When I found out I was going to inherit the task of covering the women's volleyball team, I didn't know what to expect. I took a look at the media guide and saw the team had a rather successful season last year, finishing 24-9. I thought to myself the...

Every day, Sara Lein walks onto the volleyball court and thanks her lucky stars. After winning the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Player of the Year award at Fairfield in 1998, the senior outside hitter decided to follow coach Todd Kress to NIU. Unfortunately...

Cheers were let out as the NIU volleyball team found out where it was headed in the NCAA Tournament Monday. It did not take long into the NCAA selection show, as the Huskies were announced only four matches into the show, heading to No. 17 Northern Iowa...

NIU volleyball coach Todd Kress was expecting Saturday's MAC championship game to go a full five games. Much to Kress' surprise, the Huskies defeated Ball State in three games, winning 30-21, 30-17, 30-24, claiming the MAC Tournament Championship and...

Sept. 1 was the last — and only time — the NIU volleyball team lost a home game this season. Almost three months later, NIU is all the more excited about obtaining home-court advantage throughout the MAC conference tournament. The Huskies have accumulated...

Winning the MAC regular season championship was a big goal for the NIU volleyball team, but many goals have still yet to be obtained with the conference tournament starting today. "It's a nice accomplishment and I'm very proud of the kids," said coach...

Jenny Bowman is part of a team that set its place in NIU history with a MAC title and a new school record for consecutive wins. However, NIU wouldn't have accomplished any of those feats without Bowman setting up the NIU offense every play. Bowman has...

With the Mid-American Conference title between NIU and Ball State, it's down to winning a pair of road games to keep the tournament in DeKalb. Volleyball coach Todd Kress knows that this weekend, after playing for nearly a month at home, his team will...

Downing Eastern Michigan on Friday during Senior Night at Chick Evans Field House, the NIU volleyball team advanced its win streak to 17 games. Losing 3-1 to the Eagles Sept. 19 earlier this season, NIU regrouped to sweep the match. "Eastern Michigan...

Despite being Senior Night at Chick Evans Field House, the three seniors on the NIU volleyball team acted like it wasn't their last home game. Carrie Blankenship, Sara Lein and Jen Scarpino played their last regular season home game at the Field House,...

Senior Carrie Blankenship doesn't believe that her last regular-season home match is already here. "It's so weird that it's senior night," said the Huskie outside hitter. "You go through being here for four years and every year there's a senior night...

The longest rivalry for the NIU volleyball team continued Tuesday night, as the Huskies defeated UIC to distinguish them alone in the NIU record books with 16 wins in a row. This year's team broke its tie with the 1992 and '93 teams with a 3-1 victory...