After a month of sampling other conferences, the NIU women's soccer team is ready to break the seal on MAC play this weekend. With a 4-3-0 record outside the conference, NIU head coach Carrie Barker is eager to see what her group can do against MAC opponents....
Even in an age where coaches study game tape like scripture, no bench boss knows exactly what they’re going to see until game day. Any number of things can change once the game clock starts ticking. An injury can occur, the weather can change or a team...
After dropping back-to-back 1-0 decisions in the previous two weekends, the NIU women’s soccer team managed to turn the tables this weekend. The Huskies kicked off the weekend when they played host to SIU-Edwardsville on Friday afternoon. The team got...
DeKALB | An ugly pattern is starting to form for the NIU women's soccer team, as the Huskies were shut out on Friday for the third time this young season. After the game, the scoreboard read 1-0. Just as it did last weekend, when the Huskies (2-3-0) were...
When recruiting players, coaches often regard good character as an ancillary trait. To Carrie Barker though, nothing could be more essential. Barker, NIU women's soccer team head coach, has always looked for players interested in developing as people...
CHICAGO | After exploding for three goals in their previous game, the Huskies couldn’t even manage one against the previously winless Ramblers on Sunday afternoon. NIU (2-2-0) took on a Loyola team that had yet to even register a tie in its first five...
College freshmen tend to go unnoticed unless they put themselves in the spotlight. Make the freshmen athletes behind all-star upperclassmen, and they may feel like no one can see them.Every week "Freshman Firsts" will be here to shine a light on those...
NIU women's soccer didn't eat any corn, but it got its fill of the Hawkeye state at the inaugural Iowa Tournament, playing both Iowa and Northern Iowa. On Friday night, the Huskies kicked off their first road trip of the year against the host Hawkeyes....
As the NIU men's and women's soccer seasons get underway, the teams will be without some familiar faces. The Northern Star's Andrew Singer and Mike Buda take center ice to see who will be the Huskies' bigger loss: Lindsey Curnock or Josh Karsten. Andrew...
DeKALB | Don't tell the NIU women's soccer team that Creighton returned its top three goal scorer's from last season. The Huskies dominated defensively Monday evening to take the season opener 1-0 at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex against...
Is ESPN going through a fad, or has it just gone certifiably insane? I really can't think of another explanation to rationally break down its coverage of the past eight months. First there was Tiger Woods, then Tim Tebow, Stephen Strasburg, LeBron James...
Can you feel it, NIU? Temperatures are up, the sun is out and I can almost taste the brats. Summer is nearly here. The flip side is that another summer brings the end of another year of NIU sports and the inevitable evaluations of how the school's programs...
