Mission accomplished. The NIU women's volleyball team (14-8) set out to prove some things this weekend and did precisely that with two convincing North Star Conference victories. On Friday, the Huskies, 5-1 in conference play, outplayed Wisconsin-Green...

NIU football coach Jerry Pettibone told a small gathering at the weekly coaches luncheon Thursday that while the Huskies have suffered a stage of "emotional dropoff", the squad is on its way back up. Despite a two-game losing streak, (losses to Toledo,...

The NIU women's volleyball team started out hot last night against Illinois-Chicago, but the Flames extinguished the Huskies' fire and came out on top in four games by scores of 15-12, 10-15, 14-16 and 8-15. The North Star Conference opening loss dropped...

With more than half the season finished, the NIU volleyball team will shift gears and race into the North Star Conference season. The Huskies (9-7) open their conference schedule today against the Illinois-Chicago Flames (11-11) at 7:30 p.m. NIU head...

The NIU women's volleyball team split two matches in California over the weekend to advance its season record to 9-7. The Huskies battled U.S. International Thursday night and posted a hard-earned 15-12, 15-13, 17-15 victory at the M. Larry Lawrence Jewish...

Two weeks of intense practice halfway paid off as the NIU volleyball team posted a split in its dual road games over the weekend. The Huskies defeated Bowling Green State 17-19, 15-10, 15-10, 15-7, and lost 15-9, 15-9, 15-4 to Michigan State. NIU coach...

In the realm of sports, a place most people deem as a "man's world," one woman has entered the sacred territory. She is the commissioner of the Gateway Conference, and she is the only woman to supervise a man's sport. She is Patty Viverito. The NIU graduate...

Sports editor's note: Due to production error, this is a corrected version of the story printed yesterday. The NIU women's volleyball team came out flat against a strong Wisconsin team Monday night and lost a heartbreaker in four games by scores of 15-8,...

Despite an aggressive 8-0 jump in the first match, the NIU volleyball team lost to Illinois State in a four-game decision Monday in Bloomington. With a disappointing .073 team hitting percentage, the 6-4 Huskies were shot down by the 7-2 Redbirds in 15-9,...

The volleyball team contributed its share to NIU's winning weekend by sweeping the Huskie Invitational which was held Friday and Saturday in Chick Evans Field House. On a roll from their 3-0 weekend streak, the spikers carry their overall 6-3 record into...

A campus activities support group will co-sponsor a co-ed mud volleyball tournament to which the DeKalb Fire Department will donate 1,000 gallons of water. Chris Lussow, president of the student group OPRA, said this will be the fifth year of the tournament,...

The Kansas State Wildcats and the Mississippi Lady Rebels will invade DeKalb to participate in the NIU Triangular volleyball tournament this weekend. And NIU head volleyball coach Pete Waite put his Huskies through a rigorous four-hour practice Thursday...