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Seniors’ futures feature sports-related careers

By Steve Dennis | April 2, 1991

When the career light turns green for the four NIU women's basketball seniors in May, expect them to cruise right into a sports-oriented future. Denise Dove, Lisa Foss, Denise Lipnisky and Toby Meeks all envision some sort of sports-related occupation...

Budget swelled by special trips

By Steve Dennis | March 21, 1991

Nine of the 16 NIU sports teams get additional travel money to go on "special trips," which account for an extra $35,000 in the budget. These special trips include the winter team's voyages and the spring break trips. Teams can only take in-season trips....

M-C faces big changes

By Carl Ackerman | February 15, 1991

Several NIU women's sports programs will find themselves in a new home for the 1992-93 season. Although a formal announcement isn't expected until Friday, NIU's Athletic Director Gerald O'Dell confirmed NIU's decision during a telephone call Thursday...

Women snag 2 victories

February 11, 1991

NIU's women's tennis coach Patty Groth had no complaints with winning two of three matches at the Aurora Tennis Club. "Marquette is a big rival and we really wanted that one. We knew Miami University was really good, so we hoped to win two out of three...

Positive start for NIU opener

January 29, 1991

NIU's women's tennis team got off to a positive spring campaign by winning nine out of fifteen total matches in Friday through Sunday's University of Notre Dame Eck Doubles Classic. The Huskies were led by a ninth-place finish from Sarah Murfey and Sesca...

Tennis squad opens season

January 24, 1991

NIU women's tennis coach Patty Groth is really looking forward to this weekend. It hasn't been a rough week at work, it's just that this weekend is the spring portion of the Huskies' 1990-91 schedule. And it all begins with the University of Notre Dame's...

New conference studied by Board

January 17, 1991

Several NIU women's sports, including basketball, may no longer be members of the North Star Conference by the 1992-93 season.

NIU's Athletic Board will vote on whether the women's sports will be moved from the NSC to the Mid-Continent Conference at its Feb. 13 meeting.

Many members of the board expressed their unofficial approval of the move to the M-C at Wednesday's NIU Athletic Board meeting.

The M-C administers league competition and championship events in nine men's NCAA Division I sports. All nine schools must decide on whether to affiliate its respective women's programs by the Feb. 15 deadline. NIU's men's basketball team is in its first season in the M-C, which was formed in 1982.

NIU's women's basketball, volleyball, softball and tennis teams currently belong to the NSC which was founded in 1983-84. With the board's approval, each of these sports and women's swimming would become an M-C member. NIU's women have competed in the NSC since the 1987-88 academic year.

Eastern Illinois, Western Illinois and Northern Iowa also have the opportunity to move its women's programs into the M-C.

"If (the other three schools) didn't support the effort to move to the Mid-Continent, I would be much more concerned about (NIU's move to the M-C)," NIU athletic director Gerald O'Dell said. "However, I don't see that happening."

If the other schools do back out on last-minute notice, then NIU may reconsider its decision.

Unanimous vote opens door for women’s athletics in M-C

January 14, 1991

In conjunction with the 85th Annual NCAA Convention, the Mid-Continent Conference Council of Delegates voted unanimously to sponsor and conduct championships for women's athletics starting in 1992-93. The announcement was made by league President David...

DePaul withdraws from North Star Conference

By Steve Dennis | November 16, 1990

DePaul University officially announced its departure from the North Star Conference to form the Great Midwest Conference Thursday during a press conference at the Chicago Athletic Club. "It's official," DePaul Associate Athletics Director, Jean nsetto...

NIU women netters have mixed results

November 12, 1990

Just use the old good news/bad news expression to sum up the NIU women's tennis team's effort at the Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Association/Rolex Midwest Women's Indoor Regional Championship Friday. The good news was the Huskies got a pleasant surprise...

NIU netters earn Rolex invite

By Hyun Moon | November 2, 1990

For the second year in a row, the NIU women's tennis team will be represented in the Rolex Midwest Invitationals. Three sophomores will travel to Madison, Wis., to face the top Midwest competition. "It's going to be a big challenge and honor for them....

Women netters begin title quest

By Hyun Moon | September 20, 1990

The NIU women's tennis team will begin its 1990 quest for back-to-back North Star Conference titles and a top-10 midwest ranking. The Huskies boast four returning players in Hild Andersch, Monika Larson, Jamie Cheek and Lisa Boedecker. For seventh-year...

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