It was three up, three down in NIU's home-opening volleyball matchup vs. Marquette University, Tuesday night. Before the Marquettte Warriors knew what hit them, the Huskies were dominating the court with their quick-thinking offense and scrappy defense....

The NIU volleyball team made quite an impression this weekend at the Kansas Jayhawk Earlybird Classic tournament. The Huskie spikers brought home a pair of three-game victories, three all-tournament picks, and one happy coach. The Huskies (2-1) swept...

Meeting challenges is what first-year coaching is all about, and to meet these challenges one must have a lot of patience. When Pete Waite took over coaching duties for NIU's volleyball team in 1988, he brought with him a strong desire to turn the program...

One of the key ingredients to a contending team is players with the know-how to win. With that in mind, NIU Volleyball Coach Pete Waite has quite a recipe on his hands. In his third year as Huskie boss, Waite will be playing this year's schedule with...

You have not seen a face like this since Linda Blair suffered demonic cramps in The Exorcist. It's a cross between a silent scream and a massive cringe. Kevin Budinger, NIU water polo club goalie, looks like a man who has as much chance to stop a waterproof...

NIU alumni have been forgotten for years, but now the Huskie athletic department has begun a full operation to win their support. All NIU coaches have been occupying the Huskie Stadium press box in an attempt to contact former NIU athletes for donations....

Amidst all of the basketball hoopla, the NIU volleyball team is keeping busy. Especially coach Pete Waite, who has been on the recruiting trail ever since the season ended. To show for his work, Waite landed two top prospects that will fill the outside...

In its constant quest to earn national respect and gain an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament, the North Star Conference has turned its volume up a notch in order to be heard. A notch? Maybe even two. Behind the new leadership of Commissioner Arnold...

There was another Wisconsin victory over an Illinois team Tuesday night, but this one wasn't as renowned as the Packers' win over the Bears on Sunday. The Marquette Warriors (11-18) swept the NIU volleyball team in Milwaukee to end the Huskie regular...

The NIU volleyball team is headed to Wisconsin for its final game of the regular season tonight in a 7:30 p.m. match-up against the Marquette Warriors. The Huskies are going into their final match with a 7-17 overall record and a final conference slate...

"Revenge is in the air," DePaul volleyball coach Anna Marassa said about the her Blue Demon team coming to Chick Evans Field House tonight at 7 p.m. to face NIU in the final North Star Conference match for the two rivals. The NIU volleyball team, 2-3...

A strong hitting game, key substitutions and a little consistency is all the NIU volleyball team needed to capture its first conference victory Saturday night over the Vikings of Cleveland State University at Ohio. The 3-1 North Star Conference victory...