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NIU’s sports teams hit the road again

April 3, 1992

Yet another weekend is here, which means some of NIU's teams are on the road again. ‘The men's tennis team carries a three-game winning streak to Valparaiso Saturday for its season openers in the Mid-Continent Conference. The Huskies (6-12) meet the...

Huskie women’s golf team finishes strong

March 30, 1992

If momentum counts, then it's no wonder coach Pam Tyska feels as if her NIU women's golf team picked up a victory by the end of Sunday's final round of the Western Kentucky University Lady Hilltopper Invitational. Granted the Huskies finished only fourth...

Huskie women golfers ready to tee off

By Laura Higgins | February 27, 1992

While temperatures still hover around the freezing mark in DeKalb, the Huskie women's golf team is in full swing, making use of the indoor facilities on the NIU campus. The Huskies have been weight conditioning since the end of their fall season and have...

$10,000 for ‘nutritional supplements’ questioned

By Steve Dennis | January 16, 1992

Senior Associate Athletic Director Cary Groth has designed a committee to define the use of $10,000 for an athletic training fund referred to as "nutritional supplements." At the December meeting of the Athletic Board yesterday, all of an NCAA broad-based...

Golfers stay optimistic despite frustrating end

By Laura Higgins | October 15, 1991

The Huskie women's golf team may have ended their season on a somewhat sour note, but still own the bragging rights of tallying its best fall record ever. With a grand total of 69 wins, six losses and one tie accumulated in six tournaments this season,...

Linksters complete fall with frustrating outing

October 14, 1991

Sixth-place in the 12-school University of Iowa Hawkeye Invitational? This definitely wasn't the kind of finish to the fall season that NIU women's golf coach Pam Tyska envisioned. Unfortunately, that's what the Huskies got after 54 holes of play in Saturday...

Women golfers seek 4th title; men to ISU

By Anthony Leva | October 4, 1991

Repeating a championship performance is never easy. Unless you're NIU men's golf coach Jack Pheanis. Pheanis will take his three-time Mid-Continent golf champions to the Illinois State University Redbird Invitational in Normal. The 54-hole competition...

Huskies second in Big Ten battle

By Laura Higgins | September 30, 1991

The Big Ten powerhouses proved not to be so mighty in this weekend's Lady Northern Intercollegiate golf championship. Nine of the schools in the conference were beaten by the NIU women's golf team in the tournament usually referred to as the Regional...

More athletic personnel get raises

By Wes Swietek | September 26, 1991

On the heels of the news that NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell received a $3,000 raise comes the discovery that seven other athletic department personnel have gotten salary increases. Leading the way is women's basketball head coach Jane Albright,...

Lady Northern next for Tyska’s golfers

By Laura Higgins | September 26, 1991

Don't let the name fool you. The Lady Northern Intercollegiate Golf Championship, which takes place today, Saturday and Sunday, is actually the regional tournament hosted by the University of Illinois. Many call the Lady Northern the regional championship...

Golfers shatter school mark; capture trophy

By Laura Higgins | September 23, 1991

The word is out—it's being heard here on the NIU campus, and it's rapidly spreading throughout the entire Midwest. With record breaking scores this weekend in the Michigan State University Invitational, the Huskie women's golf team captured first place...

Linksters outduel intrastate rivals

By Laura Higgins | September 16, 1991

It was supposed to be a battle between some of the finest programs in the state. But a battle it was not, as the NIU women's golf team walked away with a decisive victory in the Illinois State University Redbird Invitational. The Huskies, leading by eight...