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Both NIU teams deserve your time this weekend

By Chris Dertz | October 7, 2010

Saturday is a big day for NIU athletics, for more reasons than may be readily apparent. Chances are that most people are aware of the implications that the football team's game against Temple will have on the look of the MAC this season. I shouldn't have...

Huskie Athletics drops the ball with scheduling

By Mike Buda | October 7, 2010

Empty bleachers are the norm at the NIU Soccer Complex and the athletics department might have shot itself in the foot.In what might be one of the biggest sports days in Huskie history, the athletic department decided to line up football’s game against...

Sophomore keeper Jordan Godsey grabs a corner kick out of the air.

No. 1 Akron invades NIU for pivotal MAC matchup

By Mike Buda | October 7, 2010

A feud that has been building and brewing for 20 years will grow even larger with what might be its biggest battle. The NIU men's soccer team takes on No. 1 Akron in the programs' 21st meeting at 3 p.m. Saturday in DeKalb. "I expect a typical war," said...

NIU football zips past Akron in blowout fashion

By Jerry Burnes | October 3, 2010

Five years ago, when NIU took on Akron, a dark chapter in Huskie history was written as the Zips won the MAC Championship on a Hail Mary pass with seconds remaining in the game. A 27-10 victory in 2009 was one measure of redemption, but NIU apparently...