The NIU volleyball team has something its North Star Conference opponents will not have this weekend—a little rest and relaxation. The Huskies (13-3) play host to Akron University Friday in a match moved up to 6 p.m. due to Homecoming festivities. NIU...

As NIU head volleyball coach Pete Waite said, his Huskies "have got their work cut out for them right off the bat." Waite was referring to the start of North Star Conference play which begins in DeKalb, Friday against Akron University. Not only do the...

Fair weather fans take heed. If you're the type of sports fanatic who follows a team to the hilt (but only as long as they're winning) then I've got just the team for you. Introducing the NIU volleyball squad. Not only are the Huskie spikers 13-3 and...

Times they are a changing ... . The NIU volleyball team enters into the last season of North Star Conference play this weekend when it takes on University of Akron and Cleveland State University at home Friday and Saturday. Beginning in the fall of 1992,...

When the USA and Japan women's volleyball teams battle it out Sunday at Chick Evans Field House, expect some of the spotlight to land on the NIU team. "The match will be seen by people from all over," NIU head volleyball coach Pete Waite said. "Fans can...

It wasn't so long ago when high school girls had to keep their athletic dreams within the boundaries of the school gymnasium. But now more than ever, those students are harboring ambitions for a future athletic career in college. The NIU volleyball team...

And so the winning continues ... The NIU volleyball team came away with two more victories this weekend when it defeated both Loyola University and Ball State University at Chick Evans Field House. The Huskies (13-3) took four games (15-3, 15-11, 15-12,...

When the going gets tough, the NIU volleyball team gets even tougher. So does the competition. NIU hopes to avenge last weekend's third season loss to the University of Michigan when Loyola University and Ball State University pay a visit to Chick Evans...

The competition from the Big Ten Conference is proving to be too much for the NIU volleyball team. The Huskies dropped the title bout of the University of Michigan Volleyball Classic to the host team after defeating Georgia State University (15-2, 15-2,...

Sure the NIU volleyball team has amassed an 11-3 mark to date, but as the cliche goes, "You're only as good as your last outing,"—which wasn't very impressive from Head coach Pete Waite's standpoint. The Huskies came up empty in their second try to...

A lot of people in Ann Arbor, MI are talking about the NIU volleyball team. A lot of those people, particularly the head coach for the University of Michigan, Peggy Bradley-Doppes, are talking about the Wolverines versus the Huskies match that closes...

Something unusual happened last night. Something that has only happened once this season. The Huskie volleyball team lost in an exciting match that went down to the wire (12-15, 15-3, 15-7, 11-15, 13-15). The University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers were...