Track & Field places four in top 10Four top-10 finishes highlighted the NIU Track & Field team's performance at the Iowa State Classic over the weekend. Senior sprinter Rasheta Butler finished third in the 400-meter dash and Courtney Oldenburg...
Sundance Wicks' basketball career has taken him around the globe, from South Dakota to Europe and back to the states again. The Northern Star sat down with Wicks to both pick his basketball mind and learn how he became a DJ in college. Northern Star:...
Track continues assault on record booksAn old saying states that records are meant to be broken. NIU track and field is doing exactly that this year.At Saturday's IWU Invitational held in Marion, Ind., the Huskies clocked five first-place performances,...
NAPERVILLE | Renovations to Ralph McKinzie Field and talk of an indoor-practice facility highlighted the NIU baseball team's leadoff banquet Sunday evening.NIU Athletic Director Jeff Compher and NIU baseball head coach Ed Mathey discussed the state of...
DeKALB | Three days after notching its first win against a MAC East opponent since Feb. 2009, the NIU men’s basketball team fell hard at Buffalo 63-52. The Huskies never led against the Bulls on Saturday afternoon. Buffalo (13-6 overall, 5-2 MAC) followed...
Catch these short updates from different NIU sports teams: Huskie Hockey loses two, but clinches playoff birth Who says a loss can’t be a bad thing? A Friday night, 5-4 overtime loss to Loyola University was just enough to clinch the Huskies’ first...
Silas reigns once more NIU senior guard Xavier Silas was named MAC West Player of the Week for the fourth time this season following Huskie wins over Eastern Michigan and Toledo. In those two victories, Silas averaged 25.5 points and 4.5 rebounds, including...
Unfortunately for the NIU women's soccer team, a tradition of winning takes years to accomplish. Finishing up her third season as NIU head coach, Carrie Barker saw flashes of greatness from her team in 2010. But the third-year head coach believes it...
Passion to play a sport drives students to become athletes. But passion for the entirety of the sport drives students to be a part of the team off the field, in a different capacity. As a team manager for football, senior economics major Dan Stinson has...
After a month of sampling other conferences, the NIU women's soccer team is ready to break the seal on MAC play this weekend. With a 4-3-0 record outside the conference, NIU head coach Carrie Barker is eager to see what her group can do against MAC opponents....
The pits were packed and so were the grandstands Saturday night at Sycamore Speedway for the Illinois State Compact Championship.Over 150 cars were on hand to battle in their respective divisions. Seating was limited as thousands of fans came to witness...
DeKALB | Don't tell the NIU women's soccer team that Creighton returned its top three goal scorer's from last season. The Huskies dominated defensively Monday evening to take the season opener 1-0 at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex against...
