By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| April 22, 2023
DeKALB - NIU women’s tennis was again dominated in a 7-0 blowout against Miami University Friday. Friday was the second consecutive game in which a MAC foe shut out NIU.
A poor performance during singles crippled NIU’s opportunity at a MAC tournament...
DeKALB – NIU Softball (21-20, 10-8 MAC) took on the University of Toledo Rockets, (17-22, 10-11 MAC) splitting wins in a doubleheader. NIU took game one, but dropped a 6-3 lead in the second game to lose 12-6.
GAME ONE
A three-RBI single from...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| April 20, 2023
DeKALB- NIU volleyball is set to host multiple volleyball camps this July. The camp is designed to instill and improve a multitude of different skills. NIU will host four separate camps: serving, skills, elite and team.
SERVING CAMP
The serving...
DeKALB – Three RBIs from senior infielder Kelly Walinski helped NIU softball (20-19, 9-7 MAC) take down the DePaul University Blue Demons (12-25, 4-11 Big East) 6-0 at Cacciatore Stadium in Chicago. Efficient batting led to four Huskies logging RBIs.
Junior...
DeKALB – NIU senior forward A’Jah Davis announced Tuesday on her Instagram that she has committed to Seton Hall University.
The DeKalb native spent the last four seasons at NIU, finishing with career averages of 12.7 PPG (points per game) and...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| April 16, 2023
DeKALB – NIU women’s tennis struggled during doubles competition en route to a 7-0 shutout at Nelson Tennis Center in the Chick Evans Field against conference foe Ball State University. BSU shut out NIU for the second time this season.
NIU got...
DeKALB – Stiff competition stifled NIU women's track and field’s chances at the Bryan Clay Invitational, as it only earned two top-five finishes.
NIU’s 4x100 meter relay team consisting of fifth-year Kimone Hines, junior Skylynn Blue, junior...
DeKALB – NIU softball (19-19, 9-7 MAC) hosted the Ohio University Bobcats (24-18, 14-6 MAC) – the No. 1 ranked MAC softball team – splitting wins in the doubleheader. Strong batting helped the Huskies take game one, but poor pitching plagued NIU...
By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| April 14, 2023
DeKALB – NIU women’s tennis dropped its contest against Eastern Michigan University by a score of 5-2 Friday (April 14) at Nelson Tennis Center in Chick Evans Field. EMU evened the season series against NIU at 1-1.
With the loss, NIU falls to 12-13...
DeKALB – Junior Jasmine Ly earned her second straight top-five finish at the BYU Intercollegiate as NIU women’s golf finished in seventh place Tuesday.
The Huskies finished with a final score of 33-over par, 897, through three rounds. NIU finished...
DeKALB – NIU softball (18-18, 8-6 MAC) faced off against the Valparaiso University Beacons (5-29, 1-12 MVC) splitting wins in a doubleheader. Poor hitting hurt NIU in the first game, but the Huskies bounced back with seven runs in the second game.
GAME...
DeKALB – NIU women’s track finished the Fighting Illini Challenge as junior Skylynn Blue earned the Huskies’ best finish of the one-day event.
Blue had the best individual finish for NIU, as she took second place in the 200-meter dash with...
