DeKALB – Senior guard Jayden Marable earned her second Huskie of the Week honor and the third for women’s basketball in the 2023-24 season.
Marable shot 10-for-17 from the field and scored a career-high 26 points in the Huskies’ (11-11, 4-6 MAC)...
By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
| October 10, 2023
DeKALB – Redshirt senior goalkeeper Sadie McGill was named the MAC Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday after leading the Huskies to two clean sheet victories.
McGill has recorded seven saves, two shutout victories, and zero allowed goals in...
By Ethan Gonzales, Former Sports Editor
| January 31, 2023
A complete game from the Huskies on both sides of the ball helped NIU defeat Western Michigan University in a road conference victory.
While NIU only compiled three double-digit scoring efforts from its starters, role players contributed to the Huskies’...
DeKALB – Sophomore guard David Coit has become the first NIU student-athlete to gather back-to-back Northern Star Huskie of the Week honors.
Coit led the Huskies with 32 points in the Jan. 24 win over the top seeded team in the Mid-American Conference,...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| January 30, 2023
DeKALB – NIU’s quartet of personal-best balance beam routines highlighted NIU gymnastics’ outing at Sunday’s tri-meet as the Huskies tumbled to their third win of the season.
NIU outscored its visitors, Illinois State University and Winona State...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| January 28, 2023
WEST DUNDEE – In their final home series, NIU hockey seniors took center stage with an explosive offensive showing in the team's 6-4 win over Drury University on Friday.
Senior forward Rodahn Evans tallied a hat trick plus an assist for NIU, with...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| January 28, 2023
Upperclassmen paved the way for NIU gymnastics as juniors Kendall George, Isabelle West and senior Natalie Hamp earned first place finishes in Sunday's dual meet
NIU edged Illinois State University in a 195.075-194.275 decision at CEFCU Arena in Bloomington-Normal....
DeKALB – Say hello to the newest member of our pack, Mission III. Mission III’s introduction was met with awe from the crowd as he said hello with some energetic barks.
This three-month-old pup was introduced to the public at noon Friday in the...
DeKALB – NIU women’s basketball senior guard Chelby Koker earned her second Mid-American Conference Scholar Athlete of the Week of the 2022-23 season Wednesday following her pair of game performances this past week.
Koker previously earned the honor...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| January 26, 2023
Struggles on the power play cost NIU hockey game one of its two-game road series against the Midland University Warriors (4-17, 4-5 MCH), who snuck past the Huskies by a final score of 4-3 Friday in Fremont, Nebraska.
The loss extended NIU’s (2-21,...
DeKALB – Sondra Parys, the newly-hired head coach of NIU volleyball, has made her first addition to the team’s roster as the program announced the signing of Savanah Brandt on Tuesday.
Brandt, a 6-foot-2 middle blocker, will join the Huskies as...
