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Women’s volleyball opens season with NIU Invitational

By Northern Star staff | August 29, 2016

DeKALB | The 2016 NCAA volleyball season begins Friday for the Huskies as they host Iowa, Loyola and DePaul for the annual NIU Invitational at Victor E. Court.The Huskies will face DePaul at 7 p.m.The tournament will continue Saturday with NIU versus Loyola...

NIU club sports update

By Ed Rietveld | March 25, 2012

The Great Lakes Lacrosse League season kicked off this weekend. NIU began its GLLL season with a pair of home games against Loyola and Holy Cross Saturday. The Huskies (1-1) used a well balanced scoring attack in their 10-3 victory over the Ramblers (0-1)....

Jerry Burnes, Northern Star File Photo- NIU's Danny Pulliam
attempts to go up for a lay up in a game earlier this season.

Women’s basketball falls to Loyola

By Matt Hopkinson | November 13, 2011

There's been a long-standing ideology in sports that the concept of chemistry is infinitely important to the success of a team.Perhaps that may be the case with NIU women's basketball (0-1), as its struggled to come together as a cohesive unit and lost...

Sophomore Frances Boukidis celebrates after scoring her second
goal of the game against Loyola.

Huskies shine on rainy afternoon, win 2-0

By Matt Hopkinson | September 18, 2011

On a cold, rainy day, NIU women's soccer (1-5-2) gave the crowd something to cheer for as they blanked Loyola (3-5-1) 2-0.The Huskies also made good on a day honoring the seniors on their roster, in which all four seniors played a hand in securing the...

NIU Rugby defeats Loyola 76-5

By Ed Rietveld | September 11, 2011

The NIU rugby team started its 2011 season with a 76-5 victory on the road over Loyola Saturday. Huskies rugby president Pat Kathan said it took the Huskies a little while to get going on Saturday afternoon. "It started a little slow in the beginning...

Rugby starts season with alumni weekend and hockey adds a second team

By Ed Rietveld | August 23, 2011

Men's rugby ready to start season After going 6-0 last year in regular season play and 1-1 in the playoffs, the NIU men's rugby team is ready to start its 2011 season.The Huskies return 12 of 15 players from last season, giving them a chance for another...

Women’s basketball hits the road

By Jimmy Johnson | December 5, 2010

The NIU women's basketball team has an opportunity to leap ahead of the two teams that are ahead of them in the MAC West division. Matchups against Central (5-2) and Eastern Michigan (5-3) will be on tap for the Huskies (5-3) during their winter break...

Women’s soccer unable to score against winless Loyola

By Andrew Singer | September 6, 2010

CHICAGO | After exploding for three goals in their previous game, the Huskies couldn’t even manage one against the previously winless Ramblers on Sunday afternoon. NIU (2-2-0) took on a Loyola team that had yet to even register a tie in its first five...