Despite being a member of the North Star Conference for only two years, the NIU women's sports program has established itself as a league powerhouse. By winning two NSC crowns and finishing second in two other sports, NIU claimed the 1988-89 NSC All-Sports...

"We blew the doors off both of them, to be blunt," volleyball club president Rob Uhwat said about his team's victories last weekend. NIU defeated Quincy College 15-1, 15-5, 15-9 and Illinois 15-2, 15-5, 15-4 during Saturday's triangular match at Illinois....

NIU's baseball club will visit North Central College on Thursday for their first game of the spring. The team was originally scheduled to play games in Florida over spring break but funds could not be raised in time. "I don't know if we'll play with the...

In the hopes of naming a new men's basketball coach by May 22, the NIU Athletic Department is implementing a national search to fill the position. Associate Athletic Director Cary Groth said Monday a 12-member search committee is in the process of being...

Northern Illinois University is the best kept secret in the Midwest. If that sounds familiar it's probably because every NIU coach and athletic department administrator has said that at one time or another. Now we know why. The Huskies are getting virtually...

A little pressure never hurt anyone. But it sure can make a difference in a basketball game. Akron University threw a full-court press at the NIU men's basketball team in chick Evans Field House Monday night that shredded the Huskies' offense and unfastened...

If landing a promotion was Cary Groth's New Year's resolution, it sure didn't take her long to reach her goal. On Jan. 6, NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell announced that Groth had been promoted to an associate athletic director. Groth 32, had been...

Another women's volleyball season came to an end. Not exactly earth-shattering news, unless 13-game winning streaks and conference championships count for something. For a team that started the season with a new coaching staff, NIU's 22-8 record is pretty...

NIU's volleyball team came into the North Star Conference Championship match Sunday at Chick Evans Field House an underdog to Illinois-Chicago, but the Huskies went out champions. The Huskies snuffed the Flames in a three-game sweep Sunday to win the...

Chicago White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk was on hand at Chick Evans Field House to compliment NIU's volleyball team for its efforts in winning the North Star Conference title. Fish, however, had been pulling for Illinois-Chicago. Fisk, whose daughter Carlyn...

Even though the NIU women's volleyball team isn't the odds-on favorite to capture the North Star Conference title this weekend, it stands a pretty good chance of winning it. Why? Simple. The Huskies have won eight-straight matches and haven't lost an...

Things will not be easy for NIU volleyball coach Pete Waite and his team this weekend. The second-year coach contends with fellow North Star Conference member DePaul at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Alumni Hall. The match against the Blue Demons airs on SportsVision...