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Junior men’s golfer Jordan Wetsch lines up a putt during the Northern Intercollegiate in September. Wetsch notched his best finish of the season Tuesday at the Sagamore Fall Preview, securing a tied-for-fifth-place finish out of 74 golfers.

Men’s golf closes out strong

By Steve Shonder | October 14, 2014

Men’s golf saved its best for last, wrapping up fall play with its first top-three finish since it picked up second place Feb. 23, 2013, at the Forest Hills Intercollegiate.The Huskies (289, 301, 590) finished third out of 14 teams Tuesday at the Sagamore...

5 minutes with… Lena Gautier

By Rhema Rhea | October 14, 2014

Sophomore women’s golfer Lena Gautier notched her highest finish of her Huskie career when she tied for first place out of 75 golfers Oct. 4-5 at the Diane Thomason Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa.Gautier, of La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France, was the first...

Football’s Marlon Moore suspended for first half of Saturday game

By Northern Star Staff | October 14, 2014

Junior strong safety Marlon Moore will be suspended from the first half of Saturday’s football game for violation of the MAC’s sportsmanship conduct policy, according to a MAC news release.Moore is one of three MAC players to be suspended for the...

Football’s Jamaal Bass won’t play in Saturday’s game

By Northern Star Staff | October 14, 2014

Redshirt senior linebacker Jamaal Bass won’t play at Saturday's football game, and junior tailback Keith Harris Jr. “probably” won’t play, coach Rod Carey said at a news conference.Redshirt senior tailback Akeem Daniels didn’t participate in...

Quarterback Matt McIntosh (9) plays during Thursday’s game against Presbyterian, which NIU won 55-3. Head coach Rod Carey named McIntosh the Huskies’ starting quarterback Tuesday after months of McIntosh vying for the spot with Drew Hare and Anthony Maddie.

Football’s McIntosh moved to safety

By Frank Gogola | October 14, 2014

Drew Hare’s stranglehold on the starting quarterback position just got quite a bit tighter.Redshirt junior Matt McIntosh, who had started the Huskies’ first two games at quarterback before suffering a lower body injury, has been converted to safety,...

Brescacin makes all the right moves

By Frank Gogola | October 13, 2014

Basketball came too easy for Juwan Brescacin; he wanted to push himself to excel in football.Brescacin, redshirt junior wide receiver, began playing football starting in fourth grade, before he joined the basketball ranks. On the hardwood, he played with...

Hildreth explodes onto scene at NIU

By Rhema Rhea | October 13, 2014

Cross country’s Kelsey Hildreth has gotten off to a record-smashing start in her freshman campaign in DeKalb.Hildreth, born and raised 45 minutes from DeKalb in Byron, began her career at NIU in historic fashion, shattering the program’s 5K mark (18:07.81)...

Wetsch transfers experience

By Steve Shonder | October 13, 2014

Junior Jordan Wetsch is giving men’s golf a boost despite being in only his first semester with the Huskies.Wetsch transferred to NIU after a one-year stint at Colorado State. Since then, he’s been one of the Huskies’ best golfers. In his last outing...

Sophomore wide receiver Aregeros Turner dives with the ball Saturday at the Homecoming game against Central Michigan at Huskie Stadium. NIU lost to the Chippewas, 34-17, breaking its 28-game home winning streak and 24-game conference regular season winning streak.

Football falls at Homecoming against CMU, 34-17

By Danny Albers | October 12, 2014

Football’s 28-game home winning streak and 24-game conference regular season winning streak came to an abrupt halt Saturday when it was beaten by conference rival Central Michigan.The Huskies (4-2, 1-1 MAC) lost to the Central Michigan Chippewas (4-3,...

Rawls, CMU run NIU streaks into ground

By Frank Gogola | October 12, 2014

Tough. That was the word Central Michigan running back Thomas Rawls used to describe his running style and the Chippewas’ offense as a whole Saturday.The Central Michigan Chippewas (4-3, 2-1 MAC) upset the Huskies (4-2, 1-1 MAC), 34-17, Saturday at...

Sophomore forward Chris Paton (10) battles with a West Virginia defender to gain control of the ball Oct. 11 at the Soccer and Track & Field Complex. The Huskies play their final non-conference game 7 p.m. today in DeKalb when they host the Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Cougars, of the Missouri Valley Conference.

Men’s soccer battles to overtime draw

By Frank Gogola | October 12, 2014

Men’s soccer scored its first goal Saturday following three-straight shutouts, but that wasn’t enough to get the Huskies back in the win column.The Huskies (2-5-5, 0-0-1 MAC) played the West Virginia Mountaineers (6-5-1, 0-0-1 MAC) to a 1-1 draw in...

Volleyball rages on in MAC

By Rhema Rhea | October 12, 2014

Volleyball has extended it conference-opening winning streak to six games, which marks NIU’s best start to MAC play since 1984.The Huskies (13-7, 6-0 MAC) won a five-set thriller against the Eastern Michigan Eagles (26-24, 25-15, 19-25, 24-26, 15-10)...