NIU volleyball (3-23, 1-15 MAC) fell to the Bowling Green State University Falcons (19-8, 14-2 MAC) in 3 sets Saturday. It is the Huskies third sweep in a row.  JUST NOT ENOUGH The first set was the strongest for the Huskies. NIU jumped out to...

NIU volleyball (3-20, 1-12 MAC) fell to the University at Buffalo Bulls (14-13, 10-4 MAC) in four sets. It is the Huskies’ eighth loss in a row.  COMING UP SHORT The first set was a close one. NIU led by as much as three and were never down by...

NIU volleyball (3-15, 1-7 MAC) lost to the Central Michigan University Chippewas (16-5, 7-2 MAC) in three sets Friday. It is the sixth time the Huskies have been swept this season. The first set was a close one that saw the Huskies fall 25-21. Central...

NIU volleyball (2-6) claimed its second win of the season Saturday over the Stony Brook University Seawolves (7-2) in four sets.  COMPLETE PERFORMANCE The Huskies pitched their best performance of the season thus far against Stony Brook, a team...

Rebuild and Redemption. Those are good words to describe the outlook for NIU volleyball as it approaches the start of the 2024 season.  Coming off the heels of an 8-22 season, NIU volleyball head coach Sondra D’Amore is looking for her unit to reinforce...

Kills aplenty, two pivotal challenges and a battle past 25 points, all in the first set of a match seemingly destined to go the distance. Instead, it was just the beginning of NIU volleyball’s downhill slide to utter defeat. The Huskies (8-14,...

NIU junior libero Crew Hoffmeier has a reputation for bringing fire to a volleyball court, enough of it to energize her team and sometimes a bit left over to burn through her own shoelaces. When Hoffmeier goes to make a diving play on the court, the...

NIU volleyball junior libero Crew Hoffmeier has been named the Week 4 Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday.  "I'm really glad to see Crew honored because she has been working very hard since day...

Like you might find its players doing on the sideline during a mid-match challenge, NIU volleyball has found itself in a limbo near the end of its non-conference stretch. After losing every one of its matches at the DePaul Invitational in Chicago this...