ere hung low and spirits were exhausted after a victory eluded the Huskies Friday night in a five-game loss to Toledo. Twenty-four hours later, Victor E. Court was packed with players screaming and jumping in a euphoric celebration as the Huskies won...

Two steps forward and two steps back has been the MAC pattern of play for the NIU women’s soccer team. To get back to .500 in conference, NIU (4-7-2, 2-4 MAC) must pass the tough tests posed by Central Michigan today at noon and Eastern Michigan at...

In her sophomore year she became the master of kills on the volleyball court. Now, after receiving her communication degree from NIU in 2003, Tenisha Wilkins studies at Chicago State to become a master of English so she can teach high school. However,...

Kate McCullagh has been inspired by three main influ-ences in her life: her parents, Michael Jordan and her friend Danielle Miller. Miller and McCullagh were teammates for the Sky High club volleyball team before Miller became a walk-on at North Carolina-Charlotte....

Momentum and consistency intricacies are part of any student’s nightmare in a physics class. For the NIU volleyball team, momentum and consistency were more than theoretical problems this weekend as the team either lived or died by its success in these...

Head coach Ray Gooden predicts he needs four of his players to record kills in double-digits to be successful this weekend. This feat was achieved last weekend when Kate McCullagh, Joelle Beisel, Amy Ward and Corinne Walsh helped lead the Huskies to a...

Junior middle blocker Kate McCullagh may be leading the NCAA in kills per game, but coach Ray Gooden attributed the Huskies’ win against Bowling Green on Sunday to his defense. "Our defenders played absolutely amazing," Gooden said. He singled out Marie...

For the first two games in Kalamazoo, coach Ray Gooden watched his NIU volleyball team dominate a Western Michigan team on both sides of the ball. But just when the Huskies were ready to shut the door, the host Broncos charged back to take the next three...

It’s been a week of stats and ranks for the NIU volleyball team. Junior middle-blocker Kate McCullagh moved into first place in the nation in kills per game, at 5.98, after this weekend’s games, while teammate Gina Guide moved into fifth place all-time...

NIU volleyball coach Ray Gooden barked, "Block three balls and we win this match," to his team as they went into game five against Central Michigan on Saturday night at Victor E. Court. Middle blocker Kate McCullagh, produced a block early in the game...

Win. That simple word, confidently said by sophomore outside hitter Amy Ward, describes the entire NIU volleyball team’s goal for this weekend. Coach Ray Gooden agrees with his sophomore player. Gooden has had his team focused on winning during practice...

When any starter leaves a team, the coach is obligated to find the best possible replacement to make up for the lost production. But when a star player who holds almost every offensive record in school history departs, the coach is forced to realign the...