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Volleyball looks to put the past behind them

By ANDY PRUSKI | September 19, 2007

It's time for the NIU volleyball team to put the past behind them. The 5-7 record? Gone. Past struggles at home? Meaningless. For the Huskies, the season begins tonight when they open MAC play on the road at Kalamazoo to take on Western Michigan. The...

Volleyball goes into fifth game, falls

By ANDY PRUSKI | September 18, 2007

For the first two games during its match against Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the NIU volleyball team had everything going for them. The Huskies were up 2-0, Victor E. Court was full of celebratory fans and the band was keeping everyone moving. Two games later...

Volleyball to face formidable UW-Milwaukee team

By ANDY PRUSKI | September 17, 2007

If the NIU volleyball team was looking for an example of how to play more consistently, they have a first-hand chance to tonight when they host Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Panthers (10-1) have won 10 consecutive matches, while the Huskies have struggled...

Volleyball crushes Chicago State, 3-0

By ANDY PRUSKI | September 16, 2007

If the NIU women's volleyball team was struggling on the court lately, someone must have forgot to tell Chicago State. The Huskies showed no ill effects of their recent slump by dominating the Cougars on the road, in a three-game sweep which included...

Volleyball to take on 1-11 Cougars

By ANDY PRUSKI | September 13, 2007

Looking at Chicago State University's record, it's hard for NIU volleyball fans not to feel a sense of deja vu. Not only does CSU have a similarly infamous record to a DePaul team that gave the Huskies more than they could handle, but the two schools...

Volleyball’s third-game rally falls just short

By ANDY PRUSKI | September 11, 2007

About the only consistent aspect of the NIU volleyball team's game is being inconsistent. The Huskies continued this shaky trend Tuesday night as they were swept on the road by UIC. The Flames controlled both ends of the floor, winning the match handily...

Huskies look to UI-C victory tonight

By ANDY PRUSKI | September 10, 2007

Still bitter over a loss to DePaul last week, NIU's volleyball team looks to work out its frustrations on another in-state rival when the Huskies head to Chicago to take on UIC tonight at 7 p.m. Living up to their nickname, the Flames (6-4) have been...

Volleyball finishes in second for as many weekends

By ANDY PRUSKI | September 9, 2007

For the second straight weekend, NIU's volleyball team has played in an out-of-state invitational, and for the second straight weekend, they finished in second place. The Huskies finished 2-1 when they traveled to Texas to compete in the Corpus Christi...

Volleyball looks for southern comfort in Texas

By ANDY PRUSKI | September 6, 2007

Coming off a tough loss to DePaul, the NIU volleyball team looks for some southern comfort this weekend when they head to Texas to compete in the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Invitational. The Huskies' (3-5) weekend starts off today with a 4 p.m. match...

Volleyball goes the distance against DePaul

By ANDY PRUSKI | September 5, 2007

In a back-and-forth five-game match between NIU and DePaul, a pair of freshman stole the spotlight on Victor E. Court. DePaul outside hitter Charla Drabandt and NIU outside hitter Dani D'Ambrose each had career games, but ultimately it was Drabandt's...

Volleyball looking to prevent DePaul’s first win

By ANDY PRUSKI | September 4, 2007

While there is a first time for everything, the NIU volleyball team hopes to avoid that saying tonight when it takes on a DePaul team still looking for its first win of the season. The Huskies (3-4) host the Blue Demons (0-5) as the two rivals square...

Volleyball takes second at Butler invite

By ANDY PRUSKI | September 3, 2007

One of the advantages of the NIU volleyball lineup is that offense can come from anywhere on the court. However, that theory only looked good on paper until the Huskies put it into effect at the Butler Invitational this past weekend. NIU took second in...