DeKALB — An overtime period was not enough to declare a winner during the men’s soccer match Friday.The Huskies opened their homestead with a 1-1 draw against University of Wisconsin – Green Bay.Green Bay was first on the score sheet with a goal...
It’s tough to put an emphasis on how much senior goalkeeper Jordan Godsey meant to NIU men’s soccer over the past four years; the guy has been a rock in between the posts. In the past three seasons Godsey started a total of 54 matches for NIU, starting...
Coming into its first MAC conference game against Florida Atlantic, NIU men’s soccer’s players and coaches made it quite clear this was a new start to the season. The Huskies (2-5-2, 1-0-0 MAC) got the result they were looking for as they started...
There have been a lot of opportunities given to some of the younger players on men’s soccer this season, and freshman attacker Parker Thornton is no exception. Thornton, a native of Buda, Texas, has slowly worked his way up to being one of the first...
After a successful season last year, this isn’t the way men’s soccer wanted to start its season. The Huskies (0-2-0) lost their second game in a heartbreaking manner to the Phoenix, of UW Green Bay (2-1-0), after the game went into double overtime....
Whenever a sports program has a successful year, professional or collegiate, the next year is crucial. If a team continues its success or has a bad year, proving that the previous season was a fluke, it’s sometimes known as the hangover affect. NIU...
Successful athletic programs are born from quality recruitment classes. As players become older and start to graduate, it is important to keep bringing in highly recruited freshman into the athletic program. “It’s a constant process,” said head...
There is something special about a new semester at NIU. First, my favorite: seeing actual people in DeKalb. And second: three sport teams with national level potential. Yes, amazingly enough, outside of football, two NIU teams have amassed the players...
