The new season for women’s soccer is approaching as the team starts off with an exhibition game at the University of Cincinnati 6 p.m. Aug. 6, followed by a home game against Drake University Aug. 9.“I think it is an exciting year coming up for us...

Northern Star presents, "Press Box Podcasts" with host, and Sports Editor, Scott Nicol along with Vinny Barra, Ad Manager and sports marketing intern, and our special guest for the week senior wrestler Shawn Scott. Listen to Shawn discuss his 100th career...

DeKALB | When Amy Annala, women’s soccer junior goalkeeper, was eight years old, she jumped off a swing set and hurt her arm.Annala told her mother, but her mother said she would be ok.Annala went to lie down on the patio and did not think anything...

Defense has become the forte for women’s soccer as it has gone through conference play.The defense has carried NIU to a 3-1-2 record in MAC play, which situates the Huskies in second place in the MAC East and fourth place overall.The Huskies have only...

Women’s soccer’s Alex Elias capped off a strong first season by being only the fourth NIU freshman to be named to the MAC All-Freshman Team.This year, Elias is building on her experience to help the Huskies construct the lockdown defense they need...

Hawaii wasn’t quite the paradise women’s soccer had hoped for.The Huskies (0-4) fell 3-2 in a tightly contested match with the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine (1-2) early Friday before getting outmatched by the Seattle Redhawks (2-1), 4-1, on Sunday.HawaiiAgainst...

Women’s soccer (6-11-3, 4-5-2 MAC) brought in another strong freshman class for National Signing Day.The Huskies added 11 players to the team to replace nine departing seniors. The focus was on midfielders, with six members of the class playing that...

The women’s soccer (2-1-0) team played twice this weekend and had a flair for the dramatics Sunday.Friday’s game at Purdue (2-2-0) was a 4-1 loss that was fraught with rain delays. The second game, on Sunday, featured the Huskies edging the Lewis...