This weekend NIU women’s soccer begins MAC conference play with a pair of home games against Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan. The Huskies (4-3) head into MAC play with a little bit of momentum, after winning two consecutive games. They won 1-0...
Over the Labor Day weekend, NIU women’s soccer earned its second straight weekend split to start the season. Friday, the Huskies (1-2) fell 1-0 against Illinois State (3-0-2), despite outshooting ISU 16-6 in the game, 15 of them coming in the second...
NIU’s women’s soccer begins the home portion of its schedule with games on Friday and Sunday afternoons. The Huskies (1-1) home opener is against their in-state rival, the Illinois State Redbirds. Coming into Friday afternoon’s game, the Redbirds...
The Northern Star’s Ed Rietveld talked with NIU’s first year women’s soccer coach John Ross. Coach Ross discusses what interested him about the NIU job and what type of team he wants his teams to be and a whole lot more. NS: What interested you...
NIU women’s soccer played two regular-season games before the start of the school year. The Huskies (1-1) faced the Drake Bulldogs (2-2) to begin their 2012 season Friday, losing 2-1. Drake and NIU were both held scoreless in the match’s first 45...
Megan Dortch’s father never wanted her to play just one sport when she was growing up. Dortch played soccer before she started playing softball at age 8, and she’s been playing ever since. But she didn’t start out as a pitcher. “I started off...
NIU women's soccer junior goalkeeper Amy Carr has had international experience playing sports, as well as teaching sports.With career aspirations of being a coach, she has found her own way to gain experience in that department, by developing a project...
Fans of all ages came out to celebrate one the most successful NIU fall sports season in recent history Wednesday prior to the men's basketball game at the Convocation Center.The football teams' MAC Championship and GoDaddy.com Bowl trophies were on display....
As is customary in any sport, a negative record often results in negative consequences for those in charge.This was the case for women's soccer, as four year coach Carrie Barker did not have her contract renewed, according to NIU Media Relations.In her...
There may be such a thing as having Huskie pride, and surely many students, past and present, can lay claim to this. If there is such a thing as a Huskie lifestyle, none can truly measure up to the newest member of the NIU community. During the NIU women's...
Rebecca Cronin is only in her second season with the NIU track team, but she has already contributed to three school records since joining the program. Her achievements include school records in the distance medley relay, 4x200 meter relay and the 4x800...
DeKALB |During NIU volleyball’s Salvani Spring Play Date on March 26 at the Campus Recreation Center, I observed a type of camaraderie for the first time while at Northern: alumni were trash talking the current Huskies. It was not so much the trash...
