Volleyball assistant honored with award NIU volleyball assistant coach Coley Pawlikowski is being recognized for her work with the team. Pawlikowski was one as one of the up-and-coming assistant coaches that was named by the American Volleyball Coaches...
DeKALB | Marke Freeman and Ebony Ellis got the memo that it was Senior Day for the NIU women's basketball team.The Huskies (12-16, 6-9 MAC) duo shined on Saturday at the Convocation Center, propelling their team to victory over Toledo (21-7, 13-2 MAC),...
The NIU women’s basketball team’s second meeting with Western Michigan on Tuesday night was strangely reminiscent of the first. The end result would be the same as the Huskies (11-15, 5-8 MAC) lost in their second meeting against the Broncos (18-9,...
The UCONN women's basketball team is once again ranked No. 1 in the nation, and I feel like I speak for the entire country when I say "thank goodness." Because after all, nothing is more important than women's basketball and having the best team ranked...
Men's golf competing in Arizona tournament to kick off season Head coach Tom Porten and the NIU men's golf team traveled west yesterday to kick off the spring 2011 season at the Washington State Snowman Invitational in Chandler, Ariz. Fourteen teams were...
A successful trip to Ypsilanti, Mich. was not to be had as the Huskies fell to Eastern Michigan 62-35 on Saturday. After beginning the day with eight straight missed shots, center Ebony Ellis put the Huskies (11-15 overall, 5-8 MAC) on the scoreboard...
NIU began the last go-round at MAC West competitors the way it wanted to, handily defeating Central Michigan 59-45 Wednesday night at the Convocation Center. From tip-off, the Huskies (11-14 overall, 5-7 MAC) came out aggressively on both ends of the...
Beating one of the best teams in the MAC West is an accomplishment any way you look at it, but NIU's 59-45 victory over Central Michigan had some asterisks to examine. The Chippewas (16-8 overall, 8-4 MAC) showed up at the Convocation Center on Wednesday...
Track & Field places four in top 10Four top-10 finishes highlighted the NIU Track & Field team's performance at the Iowa State Classic over the weekend. Senior sprinter Rasheta Butler finished third in the 400-meter dash and Courtney Oldenburg...
For the second time this season, the NIU women's basketball team played an additional five minutes of basketball. For the first time, the team claimed victory at the end, taming Buffalo in a decisive overtime period to take the game 61-53, snapping the...
E.C. Hill knows a thing or two about NIU basketball.She's done about all you could with the Huskies: six years as an assistant coach, a two-time player MVP and she's an NIU Hall of Famer. Not a shabby resume. Hill took some time to talk with the Northern...
A freshman athlete will sometimes look up to an upperclassman as an example they'd like to emulate. When the NIU women's basketball team met the incoming freshman this season, the coaches wanted to pair the underclassmen with players they could connect...
