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Men’s tennis defeats Ball State at home, falls to Marquette on the road

By Mike Romor | April 8, 2012

NIU men’s tennis had mixed results over the weekend, beating Ball State at home before falling on the road to Marquette. NIU (18-6, 2-0 MAC) opened up slow against Ball State (15-8, 1-1 MAC), dropping the doubles point, but came back and won all six...

Men’s tennis will try to extend 7-match winning streak

By Mike Romor | April 4, 2012

After last weekend’s successful break from MAC action, NIU men’s tennis will matchup at home against Ball State before hitting the road to face Marquette. Ball State (14-7) has lost two of its last three matches and five of its last eight. Before...

Coaches Corner: Todd Townsend

Coaches Corner: Todd Townsend

By Brian Belford | February 13, 2012

The Northern Star caught up with Todd Townsend, NIU men's basketball assistant coach, who talked about playing with Dwayne Wade at Marquette, and what he would say to NIU students to convince them to come out to one of their games. Northern Star: You...

Division II Parkside UW defeats NIU

By Katie Leb | November 10, 2010

It took a re-jump to get the season started, but the NIU Huskie women have officially begun their 2010-11 campaign. Though Ebony Ellis won the tip off, the Huskies would lose to the University of Wisconsin-Parkside on Wednesday night in their only exhibition...

NIU goalie Craig Haa gave up seven goals in the Huskies' loss to NMU.

Hockey slips up

By Korey Peterson | October 4, 2010

Hockey is Canada's pasttime, so it makes sense that any university sharing a lake border with the country would have an advantage against NIU. In a battle of Northern schools this past weekend, the Northern Michigan University Wildcats (4-4-0) defeated...

NIU captain Mike Reporto skates during the Huskies' season opener.

Huskie hockey win big in opening weekend

By Korey Peterson | September 20, 2010

Once is nice, but twice is much better. After beating Marquette on Friday night 8-5, the Huskie hockey team did it again on Saturday, this time by a score of 5-1. The teams split their season series last year. The first game saw a crowd of over 250 at...