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Fighting Irish tourney peaks interest of driven golf team

September 1, 1989

Looking to pick up where it left off last spring, the NIU women's golf team begins its season Saturday and Sunday in the 18-team University of Notre Dame Lady Irish Invitational. NIU closed its spring 1988-89 season by winning the University of Illinois...

SMSU an AMCU power

By Jeff Kirik | July 12, 1989

Before NIU and Akron can win their first Association of Mid-Continent Universities title, they will have to battle a Bear. The Bears of Southwest Missouri State have become the AMCU's conference power, winning the league's all-sport trophy the past three...

Huskie baseball in on-deck circle

By Jeff Kirik | June 28, 1989

When Jeff Wilson's line drive was snared by Central Michigan's second baseman on May 22, 1982, the season and the NIU baseball program had come to an end. More than seven years after CMU swept the Huskies by scores of 12-0 and 13-0 in that season-ending...

Hudson resigns position

June 21, 1989

Clarence Hudson, NIU associate athletic director, resigned effective June 2 to take a position with a former employer. Hudson came to NIU last July after working for four years at Ruan Transportation Management systems where he will return to work in...

Women golfers second in winday Indiana tourney

By Bob Regan | April 10, 1989

Concentration and patience prevailed for the NIU women's golf team over the weekend, and the traits earned the linksters a second-place finish at the 15-team University of Indiana Invitational. Adverse weather conditions hampered the play of the entire...

Women golfers must travel to play host in this tourney

By Bob Regan | March 9, 1989

As the Midwest sets its sights on the spring thaw, NIU women's golf coach Pam Tyska and her players head south to tee it up in the warmth of Florida. The Huskies will look for low scores at the NIU Snowbird Intercollegiate Tournament March 13-14, a tournament...

Groth gets promotion to associate AD post

By Jeff Kirik | January 20, 1989

If landing a promotion was Cary Groth's New Year's resolution, it sure didn't take her long to reach her goal. On Jan. 6, NIU Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell announced that Groth had been promoted to an associate athletic director. Groth 32, had been...

America’s pastime gone from NIU too long

By Bob Regan | November 2, 1988

American sport consists of the Big Three—football, basketball and baseball. However, NIU athletics seems to be lost in the shuffle. The Huskies pride themselves on being an up-and-coming program. Great strides are being made by NIU to become recognized...

Hall of Fame inducts former Huskies

October 24, 1988

NIU will induct 12 former Huskie greats into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame Friday, Oct. 28 at the Holmes Student Center's Blackhawk Room as part of the 81st Homecoming weekend festivities. The reception begins at 6 p.m. and is followed by a 7 p.m....

Lady linkers shooting for Huskie Fall Classic

By Chris Sigley | October 5, 1988

In her third year as NIU women's golf coach, Pam Tyska is starting to see "some recruiting dreams come true." While the fall season will conclude this weekend with the Huskie Fall Classic at Kishwaukee Country Club Oct. 7-8, Tyska said she has noticed...

Viverito is just one of the guys

By Kari Brackett | September 29, 1988

In the realm of sports, a place most people deem as a "man's world," one woman has entered the sacred territory. She is the commissioner of the Gateway Conference, and she is the only woman to supervise a man's sport. She is Patty Viverito. The NIU graduate...

NIU golfers finish 13th at Purdue

September 27, 1988

The NIU women's golf squad didn't have the lady luck it needed at the Lady Northern Intercollegiate Invitational hosted by Purdue Friday through Sunday. The Huskies finished the three-day tourney with a 992 score for an "unlucky" 13th place. Threes seemed...