Schwankl, Stallworth, Lau and Alexander. These names are not as common as Hill, Conner, Wingis and Burkholder. Yet someday in the future they will be the backbone of NIU's rapidly rising women's basketball program. This year's group of newcomers—three...

Twas the season of the pup. One year later, those pups have grown up and are ready to start barking at and biting anyone that steps in their path. As the NIU women's basketball motto implies, this team is definitely "a breed apart" from the group that...

For three years they have done the little things that make life a little easier for both NIU head coach Jane Albright-Dieterle and the women's basketball team. Whether it's getting a water bottle or a towel, being an extra body in practice to help with...

To quote Napoleon Hill, "One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile." Based on the mood at Wednesday's NIU Women's Basketball Media Luncheon, there's no question that Jane Albright-Dieterle's team will...

Last May 6, the decision to drop the women's field hockey program in favor of a women's soccer program was made by the NIU Athletic Board. Consequently, the board thought that it would be left at that. However, a complaint was filed last week due to the...

The NIU women's basketball team will find itself working harder for rebounds this year because the team will be without last year's rebounding leader. Angela Lockett, who collected a team-high 264 boards in 1991-92, will undergo arthroscopic surgery on...

This should be a banner year for NIU women's basketball, and when the team takes the floor Dec. 1, the squad will look to Cindy Conner to lead the way to victory. Conner, a senior physical education major, was last year's leading scorer at 18.4 points...

Just how long does 2 1/2 weeks mean to a basketball team? "We have to implement our defensive system in one week. Last year, we had three weeks to work on it," said NIU women's mastermind Jane Albright-Dieterle, just three days into the daily grind of...

The annual Mid-Continent Conference Basketball Media Day has taken its course, and it offered a little bit of everything. A warm day in the Windy City. The induction of a program known as the Penguins. And the team picked to finish first will be led by...

It was a day of firsts for women's basketball and more specifically, for Jane Albright-Dieterle's NIU program. Here at the Drake Hotel on Wednesday, the women officially joined forces with the men at the Mid-Continent Conference's Basketball Media Day....

Go west young man. That is exactly what Pete Waite is going to do as he takes the NIU volleyball team to the Golden State this weekend. The team heads to Long Beach, Calif., tonight for a match with the 49ers of Long Beach State University Thursday in...

New rules regarding basketball practice have NIU's coaches trying to become more organized. Last year, in response to charges that college basketball was leaving too little time for student-athletes to study, the NCAA moved back the first practice days...