The preference was to play Akron, but when you're struggling to get on track, you'll take the next best thing, er, the next worst team. The NIU women's basketball team will start anew on Thursday in the North Star Conference Tournament. Although the Huskies...

Once again, balance equaled victory for the NIU women's basketball team Thursday night. Four players hit double figures in scoring and the Huskies' rebounding was split evenly as NIU rolled to a 84-55 victory over the University of Illinois-Chicago before...

What a difference a week can make. Just seven days ago, the NIU women's basketball team was reeling backwards after having lost three of its last four games, with its only victory coming in overtime. NIU head coach Jane Albright-Dieterle's crew, however,...

The NIU volleyball team upped its North Star Conference ledger to 2-0 after Saturday night's match against the Cleveland State Vikings. In front of 236 fans at the Chick Evans Field House, the Huskie spikers defeated the Vikings in three straight games:...

Construction crews and maintenance workers spent the summer modifying the Huskie Baseball Diamond into the gem that head coach Joe "Spanky" McFarland desires. The field adjacent to Stevenson South Towers, which was the Huskie Softball Diamond until last...

GREEN BAY, Wis.—It's now a waiting game for NIU after Tuesday night's 56-39 loss to Wisconsin-Green Bay in the Mid-Continent Championship game. An assured spot in the NCAA Tournament goes to UW-GB for winning the title. The Huskies must await the decision...

To describe the kind of season the NIU men's basketball team has had requires a dictionary, or at least a good vocabulary. Words like impressive, unexpected and brilliant come to mind. Head coach Jim Molinari has picked out his own adjective. "Special,"...

Eager to forget the Northwestern loss, the NIU women's basketball team boarded the bus to Dayton, Ohio Wednesday. The Huskies will try to get back on the winning track when they take on North Star Conference opponent Wright State University Thursday night....

VALPARAISO, IND. Statistics don't tell the real story of the battle that the NIU soccer team fought here on Wednesday. Wretched field conditions coupled with a brisk wind and a referee with a propensity for calling offsides almost doomed the Huskies....

NIU Intercollegiate Athletics has named Tom Mitchell as Associate Athletic Director for Development and Tommy Bell as Assistant Athletic Director of Chapter Development, Athletic Director Gerald K. O'Dell announced Oct. 22. "We're positioning ourselves...

Both the NIU men's and women's basketball teams have been waiting for this day for seven months. Monday was the first day that both teams could officialy throw on the practice jerseys, tie on the shoes, and hit the hardwood floor at Chick Evans Field...

The Huskies coaching staff had a lot to look at in the game films from the 24-7 loss to Northwestern last Saturday. And they have a lot to work out this week during practice. "We were our own worst enemy," head coach Jerry Pettibone said about his team's...