This weekend's regular season conference play ended with a defeat for NIU volleyball, but not before locking in the fourth seed for the MAC Tournament. The Huskies (25-6 overall, 11-5 MAC) guaranteed themselves the fourth seed and first round tournament...
The losing streak is over after the NIU volleyball team took down Bowling Green Saturday night to end a three-game skid. After going 2-3 on the team's longest road trip of the season, the Huskies looked forward to returning to the Convocation Center....
Seeking a rebound from back-to-back losses last weekend, NIU volleyball traveled to Western Michigan on Thursday night in hopes of a win that never happened. In their fifth consecutive road match, the Huskies (23-5 overall, 9-4 MAC) went into the match...
Now in his ninth year as NIU volleyball head coach, Ray Gooden has evolved his coaching philosophy. The Northern Star sat down with him to learn of his journey, what the 2010 team has taught him and about the allegations of moonlighting as a DJ. Northern...
In what was considered an already scary holiday weekend, NIU volleyball's two losses added to the spookiness. Continuing their longest road trip of the season, the Huskies (23-4 overall, 9-3 MAC) traveled to Toledo and Ball State, but were unable to...
Beginning its longest road trip of the season, NIU volleyball started on the right step defeating Kent State Friday night in five sets.After taking the first set 25-15, Kent State came back to grab the next two, 25-20 and 25-22.“We came out and had...
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...
DeKALB | In a homecoming weekend full of festivities, NIU volleyball corralled Buffalo Saturday night (25-20, 26-24, 25-19) just as the football team did hours earlier in a 45-14 defeat of the Bulls. The match marked not only the seventh consecutive win...
The terms "war, battle, dogfight, fighting and clawing" conjure up images of destruction and possible death, not college volleyball. For several coaches in the MAC, however, these are the adjectives of choice for what each conference game will be this...
NIU volleyball’s Lauren Wicinski’s Monday tradition continued this week as the MAC announced the outside hitter as the MAC West Offensive Player of the Week for the fourth time this season. The freshman racked up 59 total points in two road wins over the weekend for the Huskies. Wicinski leads the MAC in aces, points and kills.
Football: For the second straight week, NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish garnered MAC West Offensive Player of the Week honors. The redshirt junior piled up 282 total yards and two passing touchdowns against Temple. With the player of the week selection, Harnish becomes the first quarterback in NIU history to be honored in consecutive weeks.
The NIU women’s golf record books took a hit at the 26th annual Huskie Classic. With the conclusion of Sunday’s first round, NIU set a new school record for lowest overall score in a single round with 296. NIU would wind up finishing second overall in the Huskie Classic, finishing behind Brown University.
NIU volleyball continued its record-breaking season this weekend, taking down two MAC West rivals. With the wins, the Huskies now sit alone on top of the MAC West and have a 5-0 record on the road, a feat last accomplished in 1992. On Friday night, the...
There are way too many games to filter through to find out which ones could be the great ones. Northern Star sports writer Mike Buda has the games and the reasons why you should watch every day this week. Today: Minnesota Vikings at New York Jets - 7:30...
