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NIU season defined by home dominance

By Andrew Singer | November 1, 2010

Unfortunately for the NIU women's soccer team, a tradition of winning takes years to accomplish. Finishing up her third season as NIU head coach, Carrie Barker saw flashes of greatness from her team in 2010. But the third-year head coach believes it...

Women’s soccer loses in first round

By Andrew Singer | October 31, 2010

Dropping a 2-1 decision to Central Michigan in the first round of the MAC tournament; the NIU women's soccer team's season came to an end on Sunday. Participating in their first MAC tournament game since 2008, the Huskies (9-9-1 overall, 5-6-1 MAC) needed...

NIU falls to Western Michigan, perpares for MAC tournament

By Andrew Singer | October 28, 2010

With seeding for the MAC tournament on the line, the NIU women's soccer team fell to Western Michigan 2-1 in Kalamazoo on Thursday afternoon. Going into the Huskies' final regular season contest, they and WMU (9-6-4 overall, 5-2-4 MAC) were tied for the...

Mixmaster Revelle’s perfect mix

By Andrew Singer | October 26, 2010

Creating a crazy good mix-tape to boogie down to during warmups should, without a doubt, top the priority list of any good team.Looking at the NFL, it is hard not to watch the warmups without seeing at least one player get his swerve on to Lil Wayne's...

Women’s soccer splits in Ohio

By Andrew Singer | October 10, 2010

Judging from which one of this weekend's games you looked at; the NIU women's soccer team may have been outstanding on defense or plain dreadful. On Friday, the Huskies kicked off their weekend on a winning note, thanks to a fortunate bounce against Akron....

Mo Smunt celebrates NIUs only goal with Shelbi Johnson (17) and Francis Boukidis (7) during a 1-1 tie against Kent State.

NIU women’s soccer earns a win and a draw

By Andrew Singer | October 3, 2010

When play wrapped up at the NIU Soccer Complex this weekend, the NIU women’s soccer team had added another win and its first draw to its already impressive home record.NIU opened up the weekend’s action Friday with a late afternoon contest against...

NIU women’s soccer faces MAC opponents

By Andrew Singer | September 23, 2010

After a month of sampling other conferences, the NIU women's soccer team is ready to break the seal on MAC play this weekend. With a 4-3-0 record outside the conference, NIU head coach Carrie Barker is eager to see what her group can do against MAC opponents....

Barker focuses on character

By Andrew Singer | September 7, 2010

When recruiting players, coaches often regard good character as an ancillary trait. To Carrie Barker though, nothing could be more essential. Barker, NIU women's soccer team head coach, has always looked for players interested in developing as people...

Mike Greene | Northern Star file photos
Lindsay Curnock and Josh Karsten

Face Off: Bigger loss- Curnock or Karsten?

By Andrew Singer and Mike Buda | August 24, 2010

As the NIU men's and women's soccer seasons get underway, the teams will be without some familiar faces. The Northern Star's Andrew Singer and Mike Buda take center ice to see who will be the Huskies' bigger loss: Lindsey Curnock or Josh Karsten. Andrew...

NIU women’s soccer takes season opener

By Andrew Singer | August 23, 2010

DeKALB | Don't tell the NIU women's soccer team that Creighton returned its top three goal scorer's from last season. The Huskies dominated defensively Monday evening to take the season opener 1-0 at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex against...

NIU football not the only show in town

By Jerry Burnes | August 23, 2010

Is ESPN going through a fad, or has it just gone certifiably insane? I really can't think of another explanation to rationally break down its coverage of the past eight months. First there was Tiger Woods, then Tim Tebow, Stephen Strasburg, LeBron James...