Returning five starters from a 24-9 season, the NIU volleyball team is optimistic about this season, but they face a tough hurdle out of the gates this weekend in the NIU Best Western Invitational at Chick Evans Fieldhouse. Starting Friday night at 7:00...

NIU football coach Joe Novak knows when deciding on a college, student-athletes look for different things, leading toward one main goal: receiving a good education. However, athletes usually look for much more. They look not only for technology in the...

Despite a few bumps in the road, the NIU volleyball team is working hard to continue its stellar play this fall, looking to top last year's 24-9 record. Wrapping up their spring season tomorrow, the team has been busy training since the season ended Nov....

I know many students like yourself hate the idea of having to fund NIU's new $36 million project through student fees, but our athletic programs will never get any respect if we don't have the presentation to back it up. With all the gripes students have...

Junior wrestler Scott Owen added another award to his list of accomplishments after being named to the Verizon/CoSIDA Academic All-District V Fall/Winter At-Large team. The team recognizes student athletes who compete in wrestling, cross country, fencing,...

The freshman swatted and spiked four Marshall shots in the NIU men's basketball team's 94-66 loss. And he managed his swinging success while guarding the Herd's go-to guy. Smallwood was given the toughest defensive assignment of his season by being asked...

When Jan Rintala competed in sports during her high school days in the 1960s, she did so without realizing the vast difference in athletic opportunities for men and women. Today marks the 15th anniversary of National Girls and Women in Sport Day, which...

The fall semester produced 85 student athletes with grade-point averages above 3.5 — each winning recognition from a phone-service provider. Each year, student athletes from select schools are honored by Verizon Telecommunications for their academic...

NIU Sports Information director Mike Korcek remembers when Will Hancock would come to Chick Evans Field House. He recalls one year during the Midwestern Collegiate Conference volleyball tournament, Hancock played computer games with another sports information...

As we close the book on one of the most insane years in sports history, this is a time to reflect on the excitement, ecstasy, achievements and grief that encompassed all of 1993. First and foremost—Michael Jordan's retirement. For the younger generation...

The NIU volleyball team has a tough assignment ahead of them in the second round of the NCAA tournament at Penn State this Saturday night. The Lady Lions are ranked 7th nationally, and are currently 27-4 (18-2 in the Big Ten; 1st) and 200-9 in their last...

From the beginning of the season, the NIU volleyball team had only one ultimate goal: get to the NCAA tournament and win. The first part of their goal has been completed. The second part begins tonight at 4 p.m. at the Chick Evans Fieldhouse when arch-rival...