With a full week to prepare for a Western Illinois rematch, whom NIU easily defeated just less than a month ago, the Huskies are riding high after a tough battle with MVC powerhouse ISU. Now they are ready to give head coach Pete Waite a title he rightfully...

Family and friends of the NIU volleyball team received more than they bargained for Tuesday night when they were witness to not one but two of the most dramatic comebacks ever encountered by an NIU volleyball team. While trailing by scores of 13-7 in...

Well, it would appear that NIU will remain in the Mid-Continent Conference after all. According to Star sources, the presidents of Missouri Valley Conference voted to extend an invitation to the University of Evansville while voting down NIU's bid. That...

Illinois State University is invading DeKalb and Chick Evans Field House tonight to avenge a loss handed to them by the Huskies in Normal last year. The traditionally dominant team in the state doesn't like losing to the underdog on their home floor....

Not since 1973 had NIU beaten an ISU volleyball team, but after 19 years of torment the Huskies put it all together last year and wrapped up only their 11th victory in 36 attempts. Not since 1975-1981 had an NIU volleyball coach recorded 139 victories,...

As the women's volleyball squad arrives in Wisconsin today to face the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the University of Wisconsin, they will attempt to accomplish two feats. Not only will they make an effort to increase a seemingly unsurpassable...

After leaving California, cruising through the first half of the season, then crawling out of Texas, the NIU volleyball squad had to think the worst was over. They could downshift gears, walk over their opponents and hopefully be ready for the NCAA tournament....

Though the NIU women's volleyball team did extend their perfect Mid-Continent Conference record to 11-0 over the weekend, it wasn't easy. The Huskies experienced a mild letdown on Friday against Wright State and on Saturday it got a little worse against...

The NIU women's volleyball team steps back into Mid-Continent Conference action this weekend to try and sweep through the second half of their schedule. Wright State University and Eastern Illinois University will try to halt the Huskie stranglehold that...

The NIU women's volleyball team did something they weren't used to doing last weekend. They lost two out of three matches. That doesn't happen very often. The last time the Huskies lost two in one weekend, was almost a year ago when the squad traveled...

Three days, three matches and hopefully three wins. That's what the NIU women's volleyball team will be traveling to Texas for this weekend. It won't be easy, however, for unlike the Mid-Continent Conference, these three teams can match the Huskies' firepower...

As the culmination of five Huskie volleyball careers nears, head coach Pete Waite wants this to be the year all of the pieces in a puzzle that took four years to attain come together. NIU's squad seemed nearly complete having five seniors, two of which...