NIU women's basketball's season has not gone the way it hoped. More than halfway complete, the Huskies stand at 7-11, with a 1-4 conference record. Yet the team has one element that has garnered attention. From behind the arc, the Huskies are shooting...
Chris Dertz: Katie, this weekend is sort of a big deal in the NFL. But let's be honest; we can just skip these stupid championship games that nobody cares about and skip straight ahead to the one that really counts, and no, I don't mean the Pro Bowl....
"Positive" is one word Ray Gooden uses to describe the 2010 NIU volleyball season. The ninth year head coach has had some memorable moments, but this season provided more than just a few to his list. "The record and our ability to make it to the MAC...
MILWAUKEE | Usually the NIU volleyball team is relaxing during Thanksgiving weekend, having completed the season the previous weekend. This year, however, the Huskies traveled across the border to Milwaukee on Saturday to take on Marquette University....
TOLEDO, OHIO | Thursday evening Lauren Wicinski went to the Mid-American Conference volleyball awards banquet ready to cheer for her teammates' achievements. Little did she know, she would make history by winning the MAC Freshman of the Year, as well...
Maddie Hughes said in August she wanted NIU volleyball to dominate the MAC in her final season. To this point, the Huskies have earned 25 wins to six losses (11-5 MAC), the best team season Hughes has had in the libero uniform. As the lone senior, Hughes...
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;...
DeKALB | Notch win number two for Kathi Bennett. In an Illinois rivalry game, the NIU women’s basketball team took down Western Illinois 73-65 Tuesday night in Macomb. “It’s always nice to beat a directional school when you’re one of them,”...
This weekend's regular season conference play ended with a defeat for NIU volleyball, but not before locking in the fourth seed for the MAC Tournament. The Huskies (25-6 overall, 11-5 MAC) guaranteed themselves the fourth seed and first round tournament...
The losing streak is over after the NIU volleyball team took down Bowling Green Saturday night to end a three-game skid. After going 2-3 on the team's longest road trip of the season, the Huskies looked forward to returning to the Convocation Center....
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...
Now in his ninth year as NIU volleyball head coach, Ray Gooden has evolved his coaching philosophy. The Northern Star sat down with him to learn of his journey, what the 2010 team has taught him and about the allegations of moonlighting as a DJ. Northern...
