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...

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...

NIU looks for a change of pace this weekend when it hits the road for the first time this season, heading to Indianapolis to compete in the Butler Invitational. The slumping Huskies (1-3) first face Utah Valley (0-1) Friday at 2 p.m., followed by a double...

Trailing two games to one, the volleyball team looked to be heading to a Game 5 with a 26-22 lead in Game 4 over Illinois State. However, like most of the night, scores can be deceiving. The Huskies gave up four straight points and ultimately fell to...

After falling in their first two matches during the NIU Invitational last week, the Huskies volleyball team ended on a high note with a three-game sweep over Western Illinois. NIU will hope to build on that win tonight when the Huskies (1-2) host Illinois...

It happens every fall. I fall in love. As the flood waters retreat, and sweltering heat of summer and the tropical rainforest-like humidity that has invaded the Chicagoland area dissipate, kids will get back to school, leaves will start to turn, and in...

After falling in their first two matches during the NIU Invitational last week, the Huskies volleyball team ended on a high note with a three-game sweep over Western Illinois. NIU will hope to build on that win tonight when the Huskies (1-2) host Illinois...

Education began early for the NIU volleyball team, as it went 1-2 this weekend in the NIU Invitational. The Huskies began their campaign against Indiana where NIU held a 2-to-1 game advantage going into the fourth game but was unable to win the match....

A MAC title. That's the goal NIU head volleyball coach Ray Gooden has set this season for his team. "The main expectation is to play at a level where we can compete for the MAC," the sixth-year coach said. Just last year, Gooden and the Huskies won the...

DeKALB | Just because they're freshmen doesn't mean NIU men's soccer coach Steve Simmons new recruiting class won't get a chance to be on the field this season. College Soccer News has ranked NIU's nine new soccer players as the 38th-best recruiting class...

DeKALB | Garrett Wolfe saw it coming from a mile away. We all did. Time and time again, NIU's human water bug has put up with the ‘He's too short, undersized, isn't big enough to play football' sh..., um, stuff. And fans have got to love that SI.com's...