Rain washed away the final day of the women’s golf MAC Championships as NIU finished sixth in the conference, its best finish since 1999. The Huskies finished with a two-round 649, 39 strokes behind champion Kent State. Leading the way for NIU was Jackie...

After splitting a pair of matches against MAC opponents over the weekend, NIU’s Chrissy Svetlic was named MAC Player of the Week on Tuesday. Over the past week, Svetlic won all four of her singles and doubles matches. "She’s playing rather high in...

Women’s tennis The NIU women’s tennis team comes home today for a non-conference match against DePaul at 1 p.m. at the West Campus Courts. The Huskies (5-7 overall, 1-4 MAC) broke a four-match losing streak and won their first MAC match of the year...

The NIU men’s tennis team kept up its winning ways at home with its 5-2 win over Valparaiso on Friday. The Huskies (9-6) won four of six singles matches to improve to 4-0 at their home-away-from-home in Rockford. Seniors Willy Gali and Erick Martinez...

Junior college transfer Cory Sims was announced as the NIU men’s basketball team’s most valuable player at Monday night’s end of season banquet. The 6-foot-1 guard was third on the team in scoring (9.6 ppg) and first in assists (4.75 apg) while...

After missing almost all of the 2004 season because of injury, NIU slugger Mike Santoro is back in a big way. The senior outfielder hit three home runs in the Huskies’ season opening series at Texas Tech and on Monday was named the MAC West Division...

The fall season for the NIU women’s golf team ended with high praise from coach Pam Tyska. Led by sophomore Lisa Bailey, the Huskies captured their second victory of the season at the Huskie Classic. “It’s been our best season in a decade,” said...

The deciding Game 5 of the NIU Fall World Series was dominated by pitcher Nick Hall in a 2-1 NIU Cardinal victory over NIU Black in 10 innings Thursday afternoon. The win gave the Cardinals a 3-2 victory in the five-game series. Hall pitched all 10 innings,...

The NIU men’s wrestling team will begin its 2005 campaign as the co-favorite to win the MAC. The MAC preseason poll gave NIU and defending champion Central Michigan a tie for the top spot. “The easy part is done,” said NIU coach Dave Grant. “It’s...

For the second straight week, freshman Zach Jecklin led the NIU men’s golf team. Jecklin scored the best collegiate round of his career with a 1-under-par 71 in Sunday’s final round at the Iowa Intercollegiate in Iowa City, Iowa. His final score of...

NIU golfer Lisa Bailey received her first individual title while leading the NIU women’s golf team to a win Tuesday at the Western Illinois Westerwind Classic. The win was the Huskies’ first team title since 1994. Bailey was able to outduel defending...

Huskie basketball left American soil for the first time during the NIU women’s 11-day trip to Europe for a five-game tournament. P "Between playing ball and sight-seeing, it was quite an experience," NIU coach Carol Hammerle said. "I can’t think of...