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Women’s basketball loses at home in MAC Tourney

By Jimmy Johnson | March 6, 2011

A run in the MAC Tournament was not in store for the NIU women's basketball team. The Huskies (13-17, 7-10 MAC) dropped their first-round matchup against Ohio (9-21, 5-12 MAC), 72-56. An early exit by NIU was an upset, seeding-wise, being the seventh...

Ray Gooden consoles freshman Justine Schepler (middle) after falling to Ohio in the MAC Tournament Championship.

NIU volleyball loses to Ohio in championship match

By Katie Leb | November 21, 2010

TOLEDO, OHIO | The year before Ray Gooden became NIU head volleyball coach, the Huskies won the Mid-American Conference Tournament in a 3-0 defeat of Ball State. The year was 2001, in which the Huskies went 24-6, with a 15-3 MAC record. Nine years later,...

NIU freshman Lauren Wicinski goes for a kill against Eastern Michigan. Wicinski leads the MAC in points, kills and aces.

NIU volleyball heads to Toledo in search of championship

By Katie Leb | November 18, 2010

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...

Women’s soccer loses in first round

By Andrew Singer | October 31, 2010

Dropping a 2-1 decision to Central Michigan in the first round of the MAC tournament; the NIU women's soccer team's season came to an end on Sunday. Participating in their first MAC tournament game since 2008, the Huskies (9-9-1 overall, 5-6-1 MAC) needed...