NIU women’s golf wrapped up the 2023-24 season Tuesday after placing third at the MAC Championship. Senior Emily Romancew and graduate student Sydney Naro each logged a top-10 finish.
The Huskies kicked off the tournament with a score of 310 in...
DeKALB – An afternoon’s worth of bullying by the University at Buffalo Bulls has left NIU softball, a team that had championship expectations entering 2024, with no chance of a winning conference mark.
NIU (13-29, 6-14 MAC) suffered its 14th conference...
NIU’s women’s tennis (16-10, 5-5 MAC) triumphed against the University at Buffalo (16-11, 3-7 MAC) with a score of 5-2 on Sunday.
The Huskies surpassed the Bulls as they won all completed doubles matches, and won four out of six singles matches...
Junior Emma Vorpagel earned NIU women’s track and field’s only top-10 finish in the 800-meter run at the Michael Johnson Invitational.
Vorpagel took a fourth place finish in the 800-meter run, finishing with a time of 2:14.33. The junior distance...
By Lucas Didier, Former Sports Editor
| April 21, 2024
DeKALB – NIU softball (13-28, 6-13 MAC) split Saturday’s doubleheader with the University at Buffalo (14-25, 6-12 MAC), winning 11-3 and losing 4-1.
Game 1 brought 13 hits for the Huskies en route to a mercy rule victory in the sixth inning. Senior...
By Kalin Schaefer, Assistant Sports Editor
| April 20, 2024
NIU women’s tennis (15-10, 4-5 MAC) snuck past the Ball State Cardinals (7-14, 4-5 MAC) with a 4-3 victory to earn its fourth win in the MAC.
“The doubles got us off to a great start, we played well there,” said NIU women’s tennis head coach...
DeKALB – NIU women’s golf head coach Kim Kester received a multi-year contract extension, NIU Vice President and Director of Athletics Sean Frazier announced Wednesday. The contract extension keeps Kester in DeKalb through June of 2027.
“She...
DeKALB – Nearly a quarter-century after the end of his storied tenure at the helm of NIU volleyball, Pete Waite is bound for the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame.
Waite was announced as the third member of the 2024 NIU Athletics Hall of Fame Class on Tuesday,...
By Lucas Didier, Former Sports Editor
| April 16, 2024
NIU softball (12-27, 5-12 MAC) was held to one run in a doubleheader sweep by Western Michigan University (22-17, 11-5 MAC) on Tuesday.
The Huskies recorded just 7 hits and were outscored 4-1, losing the season series against the Broncos.
GAME 1:...
NIU women’s tennis (14-10, 3-5 MAC) was victorious against Bowling Green State University (7-13, 0-8 MAC) in a 6-1 win Sunday.
The Huskies triumphed as they won two out of three doubles, with the first match ruled incomplete, and winning five out...
DeKALB – NIU softball (12-25, 5-10 MAC) split Saturday’s doubleheader action against the University of Toledo (19-16, 10-5 MAC) to take the season series over the Rockets.
“Winning the series is what we came into the weekend to do,” said NIU...
NIU women’s track and field collected eight top five finishes at the Cougar Classic on Saturday, three of which were in the 200-meter dash.
The Huskies trio of runners in the 200-meter dash took home second, third and fourth place. Junior Talayssia...
