Most coaches wouldn’t leave their team after their best record in six years. Most coaches wouldn’t leave after doing it with a team dominated by freshmen and sophomores and only one senior. But former NIU women’s soccer coach Frank Horvat isn’t...

The search for a new NIU women’s soccer coach will end Friday and a new one is expected to be named by the end of May or beginning of June. "We will accept applications until [Friday] and then narrow it down to two or three candidates from there," NIU...

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...

After the passage of Title IX 33 years ago, 59 percent of NIU athletes are male and 41 percent are female, official records show. "We take [gender equity] very seriously, and we very much believe in gender equity," Athletics Director Jim Phillips said....

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...

For the first time since inception in 1993, the NIU women’s soccer team is without a head coach. The only coach in the team’s history, Frank Horvat, announced his resignation Monday, ending his 12-year tenure effective immediately. "It’s time for...

If only the NIU women’s soccer team’s season could have ended the way it began. After starting the season with a record of 4-0-3, which was the team’s all-time record for an unbeaten streak, the Huskies stumbled late in conference play to miss the...

Part 1 of a two-part series In 51 chances over the past three seasons, NIU intercollegiate sports teams have won only one Mid-American Conference team title. During those three years, 11 of NIU’s 17 athletic teams averaged below a .500 record despite...

The NIU women’s soccer team failed to record its first winning season since 1998 after suffering a 2-0 defeat at Wisconsin Saturday. The Huskies finished out the season with a record of 6-7-5, which is a 5 1/2 game improvement from last year. It was...

After failing to make the postseason for the fifth consecutive year, the NIU women’s soccer team will try to finish with its first winning record since 1998. To do that, the Huskies (6-6-5) must defeat Wisconsin (13-4-1), which is on a six-game winning...

The playoff hopes of the NIU women’s soccer team were shot down this weekend. A 2-1 loss to Bowling Green on Friday and a 2-0 loss to Toledo on Sunday officially shut the door on the Huskies first MAC championships appearance since 1999. If the Huskies,...

It’s make or break this weekend for the NIU women’s soccer team. The task is simple for the Huskies (6-4-5 overall, 3-1-5 MAC): Win both games and get a bid to the MAC championships for the first time since 1999, or go home. The Huskies first will...