With 14 freshmen and no seniors, the NIU women’s soccer team will have to step up and try to climb over the steep hill of inexperience that is before them. The Huskies will be returning 13 players from last year’s 3-14-1 team. With only 11 upper classmen,...

Friday's 3-1 women's soccer loss to Illinois was the end for the seniors. They are a special group to assistant coach Joe McCauley. Becca Bleyer, Sarah Dickinson, Megan Anderson, Katy Boll and Maria Flores came to NIU in 1998, the same year McCauley did....

After being eliminated from Mid-American Conference tournament contention last Friday, NIU women's soccer coach Frank Horvat said the team is playing for pure pride in the last week of the season. He also said the team's character, heart and determination...

As the only remaining member of both NIU's 1997 and 1998 Mid-American Championship teams, Jane Mucci wanted a chance to compete for a third. To do so, the NIU women's soccer team needed to win both of its matches over the weekend to have a chance. Mucci...

NIU women's soccer has two Mid-American Conference games left and needs to win both. It also needs to have other teams lose to make the MAC tournament.. "I'd like to look at and focus on the possibility of that happening," said assistant coach Joe McCauley....

Splitting its games over the weekend, the NIU women's soccer team has won two of its last three games, which gives them their best mark in a three game stretch this year. On Friday, the Huskies (3-10-1, 3-7 in the Mid-American Conference) lost 2-0 to...

The NIU women's soccer team and coach Frank Horvat look to win their second straight game this weekend after upsetting Western Michigan 4-1 last Friday. "I think we should take any game as it's the hardest game and the most important game," Denise Papke...

Jill Heikkila, substitute midfielder for the women's soccer team, will miss the remainder of the season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament and possible cartilage damage in her left knee. Heikkila suffered the injury Sept. 30 in the team's 2-1...

This season has been a struggle for Becca Bleyer and the women's soccer team. The team has only won two of its first 12 games. With six games left in the regular season, the Huskies are not completely out of the playoff picture. Regardless, the losing...

NIU women's soccer coach Frank Horvat knows that his team is running out of chances to qualify for the postseason. "We don't have any more time for letdowns or a lack of finishing all our effort," he said. The ninth-year coach said all along the team...

In an era of increased specialization in the athletic world, Kris Tiedt is going against the trend. The senior student-athlete is pulling double duty this semester as she plays for the women's tennis and soccer teams. Tiedt is quick to state the obvious....

The NIU women's soccer team flew to New York for its game last Friday against the University of Buffalo, making it the first NIU team to fly since the Sept. 11 attacks. The Huskies had reservations to fly to Ohio for games against opponents Akron and...