon or someone who goes crazy for basketball,...

Anthony Johnson, men’s basketball redshirt senior guard, is on a quest to make up for lost time.As a four-star recruit coming out of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago, Johnson had his pick of schools to choose from. Ultimately, he went...

Athletic Director Sean Frazier opposes the idea of freshman ineligibility.Freshman ineligibility would force incoming freshmen to sit out their first year of college athletics to better adapt to college academics. The “year of readiness for all sports...

Track and field finished in fourth place and had three event victories as it enjoyed an historic weekend at the MAC Indoor Championships.The Huskies’ 79 team points was good for fourth out of 12 teams Friday and Saturday in Mount Pleasant, Mich. It’s...