The women’s basketball team is left with a huge void to fill now that sophomore guard Janae Poisson is out for the season with a torn ACL.The Huskies are going to have to search for ways for their bench to produce in Poisson’s absence, as the sophomore...
Freshman guard Gabby Nikitinaite (left) and junior guard Courtney Woods (right) take a picture Oct. 19 during team photo shoots. They are the only internationally-born players on the women’s basketball team.
Women’s basketball suffered its first loss of the season when it faced the University of Iowa Hawkeyes from the Big-10 Conference Wednesday.NIU (1-1) battled but fell to the Hawkeyes 105-80 inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.The Hawkeyes extended...
Sophomore forward Natalie Yass kicks the ball in the Huskies' 1-0 loss Thursday to Western Michigan. NIU lost to Ball State Sunday 2-1 in the MAC Tournament Quarterfinals.
Women’s soccer locked in the seventh seed in the Mid-American Conference Tournament, despite losing its regular season finale Thursday.The Huskies (8-9-1, 5-6-0 MAC) fell to the Western Michigan University Broncos (10-7-1, 5-5-1 MAC), 1-0, on a windy...
DeKalb — Delaney Loprieno, women’s soccer redshirt junior defender and midfielder, made the transition from attacking midfielder to defender look seamless, and has been a consistent presence for the Huskies.Loprieno has started in all 17 games this...
DeKALB — Women’s soccer could not find the back of the net for the second straight game after falling to the Eastern Michigan University Eagles Sunday.The Huskies (8-8-1, 5-5-0 Mid-American Conference) were shut out by the Eagles (6-11-2, 3-6-0 MAC),...
Women’s soccer could not get its offense going in its midweek matchup against the Central Michigan University Chippewas.The Huskies (8-7-1, 5-4 Mid-American Conference) fell to the Chippewas (7-7-3, 2-5-2 MAC) 1-0 on a goal from Chippewas’ junior...
Valerie Spychala (left), senior athletic training major, and junior accountancy major Bridget McCaffery (right) practice for Tugs in the trenches at their house Wednesday. They are the reigning 10-time champions of the event.
Women’s soccer split its weekend conference series against the Kent State Golden Flashes and the Ohio University Bobcats at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex.The Huskies (8-6-1, 5-3 Mid-American Conference) fell to the Golden Flashes (11-4-1,...
Women’s soccer handed the Ball State University Cardinals their first conference loss in a rematch of their Mid-American Conference quarterfinals matchup from Oct. 30, 2016.The Huskies (7-5-2, 4-2-0 Mid-American Conference) defeated the Cardinals (6-6-2,...
