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NIU’s elite athletes look for big seasons

August 25, 1988

Top-caliber athletes dot the lineups of several NIU teams. Here are just a few to look for this season. Cathy Holmes is a strong catalyst for the NIU volleyball team. The senior helped lead her squad last season to a 19-16 overall finish and a second-place...

DePaul’s success may help North Star

By Chris Sigley | March 30, 1988

When the DePaul women's basketball team won the National Invitational Tournament, it shed a new light on a shadowed North Star Conference. "Whenever you have a team in the conference that wins a national title," said NIU Associate Athletic Director Susie...

AMCU conference eyes NIU affiliation

By Jeff Kirik | March 23, 1988

The NIU athletic department has "indicated some interest" in becoming affiliated with Association of Mid-Continent Universities conference, league commissioner F.L. Ferzacca said Tuesday. Ferzacca said he spoke with NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell...

Prop 48 poses a strenuous test

By Jeff Kirik | March 10, 1988

Editor's note: This is the last of a four-part series examining the balancing act athletes must perform between their academic and athletic demands. In August of 1986, Proposition 48 went into effect, putting requirements on which high school athletes...

Huskies take revenge on ND

By Chris Sigley | March 10, 1988

Jane Albright had her share of showers Wednesday night. Following the NIU women's basketball team's 95-74 upset win over Notre Dame in Chick Evans Field House, coach Albright was showered with confetti by fans, only to be greeted with an unscheduled shower...

Huskies and Irish fighting for goals

By Chris Sigley | March 9, 1988

The winner of this finale will walk away smiling. The NIU women's basketball match against Northern Star Conference rival Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m. in Chick Evans Field House will be a rewarding victory for whoever reigns. If NIU walks away a winner, it...

Last b-ball game draws 2,363 fans

By Marianne Renner | March 8, 1988

NIU Night brought 2,363 Huskie fans to the last men's basketball game of the season Monday night at Chick Evans Field House, where four senior players were recognized, a $200 raffle prize was issued and a 300-man card section cheered for the team. Student...

Coaches discuss academic requirements

By Jeff Kirik | March 8, 1988

NIU and other major college institutions have made academic rules to protect the student/athlete, but several NIU coaches say the rules could be improved. The current NIU grade point average rule states athletes must have a 1.70 prior to their second,...

Huskies, Stubbs break barriers

By Chris Sigley | February 18, 1988

They dominated, they broke records, they slaughtered. The NIU women's basketball team couldn't have asked for more, as everybody scored in a dominating 102-70 victory against Detroit Wednesday in Calihan Hall. Junior forward Gena Stubbs added icing to...

Soccer squad takes 16-team indoor meet

By Tom Clegg | February 15, 1988

NIU's soccer team took to the indoor turf this past weekend as coach Willy Roy began looking forward to next season. Roy's boys won the 16-team tournament at Soccer Enterprises, Inc. in Palatine that marked the start of a six-week spring session, during...

Women scrape out road win

By Kari Brackett | February 15, 1988

Taking it one step at a time paid off for the NIU women's basketball team in its 69-67 win over the Marquette Warriors Saturday night at Milwaukee. Before Saturday night's contest, head coach Jane Albright said she just wanted her squad to take each game...

Wingis brings Hoosier basketball to NIU

By Kari Brackett | February 12, 1988

Hoosier basketball in Illinois—can it work? If you ask Dianna Wingis, then the answer is yes. The Indiana native left her home in Hammond and entered a new world at NIU last fall as a member of the women's basketball team. Wingis came to the campus...