When play wrapped up at the NIU Soccer Complex this weekend, the NIU women’s soccer team had added another win and its first draw to its already impressive home record.NIU opened up the weekend’s action Friday with a late afternoon contest against...
Freshmen have a lot on their plates. Those involved with athletics have even more, and it falls on their coaches to help them work out the kinks. "During any given week during the season, the kids will have 20 hours of football, eight hours of study hall...
The NIU women's basketball team is looking for some male NIU students to practice with the team. Practice players must be full time students and have a minimum GPA of 2.5. Anyone interested should contact assistant women's basketball coach E.C. Hill at...
After a month of sampling other conferences, the NIU women's soccer team is ready to break the seal on MAC play this weekend. With a 4-3-0 record outside the conference, NIU head coach Carrie Barker is eager to see what her group can do against MAC opponents....
Locals have chance to play with women's golf On Oct. 3 at the Whisper Creek Golf Course the NIU women's golf team will host the Northern Illinois Women's Golf Co-Am. Each group of golfers will be paired with a current member of the Huskies. Participants...
While NIU football is busy looking at next week's matchup, Jeff Compher is flipping his calendar to 2015. The Associate Vice President Director of Athletics at NIU is charged with orchestrating all non-conference games for NIU. Considering the lucrative...
Even in an age where coaches study game tape like scripture, no bench boss knows exactly what they’re going to see until game day. Any number of things can change once the game clock starts ticking. An injury can occur, the weather can change or a team...
After dropping back-to-back 1-0 decisions in the previous two weekends, the NIU women’s soccer team managed to turn the tables this weekend. The Huskies kicked off the weekend when they played host to SIU-Edwardsville on Friday afternoon. The team got...
Is the NIU football team just treading water or are the Huskies on the verge of bowing out this season? After dropping their opener to Iowa State and barely beating North Dakota, the MAC West favorite Huskies have had their share of problems so far. The...
Excuses for not attending this weekend's football game in Champaign between NIU and the University of Illinois are growing scarce. As of Wednesday afternoon, there were still over 6,000 tickets left, according to the University of Illinois Box Office....
Men's golf Earlier this week, the NIU men's golf team broke the seal on its 2010 season as it grabbed a 12th place finish at the Marshall Invitational. The Huskies were led by Bryce Emory, who enjoyed a career best performance in the final round with...
DeKALB | An ugly pattern is starting to form for the NIU women's soccer team, as the Huskies were shut out on Friday for the third time this young season. After the game, the scoreboard read 1-0. Just as it did last weekend, when the Huskies (2-3-0) were...
