By Edison Miller, Assistant Sports Editor
| October 15, 2024
After beginning the season as one of NIU’s most impressive teams, the Mid-American Conference has humbled NIU women’s soccer (7-4-4, 1-3-3 MAC) to say the least.
Through the first eight games of this season, the Huskies held an impressive record...
NIU women’s soccer (7-4-4, 1-3-3 MAC) earned its third draw in conference play with a 2-2 tie against the University of Akron Zips (5-5-4, 0-5-2 MAC), after holding the lead for a majority of the second half.
“Obviously upset and frustrated with...
By James Bennett, Sports Reporter
| October 11, 2024
DeKALB - NIU Volleyball (3-13, 1-5 MAC) fell to the Ohio University Bobcats (7-10, 3-3 MAC) in three sets Friday. It is the fifth time the Huskies have been swept this season.
COMING UP SHORT
Every set was decided by three or fewer points and...
By James Bennett, Sports Reporter
| October 11, 2024
DeKALB - NIU Volleyball (3-12, 1-4 MAC) defeated the Kent State University Golden Flashes (1-14, 0-5 MAC) in three sets Thursday. It’s the Huskies first Mid-American Conference win of the season and snaps a six game losing streak.
SHORT...
NIU women's soccer (7-4-3, 1-3-2 MAC) defeated the Kent State University Golden Flashes (5-5-2, 2-3-1 MAC) at home 2-1.
This is the Huskies first win since Sept. 15 when they defeated Valparaiso University 2-1.
“First thought in my head...
NIU women’s golf earned a 15th place finish out of 15 teams at the Illini Women’s Invitational at Medinah.
The Huskies finished five strokes back of the University of North Texas. NIU posted a first round score of 18 over par, which was 9 strokes...
NIU women's soccer (6-4-3, 0-3-2 MAC) was defeated on the road 2-1 against the Bowling Green State University Falcons (6-3-2, 3-1-1 MAC).
“With the result, you know, we obviously worked all week to try and get back to winning ways. So, a difficult...
DeKALB - NIU volleyball (2-12, 0-4 MAC) dropped a back and forth game to the University of Akron (7-9, 3-1 MAC) in five sets on Friday. It’s the Huskies’ sixth loss in a row and their second in back-to-back games against the Zips.
UP AND DOWN
The...
Senior Olivia Southby earned a new personal best time in the 5k race as the Huskies finished in 23rd place at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite.
Southby’s 5k time of 20:35.2 earned her a 171st place finish and her time was 22 seconds faster than...
DeKALB - NIU volleyball (2-11, 0-3 MAC) dropped a tight match against the University of Akron (6-9, 2-1 MAC) in five sets on Thursday. It’s the Huskies’ fifth loss in a row and their third loss in conference.
HOTLY CONTESTED
The first set was...
After the first full month of collegiate athletics, the Huskies have put fans through a range of emotions.
From historic performances to embarrassing shortcomings, these are the most exciting and dejecting incidents from the last month of NIU Athletics.
HIGH:...
Freshman Dakota Tallent led NIU women’s golf to an 11th-place finish at the Diane Thomason Invitational.
Tallent had her highest finish of the season and was the top Huskie finisher on the team’s trip to Iowa City, Iowa.
The freshman finished...
