Kathi Bennett had to do some late recruiting for the NIU women's basketball team this summer. The Huskies' first-year head coach started searching for players after freshman forward Jenna Thorp tore her ACL in late July. "I was just asking anybody around...
For almost 20 years, Charlene Riefler and Jim Leslie have sat in the same seats, at the same sports, cheering for the same school-Northern Illinois University. As season ticket holders for women's basketball, the friends have attended hundreds of games;...
If NIU battling Toledo with MAC Championship implications wasn't enough of a throwback for Huskie fans, seeing former running back Garrett Wolfe on the sidelines must have maxed out the nostalgia meter. Wolfe, currently a running back for the Chicago...
DeKALB | When the lights go on in Huskie Stadium tonight, all eyes will be on an NIU program garnering national attention going up against its most bitter rival. When the Toledo Rockets roll into DeKalb, they bring with them a 29-8 record all-time against...
Seeking a rebound from back-to-back losses last weekend, NIU volleyball traveled to Western Michigan on Thursday night in hopes of a win that never happened. In their fifth consecutive road match, the Huskies (23-5 overall, 9-4 MAC) went into the match...
Marketing for a Tuesday night football game may be one of the hardest things that a marketing department at a university has to face. Consider the fact that it is a week night and students do have classes near game time. Adding even more pressure is the...
College football programs know no better feeling than hitting it right with a player. But when that player is only a freshman and becomes an immediate force, everyone takes notice. Jimmie Ward makes NIU take notice. Ward has become the blocking bandit...
DeKALB | Finishing opportunities has been an issue at times with the NIU men’s soccer team this season and its latest match was no different. The Huskies felt defeat for the fifth time this year in a 1-0 loss to Florida Atlantic in Boca Raton, Fla....
DeKALB | Over the weekend the NIU women’s soccer team got hammered twice on the road, dropping a 3-1 decision against Eastern Michigan and a 3-0 game to Central Michigan. Entering the weekend, both EMU and CMU were undefeated in MAC play; dangerous...
DeKALB | One could almost feel the Huskie fans’ collective hand hovering millimeters over the panic button in the first half of Saturday’s game against Buffalo. Things returned to form by the time the game was over. If anything, this is simply the...
Saturday is a big day for NIU athletics, for more reasons than may be readily apparent. Chances are that most people are aware of the implications that the football team's game against Temple will have on the look of the MAC this season. I shouldn't have...
And with this, the real season begins. After taking down Minnesota, NIU football will play its fourth game on the road, travelling to Akron, Ohio to open up its MAC slate against the Zips. The Huskies (2-2) are coming off their best game of the season,...
