Although its only mid-February, the NIU men's and women's tennis team have been busy competing—indoors, of course. For Coach Patty Groth's team, things went well last weekend, despite Sunday's 5-4 loss to Southern Illinois University. On Friday, the...

The NIU men's and women's tennis teams will both be hitting the courts this weekend. Coach Charles Merzbacher and his men's squad head to Milwaukee to face Marquette today at 3:00. On Saturday morning the Huskies face off against the University of Illinois-Chicago...

NIU women's tennis coach Patty Groth took her Huskie squad to the University of Notre Dame Eck Doubles Classic in search of experience. They gained that and more. Thanks to Kathi Kennedy and Monica Larson, the NIU van returned to DeKalb with some additional...

In its constant quest to earn national respect and gain an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament, the North Star Conference has turned its volume up a notch in order to be heard. A notch? Maybe even two. Behind the new leadership of Commissioner Arnold...

A player of the week, a coach of the year and a first-ever North Star Conference championship—that is what the NIU women's tennis team ended its fall season with. The women ended with an overall record of 4-2, but they won the big one, the North Star...

It was nail-biting time for NIU women's tennis coach Patty Groth when her team trailed Purdue 4-3 and only two matches remained undecided. Everyone probably knows what's coming next. Yes, the NIU netters pulled off those last two matches and got the 5-4...

There's a friendly atmosphere on the Gullikson tennis courts near Anderson Hall. The NIU women's tennis team has a tournament under its belt and are happy and enthusiastic about its chances of defending the North Star Conference title. Sixth-year coach...

Before NIU and Akron can win their first Association of Mid-Continent Universities title, they will have to battle a Bear. The Bears of Southwest Missouri State have become the AMCU's conference power, winning the league's all-sport trophy the past three...

When Jeff Wilson's line drive was snared by Central Michigan's second baseman on May 22, 1982, the season and the NIU baseball program had come to an end. More than seven years after CMU swept the Huskies by scores of 12-0 and 13-0 in that season-ending...

NIU's plans to start a new in college baseball. Huskie tennis coach Carl Neufeld leaves NIU for a position at UCLA. Gymnast Erik Solky will represent the U.S. in the 1989 Maccabiah Games. Women's swimming and diving coach Mike Burt signs five recruits....

Despite being a member of the North Star Conference for only two years, the NIU women's sports program has established itself as a league powerhouse. By winning two NSC crowns and finishing second in two other sports, NIU claimed the 1988-89 NSC All-Sports...

NIU's women's tennis team decided to show off a bit before Saturday's Parent's Weekend crowd and did so in a big way. The Huskies soundly defeated both Bradley University (7-2) and Saint Mary's College of Indiana (8-1) to improve the season mark to 15-7....