Women’s soccer might want to take a page from the Chicago Bulls playbook and start calling their bench the “bench mob.” Through seven games, reserves have scored three of the Huskies’s 10 goals this season, and two of those have come from freshmen....
The non-conference portion of the women’s soccer schedule came to an end Sunday afternoon against the South Dakota Coyotes. The Huskies (4-3) once again used a quick offensive start in a 4-1 win over the Coyotes (1-6-2). NIU scored three goals in the...
This weekend women’s soccer returns home for one last non conference matchup before the start of MAC conference play. Sunday, the Huskies (3-3-0) will welcome the University of South Dakota Coyotes (1-5-1) to DeKalb. NIU is coming off its third consecutive...
Six games into the season, NIU’s women’s soccer has done something it didn’t do all of last year: win three games. NIU earned its third consecutive weekend split with a loss at Northwestern and a win against Eastern Illinois. One key statistical...
A stretch of five straight games against in-state schools concludes this weekend for women’s soccer. Friday, the Huskies (2-2) will travel to Evanston and take on the Wildcats of Northwestern (2-2-1). NIU is coming off a 3-0 win over the Ramblers. The...
Over the Labor Day weekend, NIU women’s soccer earned its second straight weekend split to start the season. Friday, the Huskies (1-2) fell 1-0 against Illinois State (3-0-2), despite outshooting ISU 16-6 in the game, 15 of them coming in the second...
NIU’s women’s soccer begins the home portion of its schedule with games on Friday and Sunday afternoons. The Huskies (1-1) home opener is against their in-state rival, the Illinois State Redbirds. Coming into Friday afternoon’s game, the Redbirds...
The Northern Star’s Ed Rietveld talked with NIU’s first year women’s soccer coach John Ross. Coach Ross discusses what interested him about the NIU job and what type of team he wants his teams to be and a whole lot more. NS: What interested you...
NIU women’s soccer played two regular-season games before the start of the school year. The Huskies (1-1) faced the Drake Bulldogs (2-2) to begin their 2012 season Friday, losing 2-1. Drake and NIU were both held scoreless in the match’s first 45...
The D-II NIU hockey team has a new boss behind the bench after former coach Greg Chromy did not have his contract renewed after two seasons with the team. The Huskies finished the 2011-12 season with a record of 11-19-2-1, failing to make the Mid-American...
NIU lacrosse traveled to Madison, Wis. to take part in the year ending Great Lakes Lacrosse League Championships. The Huskies (7-4) lost in the quarterfinals 11-4 against the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (9-0) Saturday. David Jasper, NIU lacrosse...
Men's Rugby NIU’s men’s rugby finished second in the Tournament of Champions Saturday with a 4-1 record. The Huskies first game was against the Shamrock rugby club. NIU got off to a slow start, trailing 5-3, but it was able to respond and come back...
