Beginning its longest road trip of the season, NIU volleyball started on the right step defeating Kent State Friday night in five sets.After taking the first set 25-15, Kent State came back to grab the next two, 25-20 and 25-22.“We came out and had...
DeKALB | In a homecoming weekend full of festivities, NIU volleyball corralled Buffalo Saturday night (25-20, 26-24, 25-19) just as the football team did hours earlier in a 45-14 defeat of the Bulls. The match marked not only the seventh consecutive win...
NIU volleyball’s Lauren Wicinski’s Monday tradition continued this week as the MAC announced the outside hitter as the MAC West Offensive Player of the Week for the fourth time this season. The freshman racked up 59 total points in two road wins over the weekend for the Huskies. Wicinski leads the MAC in aces, points and kills.
Football: For the second straight week, NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish garnered MAC West Offensive Player of the Week honors. The redshirt junior piled up 282 total yards and two passing touchdowns against Temple. With the player of the week selection, Harnish becomes the first quarterback in NIU history to be honored in consecutive weeks.
The NIU women’s golf record books took a hit at the 26th annual Huskie Classic. With the conclusion of Sunday’s first round, NIU set a new school record for lowest overall score in a single round with 296. NIU would wind up finishing second overall in the Huskie Classic, finishing behind Brown University.
NIU volleyball continued its record-breaking season this weekend, taking down two MAC West rivals. With the wins, the Huskies now sit alone on top of the MAC West and have a 5-0 record on the road, a feat last accomplished in 1992. On Friday night, the...
It's not out of the ordinary to see siblings attending the same the college no matter the age difference. Being a student-athlete tends to complicate that system, as the siblings might find their student-athlete needs are met at different schools. This...
DeKALB | The Huskies added another victory at Victor E. Court this weekend against Toledo, but also put in a loss against Ball State to open MAC play. NIU head coach Ray Gooden knew going into the Ball State (11-3, 1-1 MAC) match on Friday, the Huskies...
After 15 matches of non-conference play, Huskie volleyball is ready to begin playing MAC opponents. The Huskies (14-1) will begin conference play with three matches at home, beginning tonight against Ball State (10-2). In preseason rankings, the Huskies...
NIU volleyball is back on a win streak after beating DePaul Tuesday night at Victor E. Court. The Huskies improved to 14-1, and have defeated their past three opponents to carry themselves into conference play on Friday. With the win, the Huskies tie...
On behalf of the volleyball team, I would like to thank you for your amazing support Tuesday night. Fortunately, I'm able to say that I've been here since the Convo opened in 2002, and the atmosphere has never been that electric. I want to make sure to...
The number of columns that I've written during my time at this newspaper asking the student body to pay attention to sports other than football has to be astronomical. I don't want to preach at you anymore than you don't want to hear me talk at you about...
A power outage and a Big Ten team could not stop the Huskies from improving to 13-1 this weekend at home. The Huskies were set to take on Youngstown State on Saturday when about six minutes before game time, the power went out. In her 32 years of working...
With a record-setting crowd of 954 around them, the Huskies took on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Tuesday night at Victor E. Court.Both teams came into the match undefeated, but it would be the Badgers (10-0) who continued their win streak.The Huskies...
