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Poor road play could be women’s soccer’s doom

By Steve Shonder | September 2, 2014

If women’s soccer is going to make it past the first round of the MAC Tournament it will have to get comfortable on the road fast.After last season’s winless road campaign, the Huskies have started out this season 0-4 on the road. Although four games...

Women’s soccer drops pair, remains winless

By Steve Shonder | September 1, 2014

Hawaii wasn’t quite the paradise women’s soccer had hoped for.The Huskies (0-4) fell 3-2 in a tightly contested match with the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine (1-2) early Friday before getting outmatched by the Seattle Redhawks (2-1), 4-1, on Sunday.HawaiiAgainst...

Women’s soccer takes talents way out west

By Steve Shonder | August 27, 2014

There’s a lot of ways to get over a pair of losses, but none are better than a chance to do it in Hawaii.Women’s soccer (0-2) will take part in the OHANA Hotels and Resorts No Ka Oi at Waipi’o Peninsula Soccer Stadium in Honolulu. The Huskies will...

Splitting soccer season between fall, spring ‘has to happen’

By Steve Shonder | August 25, 2014

Women’s soccer played two games in high humidity and heat over the weekend, but if a group of a college soccer coaches have their way that could be a thing of the past.A contingent of men’s soccer coaches is pushing to introduce a split-season plan....

Maggie Renfro (23), women’s soccer junior forward, heads the ball against Buffalo Oct. 7 in DeKalb. Renfro tallied a team-leading three combined shots against ISU and WIU over the weekend but failed to find the back of the net.

Women’s soccer struggles in heat

By Steve Shonder | August 24, 2014

The heat drained women’s soccer’s offensive attack, as the team was punch-less in the first two games of the 2014 campaign this weekend.The Huskies (0-2) lost to the Illinois State Redbirds (2-0), 4-1, Friday in Normal. Sunday, the Huskies were shut...

Women’s soccer to play final regular season game

By Steve Shonder | October 30, 2013

With only one game left in the regular season, the women’s soccer team can’t start looking ahead to the playoffs just yet.The Huskies (6-9-3, 4-4-2 MAC) will face the Toledo Rockets (5-12-1, 2-7-1 MAC) at 2 p.m. Thursday at the NIU Soccer and Track...

Women’s soccer looks to take advantage of CMU, Bowling Green

By Steve Shonder | October 10, 2013

The women’s soccer team looks to continue its winning ways this weekend in a pair of conference matchups.The Huskies (4-7-1, 2-2 MAC) will hit the road to take on the Bowling Green Falcons (0-10, 0-4 MAC) and the Central Michigan Chippewas (2-9-1, 2-2...

Women’s soccer starts season with victory

By Sam Bauman | August 26, 2013

The women’s soccer team started its season out right with a shutout over Eastern Illinois in its home opener Sunday.The win starts the Huskies out with a 1-0-0 record, while the Panthers fell to 0-2-0. The key in the 3-0 victory was the stellar play...

Frances Boukidis junior forward for Northern Illinois University battles two Eastern Michigan defenders to get possession of the ball.

Women’s soccer ends postseason run with a loss to Central Michigan

By Ed Rietveld | October 28, 2012

Women’s soccer’s season came to an end Sunday in the quarterfinals of the MAC conference tournament after a 2-0 loss to Central Michigan (14-5-1, 9-2-0 MAC). This was the first time the Huskies had qualified for the MAC postseason tournament since...

Women’s soccer fall to Miami (Ohio) and Ball State over the weekend

By Ed Rietveld | October 14, 2012

In its final home weekend of the season NIU women’s soccer dropped a pair of games to Miami (Ohio) and Ball State. Friday’s match between Miami (Ohio) and NIU felt like a 90 minute roller coaster ride, with many twists and turns. At the end of that...