Volleyball was not always the sport senior outside hitter Mackenzie Roddy wanted to pursue. Up until her sophomore year at Cajon High School in San Bernardino, Calif., Roddy was a tennis player.Tennis was a family affair for the Roddys, as Jessica and...
Volleyball dropped two straight games to finish its first weekend of play 1-2 after starting the season with a bang in the opener.PresbyterianFriday, the Huskies opened the 2014 season with a win against the Presbyterian Blue Hose in four sets (25-8,...
Volleyball will dig into the season this weekend when the Huskies host the NIU Invitational at Victor E. Court in the Convocation Center.The Huskies will host the Presbyterian Blue Hose 7 p.m. Friday, the Colorado Buffaloes noon Saturday and the Northwestern...
Mary Grace Kelly, volleyball sophomore outside hitter, spent her summer playing volleyball in Europe, where she worked on improving her skills to gear up for another year with the Huskies.Kelly became the 10th Huskie since 2005 to compete internationally...
Volleyball heads into the season with starters who are set to begin play.Following a 19-13 overall record, including a 10-6 record in MAC play, a season ago, the Huskies are returning 10 letter-winners and four starters.“I think on both ends our team...
Sarah Angelos comes in as Sports’ No. 10 athlete of 2013-2014 thanks to her record-setting and team-leading play for volleyball.As middle blocker, Angelos was recognized for her strong play with a second First Team All-MAC honor. She led the Huskies...
Volleyball head coach Ray Gooden expected this season to be a rebuilding year for his team, but the Huskies proved they are capable of much bigger things.Despite losing five seniors from last season, NIU finished 19-13 overall, going 10-6 in the MAC for...
After a promising come-from-behind victory in the opening round, volleyball had its MAC Championship hopes dashed in the semifinals.NIU (19-13, 10-6 MAC) dropped its semifinal match to top-seeded Ohio (27-4, 14-2) in straight sets, 25-22, 25-22, 25-23....
Volleyball has gone through a rigorous regular season that ended with the team’s best performance of the year.Now looking at a fifth seed in the MAC Tournament, NIU (18-12, 10-6 MAC) prepares for a 1 p.m. match Friday at the SPIRE Institute in Ohio...
Saturday marked volleyball’s final home match of the season.The win over Toledo at Victor E. Court was the last time Sarah Angelos, Tori Halbur, Justine Schepler and Kayla Zeno had the chance to represent the Huskies in front of the NIU community.After...
Volleyball hosted two divisional rivals over the weekend, but NIU will likely remember just one of those matches.The Huskies (18-12, 10-6 MAC) split its weekend contests against Ball State and Toledo, putting forth two contrasting performances while doing...
The final weekend of the regular season could determine everything for volleyball, as NIU prepares to avenge previous losses to the top two teams in the MAC West at home.NIU (17-11, 9-5 MAC) starts the action 6 p.m. Friday against Ball State (22-7, 10-4)....
