Laura Baetzel never really planned on getting involved in volleyball. In fact, it was quite the opposite. "I hated volleyball," Baetzel said. "My older sister always dragged me to her tournaments and I thought it was so annoying." But in fifth grade Baetzel...

DeKALB | For two games the NIU volleyball team hung with No. 21 Ohio. But in the end, the Huskies just didn't have enough firepower to keep up. After beating Kent State 3-1 on Friday, NIU fell short against the Bobcats, losing 25-30 in Game 1, winning...

DeKALB | The NIU volleyball team will get a head check this weekend when it faces a pair of tough road matches against Kent State on Friday at 6 p.m. and Ohio on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. NIU (14-6 overall, 7-1 MAC) is riding a four-match win streak. But...

DeKALB | After winning at Ball State for the first time in 14 years, the NIU volleyball team has a four-game MAC West lead. Off to its best conference start since 1997, a main reason for the team's success is the play of sophomore outside hitter Irene...

DeKALB | With the season getting close to the end and the NIU volleyball team playing well, it's only fitting for the Huskies to receive national attention at some point. Garrett Wolfe is no longer the only reason the nation knows of NIU. Senior libero...

DeKALB | For the NIU women's volleyball team to sweep the weekend, it needed to do something it had not done in 14 years — win at Ball State. The Huskies lost Game 1 27-30 but came back to win the next three games 30-16, 30-24 and 30-25 to defeat Ball...

DeKALB | The NIU volleyball team looks to continue their reign over the MAC West this weekend by facing the only two remaining division opponents. The Huskies (12-6 overall, 5-1 MAC) will be away for both matches, facing Toledo today at 6 p.m. in Toledo,...

DeKALB | For NIU volleyball coach Ray Gooden, the only difference between Saturday's 3-2 win over Eastern Michigan and losing was one or two plays. "We turned a play or two," Gooden said. "But that's about it." After beating the Eagles 30-22 and 30-26...

DeKALB | Deja vu will soon strike the NIU volleyball team. In less than two weeks the Huskies have played Central and Eastern Michigan. This time though, the matches are at home for NIU. The Huskies (10-6 overall, 3-1 MAC) will face off against CMU and...

There was no welcome party. No banners were put up. No celebration of any kind. For Mandi Caputo, her "Welcome to DeKalb" came in a different form — a toad. Caputo was coming back from class to her apartment and there the toad sat, all brown and warty....

DeKALB | There were many ups and downs during NIU volleyball's five-game loss to MAC West leader Bowling Green Saturday in DeKalb. The Huskies won the first game by eight, lost the next two by a combined 18 points, won Game 4 by two and lost Game 5 by...

DeKALB | NIU's volleyball team is going back to a time when Sisqo's "The Thong Song" was topping the charts with its win over Western Michigan Thursday night. For the first time since 2000, the Huskies won their first three conference games after their...