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Women’s soccer still undefeated

By Adam Fox | September 12, 2004

No losses. That is what the NIU women’s soccer team has accomplished this year. The only time a Huskies team has gone more than five games in a row without a loss was in 1998 when they won six in a row. NIU (4-0-1, 1-0-1 MAC) tied Ohio 1-1 on Friday...

Women’s soccer looks to win again

By Adam Fox | September 9, 2004

The NIU women’s soccer team brings its undefeated record into the start of MAC play this weekend. NIU (3-0) has two road matches, the first coming at 4 p.m. Saturday against Ohio, then Sunday versus Marshall (W. Va.) at 1 p.m. The Huskies, who were...

Women’s soccer tops win total from last year in first 3 games

By Adam Fox | September 6, 2004

It’s taken three games and the NIU Women’s soccer team has already matched last season’s win total. The Huskies shut-out Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne 1-0 on Friday at Huskie Soccer Field to improve to 3-0. The Huskies are off...

NIU looks for third victory

By Adam Fox | September 1, 2004

The NIU women’s soccer team will look to get win No. 3 and remain undefeated when it takes on Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne at 5 p.m. Friday at Huskie Soccer Field. The win would be a complete reversal from last season’s 0-3 start....

Women’s soccer begins season 2-0

By Adam Fox | August 30, 2004

Who would have guessed that coming off a 3-15-1 season in 2003, the NIU women’s soccer team would have two wins in its first two games? The Huskies beat Western Illinois 4-0 in the home opener Monday night. Heading into the season, NIU coach Frank Horvat...

Mission accomplished: Huskies get revenge

By Adam Fox | August 29, 2004

Payback was what NIU women’s soccer coach Frank Horvat expected, and it’s what his team dealt out. The Huskies beat host Wisconsin-Green Bay 2-1 Friday in their season opener. The last time these two teams faced off, the Huskies let a 2-1 lead fade...

Women’s soccer tries to better 3-win season from year ago

By Adam Fox | August 29, 2004

Dreams have been made and goals set as the NIU women’s soccer team begins the regular season with its first home game at 5 p.m. today against Western Illinois. Last year’s squad finished with a 3-15-1 record, and everyone on the team wants more than...

Huskies head up north

By Adam Fox | August 26, 2004

As the NIU women’s soccer team opens this season, they hope to begin on an exceedingly different note than they ended last season. The Huskies ended the 2003 season with a loss to Wisconsin-Green Bay. At 5 p.m. today, NIU opens the year against the...

Surprise, surprise: A look at some unexpected success

By Ian Waddick | May 2, 2004

From the success of the football team to the futility of the men’s basketball squad, NIU sports saw their share of surprises during the 2003-’04 school year. The remaining 14 NIU sports were no different, as there were many individuals who emerged...

Regular season begins

By Adam Zolmierski | November 21, 2003

Freshman accounting major Ryan Shaughnessy dove to the floor trying to save an errant pass from one of his teammates during basketball practice Wednesday. He wasn’t going all out for NIU men’s basketball coach Rob Judson. He was helping prepare the...

Women’s soccer falls in last game

By Steve Brown | October 30, 2003

Looking to spark an offense that had scored two goals in its last four games, the NIU women’s soccer team took a season-high 10 shots on goal in Wednesday’s match against Wisconsin-Green Bay. Carrying a 2-1 lead into the second half, 10 shots looked...

New rule tough on women’s soccer

By Steve Brown | October 29, 2003

A battered and bruised NIU women’s soccer team takes the field together for the last time today. The team has battled injury all year. At one point, 16 of the team’s 32 players were nursing some sort of injury. “We were really beat up,” coach...