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NIU women’s tennis: Huskies face crucial weekend

By Northern Star staff | April 17, 2015

Women's tennis can secure a berth in the MAC Championships for the first time since 2012 with a pair of wins this weekend.The Huskies (11-7, 2-4 MAC) take on the Akron Zips (10-11, 2-5 MAC) 1 p.m. Friday and the Buffalo Bulls (6-10, 2-4 MAC) 1 p.m. Saturday...

NIU baseball: Huskies have 9-game losing streak after meeting with Zips

By Steve Shonder | April 13, 2015

Baseball (13-21, 4-8 MAC) extended its losing streak to nine games when it was swept by the Akron Zips (16-16, 8-4 MAC) over the weekend.The Huskies continued to struggle at the plate during their losing streak. They hit .162 over the series, totaling...

NIU softball: Huskies sweeps Saturday doubleheader against Akron Zips

By Chris Loggins | March 30, 2015

Softball swept a Saturday doubleheader against the Akron Zips after a scheduled Friday doubleheader against the Ohio Bobcats was canceled due to poor weather conditions.The Huskies (15-13, 2-0 MAC) beat the Zips (12-13, 0-2 MAC), 9-1, in six innings in...

NIU men’s basketball: Huskies fall to Zips in 1st round of MAC Tournament

March 10, 2015

What happenedThe No. 10 seed men's basketball (13-15, 8-10 MAC) ended its season with a first round loss to the No. 7 seed Akron Zips (18-13, 9-9 MAC), 76-52, Monday in Akron, Ohio. The loss snapped a four-game win streak, which was the Huskies' largest...

NIU women’s basketball: Huskies extend streak to 4 as they cut down Akron Zips

By Walter Douglas | February 9, 2015

Women’s basketball (10-10, 6-4 MAC) picked up its fourth-straight win as it beat the Akron Zips (17-5, 7-4 MAC), Saturday at the Convocation Center.How it happenedThe Huskies trailed by as many as 15 points, 51-36, with 8:38 to play before they began...

Huskies take down Zips in Homecoming

By Brian Earle | October 14, 2013

In front of a capacity crowd at Huskie Stadium, No. 23 NIU football came away with a 27-20 victory in its Homecoming matchup with Akron on Saturday.The victory increased the Huskies’ (6-0, 2-0 MAC) home-game winning streak to 23, which is a new MAC...

Redshirt junior running back Cameron Stingily looks to find open field against Iowa on Aug. 31. Stingily has earned himself the No. 1 running back spot this season.

Huskies look to take bite out of Akron Zips for Homecoming

By Frank Gogola | October 10, 2013

The football team (5-0, 1-0 MAC) will go for a Homecoming hat trick 4 p.m. Saturday.The Huskies have already ruined Purdue’s and Kent State’s homecomings the past two weeks. This week they will look to win their own Homecoming game when they host...

Junior Natalie Tarter leaps in the long jump event on April 23 at the Huskie Open.

Track and field to compete in championships at Akron

By Ed Rietveld | May 5, 2013

After having this weekend off, the track and field team will travel to Akron to compete in the MAC outdoor track and field championships Thursday to Saturday. The Huskies will look to improve on their 10th place finish out of 12 teams at the conference...

Junior Nicole Gremillion catches a ball during Saturdays game against University of Ohio.

Softball bests three of four MAC games

By Matt Hopkinson | April 28, 2013

Softball has rebounded from a 1-7 start in conference play to the tune of 9-1 in its last 10 conference games. The Huskies (19-28, 10-8 MAC) upped their conference victory total this weekend, taking three of their four games, including splitting a doubleheader...

Baseball sweeps Akron for a MAC series win

By Brian Earle | March 31, 2013

NIU baseball won its first MAC series of the season as it swept Akron over the weekend in Ohio. The Huskies took game one on Friday thanks to a solid pitching performance from freshman Jordan Ruckman and two late runs in the ninth inning. Ruckman earned...

April 10, 2012 vs. ISU

Baseball to play at Akron

By Brian Earle | March 27, 2013

Baseball will continue its conference play this weekend when it travels to Ohio for a three-game series against Akron. In the Huskies’ (5-17, 1-2 MAC) previous series against Kent State, they lost two out of three games. The Huskies won game two in...

Women’s tennis falls to Akron and Buffalo

By Thomas Hiley III | March 24, 2013

The women’s tennis team started off its conference play on the losing end, dropping its first two conference games to Akron and Buffalo. The Huskies (14-4, 0-2 MAC) played two-time defending champions Akron (11-6, 1-0 MAC) for their first match of conference...