By Lucas Didier, Assistant Sports Editor
| January 21, 2024
DeKALB – A halftime revival sent NIU women’s basketball (9-8, 3-3 MAC) soaring over Central Michigan University (2-13, 1-5 MAC) by a score of 70-57, cutting off a losing streak and putting the Huskies back above .500.
The game shifted in favor...
DeKALB – NIU women’s track and field team finished its day at Iowa State with wins in the 200-meter dash and high jump, while also taking four other top five finishes.
Senior Malia Watkins earned NIU’s first top finish of the day, taking first...
NIU gymnastics found its rhythm Friday after putting together one of the greatest performances in team history: multiple season-highs, even more personal bests, three podium finishes, and a new program record.
Eight Huskies achieved personal bests...
DeKALB – A stone’s throw away from “Music City,” a team of trained performers clad in color and sparkle will take the floor with the same objective as every event before: shake the nerves, woo the critics and achieve a hit.
But there’s a...
By Lucas Didier, Assistant Sports Editor
| January 18, 2024
DeKALB – NIU women’s basketball (8-8, 2-3 MAC) fell late to the University at Buffalo (9-6, 3-2 MAC) by a score of 65-58 to begin its third losing streak of the season.
Senior forward Brooke Stonebraker led the team with 12 points and 10 rebounds....
Six different Huskies earned podium finishes as NIU gymnastics earned its first victory of the season in the first meet of its MAC competition schedule.
NIU (1-2-1) outperformed conference rival Bowling Green State University (0-2) on three of four...
DeKALB – After a lackluster start to a campaign with MAC Championship aspirations, NIU gymnastics looks to bounce back heading into its second test of the season.
NIU (0-2-1) will make the eastward trek to Bowling Green, Ohio, for a dual meet with...
NIU gymnastics tumbled and stumbled to begin the new season after tying for last in its first showcase of 2024 and posting its worst team score in a season-opener since 2018.
The Huskies scored 192.755 as a team, tying with Southeast Missouri State...
DeKALB – The NIU gymnastics team is on the road and ready to rise to its first challenge of the new campaign: a quad meet hosted by a top-15 program.
The Huskies, coming off an 8-5 finish in 2023, kick off their season Saturday at the Mizzou Invitational...
DeKALB — Two seasons after arriving at NIU volleyball as a transfer, senior opposite/outside hitter Emily Dykes has entered the transfer portal for the second time in her career, according to a post by College Volleyball Transfers on X, formerly known...
DeKALB – A selfless team effort and stingy second-half defense by the NIU women’s basketball team Sunday took down a team of Titans.
The Huskies (4-5) toppled the University of Detroit Mercy Titans (7-4) 75-66 at the NIU Convocation Center. NIU’s...
By Sana Polizzi, Sports Reporter
| December 7, 2023
Even when history is made, women’s sports still fall into the shadow of their counterparts in men’s sports.
The 2023 WNBA Finals were the most watched finals for women’s basketball in 20 years, averaging 728,000 views throughout the entire tournament....
