By Lucas Didier, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 15, 2024
NIU women’s basketball (15-16, 8-10 MAC) fell short in its upset bid against Kent State University (19-10, 13-5 MAC) as the Golden Flashes won 63-60.
The Huskies are now 1-10 against the Golden Flashes since 2019, including a first round playoff...
By Lucas Didier, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 11, 2024
NIU softball (6-13) closed out the Montana Softball Classic strong with a 3-1 win over the University of Montana Grizzlies (10-16). The Huskies finished the tournament 2-3.
NIU controlled the game from the pitcher’s circle, allowing just one run...
NIU women’s basketball (15-15, 8-10 MAC) wrapped up its regular season with a thriller, overcoming the Western Michigan University Broncos (12-17, 7-11 MAC) 66-64. The Huskies secured the victory with a free throw from redshirt senior guard Grace...
Increasing their win streak to five matches, NIU women’s tennis (11-5) completed their sweep of the weekend against Eastern Illinois University (0-14) and University of St. Thomas (6-5).
NIU swept Eastern Illinois, winning all but one match, which...
It’s the bottom of the seventh inning in a 4-4 ball game. The NIU softball team, who sat at a 4-0 deficit after two innings, battled back for the chance of a walk-off win.
The 1-0 pitch leaves the right hand of College of the Holy Cross senior pitcher/utility...
NIU softball (4-12) left the first day of the Montana Softball Classic winless, sparking a three-game losing streak.
The Huskies lost 5-3 against the College of the Holy Cross Crusaders (6-7) in Game 1 and lost 7-6 against the University of Montana...
Winning its third straight match, NIU women’s tennis defeated Lewis University (8-3) by a score of 5-2, improving to a 9-5 record on the season.
The Huskies won two matches to clinch the doubles point, leaving the third match incomplete.
Senior...
By Lucas Didier, Assistant Sports Editor
| March 7, 2024
NIU women’s basketball (14-15, 7-10 MAC) punched its ticket to the MAC Tournament as late three-point shooting and strong bench play led a 56-46 win over the Miami University RedHawks (8-20, 5-12 MAC).
A 15-0 run from the Huskies to end the third...
NIU sophomore gymnast Kiera O’Shea scored her third 9.900 on vault this season as she championed the event at Saturday’s road quad-meet.
“I thought it was one of the best vaults that I’ve done this season,” O’Shea said.
O’Shea’s...
NIU softball split its second and final day of action at the Hilltopper Spring Fling on Sunday to finish its third weekend out of 2024 with a 1-3 record.
The Huskies (4-10) defeated the University of Dayton (7-5) before falling to Western Kentucky...
NIU women’s basketball (13-15, 6-10 MAC) picked up it’s third-straight loss after falling to the University of Akron Zips (10-17, 5-11 MAC) 69-54.
Poor shooting held the Huskies back, as they finished 32.8% from the field and 21.4% from three-point...
NIU women’s tennis improved to 8-5 while handing the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Warhawks (6-1) their first loss of the season on Friday.
The Huskies defeated Whitewater by a score of 6-1, winning all but one of the matches played.
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