Women’s Basketball is ready for a new and improved season as it welcomes new head coach Lisa Carlsen.Carlsen signed with NIU in late June this year after having an impressive run in her eight seasons at Lewis University. Her accolades include an appearance...
With the lack of recent success for women’s basketball, a coach with a great history of winning can only be a positive step in the right direction for the program.Women’s basketball finally ended its search for a new head coach, hiring Lisa Carlsen...
The family of Lisa Carlsen, women's basketball head coach, sits in attendance Tuesday at a press conference. "I was laughing because I said there's not very many times that we're all together in one spot," Carlsen said about her family. "But to have them...
Lisa Carlsen, former women's basketball head coach at Lewis University in Romeoville, will coach women's basketball for the 2015-16 season.Athletics Director Sean Frazier said Carlsen, who led Lewis to four NCAA appearances, was the right fit for the...
Women’s basketball continues its search for a head coach after the resignation of Kathi Bennett on April 29.Although the team struggled throughout Bennett’s tenure, the resignation came as a surprise. What’s more surprising is the team has yet to...
Kathi Bennett, who resigned as the women’s basketball head coach on Wednesday, lived and breathed basketball; her unbriddled passion and fire for basketball adds to the mystery of her resignation from NIU without any mention of why.Bennett was wholeheartedly...
Kathi Bennett, women’s basketball head coach, has resigned, according to a Wednesday Athletics news release.Bennett leaves behind a record of 57 wins and 93 losses in five seasons. She took the Huskies to the MAC Tournament all five seasons, going 3-5.The...
A quartet of women's basketball student-athletes were named to the Academic All-MAC Team, the conference announced Monday.Seniors Amanda Corral, Alex Dumoulin, Danny Pulliam and Jenna Thorp made the cut for the award. Student-athletes must have a 3.20...
Women’s basketball won 12 games and lost 17 times in 2014-15. It went 8-10 in conference play and was bounced from the MAC Tournament in the first round. It registered only three victories away from home.Yet, 2014-15 proved to be head coach Kathi Bennett’s...
What happenedNo. 8 seed women’s basketball’s season came to an abrupt end as it lost to the No. 9 seed Central Michigan Chippewas, 49-44, in the first round of the MAC Tournament on Monday at the Convocation Center.How it happenedSenior guard Amanda...
Women's basketball will host its first postseason game since 2012 when it welcomes the Central Michigan Chippewas to DeKalb.The No. 8 seed Huskies (12-16, 8-10 MAC) will host the No. 9 seed Chippewas (12-17, 7-11 MAC) in the first round of the MAC Tournament...
Women’s basketball will host the Central Michigan Chippewas in the first round of the MAC Tournament Monday in DeKalb.Based on standings and tiebreakers, Saturday results are irrelevant; NIU will host Central Michigan no matter what happens.NIU is 1-1...
