Cross Country opens season, finishes sixthLast Friday, the NIU cross country team opened its 2010 regular season with a sixth place finish at the Wisconsin Badger Classic. Sophomore Courtney Oldenburg led the way for the Huskies, with an eighth place...
CHICAGO | After exploding for three goals in their previous game, the Huskies couldn’t even manage one against the previously winless Ramblers on Sunday afternoon. NIU (2-2-0) took on a Loyola team that had yet to even register a tie in its first five...
NIU football schedules Wake Forest, Ohio State: The NIU football team recently announced that they've set up a couple of attractive dates. The Huskies will play Wake Forest in 2014, completing a three game agreement with the school. NIU played the Demon...
NIU women's soccer didn't eat any corn, but it got its fill of the Hawkeye state at the inaugural Iowa Tournament, playing both Iowa and Northern Iowa. On Friday night, the Huskies kicked off their first road trip of the year against the host Hawkeyes....
Since the very beginnings of the game, special teams has been a way to separate the men from the boys. NIU defensive backs/special teams coach Jay Sawvel has been coaching the third phase for years and knows exactly what to look for. "Mostly on kickoff,...
As the NIU men's and women's soccer seasons get underway, the teams will be without some familiar faces. The Northern Star's Andrew Singer and Mike Buda take center ice to see who will be the Huskies' bigger loss: Lindsey Curnock or Josh Karsten. Andrew...
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...
Reporters bicker with Bill Hancock regularly. Then again, disagreements tend to follow the man in charge of one of the most controversial organizations in college sports. The executive director of college football's Bowl Championship Series was on hand...
Late last month, football coaches and players from the Mid American Conference descended on Detroit to discuss the upcoming season at the 2010 MAC Media Day. Here are the preseason rankings along with thoughts from head coaches on last year and what they're...
