With a one-point lead in the fifth game, the NIU women’s volleyball team needed one more big play to knock off Kent State on Saturday. That play came from Corinne Walsh. Getting a set from Marie Zidek, Walsh put down her ninth kill of the night to give...

After playing nine-straight matches without its starting lineup intact, the NIU volleyball team will be back to full strength when it hits the road this weekend. The Huskies (5-10 overall, 0-2 MAC) begin the weekend against Buffalo at 7 p.m. today and...

After being honored before Tuesday’s home match, Tera Lobdell showed why she is NIU’s all-time kills leader on the court as the Huskies swept Chicago State. Three days after breaking Amber Howard’s career kills record, the senior outside hitter...

With the victory over Chicago State on Tuesday, the NIU volleyball team gained some much-needed momentum. The Huskies will try to use that momentum when they head to Buffalo (7-8 overall, 0-2 MAC) to open a stretch of four-straight MAC matches. The Huskies...

NIU intramurals are underway with 450 students playing 16-inch softball, the largest turnout in the Office of Campus Recreation’s 19-year history. Softball was able to add six teams to its usual 34-team lineup this year because of more student interest....

For the first time in three weeks, NIU gets to be the home team when they take on Chicago State (6-8) at 7 p.m. today at Victor E. Court. After a nine-match road trip in which the Huskies (4-10) went 2-7, home will be a welcome sight. “We need to get...

As MAC play begins this weekend, the NIU volleyball team is finally getting close to healthy. The Huskies (4-8) continue their string of what will be nine-straight road matches at 7 p.m. tonight against Eastern Michigan and wrap up versus Bowling Green...

Loyola’s eight-match winning streak came to an end Tuesday when the NIU women’s volleyball team took down the host Ramblers in straight games Tuesday at Loyola. Behind the double team of Tera Lobdell and Kate McCullagh, who had 16 and 17 kills respectively,...

NIU volleyball coach Ray Gooden returns to his old stomping grounds tonight when the Huskies visit Loyola in the final week of their three-week road trip. NIU (3-8) begins its match against the Ramblers (8-3) at 7 p.m. at Alumni Gym in Chicago. A third-year...

After starting the weekend with an opening-round victory, the NIU volleyball team dropped its final two matches of the Northern Iowa Invitational and fell to 3-8 on the season. On her birthday, middle blocker Kate McCullagh, 20, had a career-high 27 kills...

The NIU volleyball team will try to even up its road record at the Northern Iowa Invitational after going 0-3 at the Duke Invitational last weekend. The Huskies (2-6) begin the weekend against South Florida at 5 p.m. today, with Saturday matches against...

Editor’s note: Five minutes with is a weekly question and answer session with someone in NIU athletics. It is intended to show the lighter side of an athlete. Sophomore middle blocker Kate McCullagh has emerged as an offensive force for the NIU volleyball...