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Search for new women’s soccer coach to end Friday

By Jarrod Rice | May 4, 2005

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...

Women’s tennis player gets award

By Ian Waddick | April 19, 2005

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...

Bridging the gap

By Melissa Blake | April 17, 2005

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....

NIU to host DePaul

By Ian Waddick | April 11, 2005

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...

Women’s soccer coach Horvat resigns

By Jarrod Rice | April 4, 2005

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...

After hot start, women’s soccer saw rough ending to its season

By Jarrod Rice | November 5, 2004

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...

Winning comes in short supply at NIU

By Frank Rusnak and Gerold Shelton | November 4, 2004

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...

Year ends on sour note for Huskies

By Jarrod Rice | November 1, 2004

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...

.500 season is final goal for Huskies

By Jarrod Rice | October 28, 2004

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...

Playoff hopes gone with the weekend

By Jarrod Rice | October 24, 2004

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,...

Make or break

By Jarrod Rice | October 21, 2004

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...

NIU closer to tourney

By Jarrod Rice | October 17, 2004

The quest for a berth in the MAC championships became more of a reality for the NIU women’s soccer team this weekend. The Huskies, who have not made a postseason appearance since 1999, came one step closer after Friday’s 2-0 win over Akron (3-10 overall...