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Huskie aims to bring expertise to South Africa

By Matt Hopkinson | February 21, 2012

NIU women's soccer junior goalkeeper Amy Carr has had international experience playing sports, as well as teaching sports.With career aspirations of being a coach, she has found her own way to gain experience in that department, by developing a project...

Huskies blown away by Cyclones at Iowa State

By Matt Hopkinson | August 21, 2011

The NIU women's soccer team opened up their regular season schedule Sunday but lacked a potent enough kick to net a win. The Huskies (0-1) suffered a 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Iowa State Cyclones (2-0). "This is our first regular season game and...

NIU season defined by home dominance

By Andrew Singer | November 1, 2010

Unfortunately for the NIU women's soccer team, a tradition of winning takes years to accomplish. Finishing up her third season as NIU head coach, Carrie Barker saw flashes of greatness from her team in 2010. But the third-year head coach believes it...

NIU falls to Western Michigan, perpares for MAC tournament

By Andrew Singer | October 28, 2010

With seeding for the MAC tournament on the line, the NIU women's soccer team fell to Western Michigan 2-1 in Kalamazoo on Thursday afternoon. Going into the Huskies' final regular season contest, they and WMU (9-6-4 overall, 5-2-4 MAC) were tied for the...

Huskie Briefs: Oct. 27

By Andrew Singer | October 26, 2010

After intercepting a career-high two passes in Saturday's victory over Central Michigan, NIU football's Tyrone Clark was named MAC West Defensive Player of the Week on Monday. The two interceptions brought the sophomore linebacker's season total to three....

Junior forward Kelsey Passaglia scores the game-winning goal in the 59th minute Sunday to defeat Bowling Green 1-0.

NIU women’s soccer sweeps MAC contests

By Andrew Singer | October 24, 2010

Things are clicking at the right time for the NIU women’s soccer team.The Huskies swept the last two home games of the season over the weekend; topping Miami (OH) 2-1 and taking down Bowling Green 1-0.Against the RedHawks on Friday, the Huskies (9-7-1...

NIU's women soccer goalkeeper Amy Carr's family traveled from England to watch Amy play.

Soccer player’s family travels from England to see her play

By Katie Leb | October 12, 2010

DeKALB | Traveling across the Atlantic Ocean to watch a few college soccer matches is not something expected of the average fan. But when the goalkeeper on one of the teams is your daughter, traveling any distance to watch her play is worth every mile....

NIU athletes travel from far and wide to get to DeKalb

By Katie Leb | September 14, 2010

While many NIU athletes have grown up in Illinois, not every player call this state home. In fact, Huskie athletes come from as far as Kericho, Kenya. Sophomore cross country runner Nancy Maritim traveled over 8,000 miles to be a student athlete at NIU....

Freshman Firsts

By Katie Leb | August 29, 2010

College freshmen tend to go unnoticed unless they put themselves in the spotlight. Make the freshmen athletes behind all-star upperclassmen, and they may feel like no one can see them.Every week "Freshman Firsts" will be here to shine a light on those...

NIU women’s soccer takes season opener

By Andrew Singer | August 23, 2010

DeKALB | Don't tell the NIU women's soccer team that Creighton returned its top three goal scorer's from last season. The Huskies dominated defensively Monday evening to take the season opener 1-0 at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex against...