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...

NIU women’s soccer coach Frank Horvat hoped his team would add another win to its record with a pair of games against MAC Tournament-bound teams this weekend. The Huskies (3-14-1, 1-10-1 MAC) fell short, getting shut out 2-0 by Central Michigan on Friday...

Two top MAC teams come DeKalb this weekend for the NIU women’s soccer team’s final two conference games of the season. With the Huskies out of tournament contention, coach Frank Horvat’s team hopes to finish the season with a four-game winning streak....

Defense was a strength for the NIU women’s soccer team in both games this weekend, said coach Frank Horvat. However, with a 1-0 loss to Western Michigan (7-7-1, 6-4-0 MAC) on Friday, the offense was missing. “We played our best defense we’ve played...

From now on, NIU women’s soccer coach Frank Horvat wants his team to play the role of the spoiler. The NIU women’s soccer team lost to Bowling Green last Sunday, silencing the Huskies’ MAC Tournament hopes. NIU would have had to win all of its final...

The NIU women’s soccer team got its first MAC win this weekend, and almost added its second. Almost. With less than 13 minutes remaining in the second half, the Huskies had a two-goal lead over Bowling Green (6-7-1, 4-3-1 MAC). BGSU scored twice in...

Intramural sports are in full swing with flag football underway, but signups for other sports still are available for NIU students and faculty. Signups for three-on-three basketball and and indoor soccer will be held Tuesday and Wednesday in the Student...

Good news: The NIU women’s soccer team has six of its next seven games at home. Bad news: Coach Frank Horvat will be without four injured players in this weekend’s two home games. Seniors Tiffany Anderson and Jill Heikkila will be out for the season....

The NIU women’s soccer team suffered two shutouts over the weekend at the hands of Akron Friday and Kent State Sunday. Both road scores turned out the same, with the Zips and the Golden Flashes keeping NIU’s offense silent with 3-0 losses. Akron (4-6-1,...

When the NIU women’s soccer team looks for its first MAC win, it will face Akron and Kent State, two teams that have improved since last facing NIU. The Huskies will see the Zips at 7 p.m. today at Akron, and the Flashes at 1 p.m Sunday on the road....

The NIU women’s soccer team held the game scoreless for the first half during its fifth match in three days, but Illinois State chiseled away at the Huskies to win 2-0 Tuesday. The Redbirds (4-3-2) kept sophomore goalkeeper Carrie Dvorak busy with six...

NIU women’s soccer makes a midweek trip to Bloomington-Normal at 4 p.m. today to face Illinois State in non-conference play. NIU suffered three injuries in Sunday’s tie against Ohio, forcing starters out of the lineup. Maggie Nowicki, Tiffany Anderson...