In a true display of gut determination and desire the NIU volleyball team was crowned the North Star Conference champion this weekend. The key words here are determination and desire. Had it not been for NIU's never-say-die game plan, the championship...

The NIU volleyball team collected an impressive set of souvenirs during it's trip to the last North Star Conference Finals this weekend. Try an NSC championship, an automatic bid to a national tournament, three all-conference player awards and the Newcomer...

The NIU volleyball team's Shelby Snyder could be one of NIU's greatest unsung heroes. In her first season with the Huskies, the starting freshman setter has yet to receive any "player-of-the-week" honors, all-tournament recognition or tournament MVP awards....

While the Huskies are preparing for their conference championships (Nov. 23-24), Wichita State University is offering the NIU volleyball team the ultimate practice session—a four team tournament held Friday and Saturday The University of Tulsa (8-21),...

Tearing a page out of Dorothy's notebook, the NIU volleyball team utilized the "there's no place like home," theme in defeating the Western Illinois Westerwinds Saturday at Chick Evans Field House. NIU thanked its fans for their support throughout the...

It took a couple years of on-the-court experience, but NIU volleyball player Wendy Mason has finally found her niche on the team. Mason, a 5-10 junior from Lyons, Colo., is having her best season ever. Mason was named to three all-tournament teams in...

The NIU volleyball team can relax now that regular season conference matches are behind it, right? Check again. The only thing the Huskies plan on relaxing is their coach, Pete Waite, who would like to see NIU defeat intrastate rival DePaul University...

The NIU volleyball team dealt with the cold this weekend by raising the temperature indoors as it took on the Illinois State Redbirds and conference foe Wisconsin Green-Bay. NIU managed to up its conference record to 4-2 and its overall slate to 18-6...

Talk about big weekends. The NIU volleyball team (17-5, 3-2) hosts Illinois State Friday and travels to the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay for its last regular season North Star Conference match on Saturday. ISU and Huskie meetings are always big rivalries,...

With only two North Star Conference matches remaining, the NIU volleyball team is hungrier than ever to make those matches triumphant. But the University of Illinois-Chicago would like to take itself off the menu and dish up a win of its own against NIU...

The NIU volleyball team had an unusual weekend—unusual in the sense that the Huskies not only lost once, but twice against North Star Conference foes Wright State University and Valparaiso University. NIU's bad luck started Friday in an upset loss against...

Heard the one about Pete and Repeat? Forget the grade school joke about the two boys being out on a boat ... NIU's head volleyball coach Pete Waite would like "Repeat" to stay right next to him this weekend. Waite and the Huskies (15-3) hope to duplicate...