With the MAC open for the taking, the NIU women's basketball team looks to move up in the rankings. The Huskies (8-13 overall, 4-4 MAC) travel to Bowling Green to take on the Falcons (16-6, 5-3) at 1 p.m. Saturday. NIU has had a week to recuperate from...

The NIU women's track team swept its competition and returned with a first-place finish Saturday at the Tadd Metzger Invitational. The Huskies scored 197 points with eight first-place finishes while winning every field event except the pole vault. NIU...

Once again, the road was an unfriendly place for the NIU women's basketball team. NIU fell at Akron Sunday, 78-71, ending the Huskies' (8-13 overall, 4-4 MAC) three-game winning streak. "If you look at the stats, we should have won," NIU head coach Carol...

Coming from behind and winning on the road last weekend was a good way to pick up the team. The NIU women's basketball team came out of the gate firing on all cylinders. In a 77-63 win over Buffalo (10-10 overall, 3-4 MAC), the Huskies led by as much...

Heading into this week, the NIU women's basketball team had yet to win consecutive games. After Thursday's contest against Buffalo, the Huskies now have a three-game winning streak. NIU used a strong first half to take care of business at home, beating...

NIU: Coach's Take NIU head coach Carol Owens knows that rebounding and the Huskies' presence in the paint is going to be a major factor. "We feel that we are a pretty good rebounding team," Owens said. "On the defensive end we have to have all five people...

Looking at a double-digit halftime deficit on the road has been a bad omen this season for the NIU women's basketball team. But this time, the team didn't even flinch. An offensive explosion in the second half keyed the Huskies to a 77-74 victory over...

A huge test looms as the NIU women's basketball team hits the interstate in search of its first road win. NIU (6-12 overall, 2-3 MAC) squares off with Miami (Ohio) Saturday at 1 p.m. The Huskies come off a 69-49 win over Toledo Wednesday and look to continue...

When it rains it pours, and NIU's women's basketball team was raining on Toledo Wednesday night. An impressive first half on both sides of the ball paced the Huskies on the way to a big 69-49 win over the visiting Toledo Rockets. "I was very pleased with...

The NIU women's basketball team had total control Wednesday night at the Convocation Center, particularly on one area of the floor. The Huskies controlled the paint as Shari' Welton and Whitney Lowe combined for 20 rebounds in NIU's 69-49 victory over...

NIU (5-12, 1-3) vs. Toledo (9-7, 2-2) 7 p.m. at the Convocation Center Coach's Take NIU NIU head coach Carol Owens sees the importance of defense. "Our defense is going to win games for us," Owens said. "I think our team feels comfortable at home, but...

NIU's road woes continue as the women's basketball team fell 75-51 to Western Michigan on Saturday. "I don't know if it's the struggle of playing on the road and how tough it is to be on the road, but we've got to find a way to get together and fight...