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Sophomore forward, Jada Buggs (#23) drives into the lane in the game against the University of Toledo on Saturday.

Women’s basketball looks to top the Eagles

By Bob Kreider | January 30, 2013

Women’s basketball looks to get its first MAC win of the season against the Eastern Michigan Eagles in Ypsilanti, Mich., tonight. The Huskies (5-14, 0-6 MAC) are just 1-8 on the road but face an Eastern Michigan team that is 1-8 at home. The Eagles...

Sophomore guard Amanda Corral drives to the basket in the game against the University of Toledo on Saturday.

Womens basketball looks for turnaround as season wraps

By Bob Kreider | January 29, 2013

The last time the Huskies won was Dec. 29 in a 69-38 blowout against Norfolk State. In the last month, the Huskies (5-14, 0-6 MAC) have struggled to capitalize on their strong defensive performances. Inconsistent offense is the biggest reason NIU has...

Sophomore Parker Settecase ties up with an opponent from Eastern Michigan University at the meet on Saturday.

NIU Wrestling to face tough competition this season

By Ed Rietveld | January 29, 2013

The 2012-13 season for NIU wrestling has had more twists and turns than a roller coaster at Six Flags Great America. The Huskies (7-7, 0-5 MAC) started the year 5-0 and then lost three straight dual meets. After that, NIU won two in a row, followed by...

Men’s basketball loses to Eastern Michigan, breaks NCAA records

By Brian Earle | January 27, 2013

It’s hard to win a game when you can’t score, and men’s basketball found that out against Eastern Michigan on Saturday. Despite allowing only 42 points, the Huskies (4-14, 2-4 MAC) still fell to the Eagles (10-10, 3-3 MAC), 42-25. On their way to...

Women’s gymnastics suffers first loss of the season

By Matt Hopkinson | January 27, 2013

Women’s gymnastics went on the road for the first time this season and tasted defeat for the first time, as well. Heading into Ball State (2-2, 2-0 MAC) for its second MAC meet of the season, the Huskies (2-1, 1-1 MAC) were in the lead going into the...

President Peter’s replacement discussed in faculty senate meeting

By Kevin Steiger | January 24, 2013

The Faculty Senate met Wednesday to discuss a range of topics, including how much NIU spent on the Orange Bowl and the search for NIU President John Peters’ successor. According to Faculty Senate President Alan Rosenbaum, there have been 27 candidates...

Freshman Travon Barker (#5) drives to the basket in the game against Western Michigan University on Saturday.

Men’s basketball looks forward to Central Michigan

By Brian Earle | January 22, 2013

Coming off a 71-34 loss against Western Michigan, men’s basektball will look to get back on track when it faces Central Michigan today. The loss to the Broncos was the Huskies’ (3-13, 1-3 MAC) worst defeat of the season and they are looking forward...

Women’s basketball to take on the Broncos

By Bob Kreider | January 22, 2013

Women’s basketball looks to get its first MAC win against the Western Michigan Broncos at 7 p.m. today at the Convocation Center. The Broncos (5-12, 1-3 MAC) are coming off a big win against the first-place Akron Zips, but a hungry Huskie team (5-12,...

NIU Gymnast, Sophomore Amanda Stepp, performs a split jump on the beam event at the 2013 season opener against Illinois State University at the Convocation Center Sunday afternoon.

Women’s gymnastics set to meet Bowling Green

By Matt Hopkinson | January 16, 2013

Women’s gymnastics will compete in its second straight home meet of the season against its first MAC foe. The Huskies (1-0) will welcome Bowling Green (0-2) to Victor E. Court on Saturday. Head coach Sam Morreale hopes there is a similar turnout of...

NIU men’s basketball to take on Central Michigan

By Ed Rietveld | January 16, 2013

Wrestling looks to pick up its first MAC victory of the season when the Huskies (7-4, 0-2 MAC) face the 12th ranked Central Michigan Chippewas (8-3, 2-0 MAC) this weekend. The Huskies are coming off a 32-13 defeat at the hands of MAC rival Ohio University....

MAC sends record number of teams to bowl games

By Northern Star Staff | December 4, 2012

While the MAC is not known as a conference that sends a lot of football teams to bowl games, this year seven teams earned a bid. The seven teams set a new MAC record for most teams to get bids to bowl games. The previous record had been five. NIU made...

NIU wins second straight MAC Championship

NIU wins second straight MAC Championship

By Matt Hopkinson | November 30, 2012

NIU football has attained the status of MAC champion for the second year in a row. The Huskies (12-1 9-0 MAC) did not have the best start of their season against Kent State (11-2, 8-1 MAC), as the Golden Flashes opened the scoring early. Kent State took...