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,...

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...

NIU volleyball players Wendy Mason and Amy Foulke were most likely the life of post-victory celebrations this weekend when the Huskies went 3-0 and earned a first-place finish in the Huskie Invitational. Mason, a 5-10 junior, and Foulke a 6-0 sophomore,...

Look up the word amazing and the definition may have changed over the weekend to mean "the NIU volleyball team." In the minds of anyone on hand for the Huskie Invitational, the definition has stuck. NIU captured the tournament crown by going undefeated...

NIU assistant volunteer volleyball coach, Mark Swaya, has a unique coaching role outside of his new position with the Huskies. Swaya is the head coach of the U.S. Mens' Deaf National Volleyball Team. It is a role Swaya prides himself in, and for good...

The Windy City got a little windier Tuesday when the NIU volleyball team blew away Northeastern Illinois University, 15-5, 15-2, 15-9. The Huskies' three-game sweep marks four straight victories for NIU (6-1) and puts Northeastern at 1-3 for the season....

The most Northeastern Illinois University's head volleyball coach Deborah Ofcky can hope for is improvement. Considering Ofcky's two-year coaching mark at Northeastern is 4-67, it seems the only way for the third-year boss and her squad to go is up. Yet,...

The 1990 "broom" is out of the closet and back in the hands of this year's NIU volleyball team. The Huskies (5-1) defeated both Eastern Illinois University, Friday, and Bradley University, Saturday, in a double three-game sweep for the weekend. EIU suffered...

Opening games and season debuts are over ... now it's full speed ahead. With the NIU volleyball team's first home match just under its belt and a 2-1 showing at the Colorado State Tournament last weekend, the Huskies (3-1) pack up for road matches against...

Head volleyball coach Pete Waite left the Colorado State University Tournament this weekend breathing a little easier. Not only did his team play its first game of the season, but the Huskies walked away with a 2-1 finish and two All-Tournament players....

The parts have been assigned, the script is memorized, and the opening night is about to begin. With preseason and "dress rehearsals" behind them, the NIU volleyball team heads into the season-opening Colorado State-Holiday Inn Invitational tournament...