Football (8-3, 6-1 MAC) will look to defeat the Ohio Bobcats (7-4, 4-3 MAC) Tuesday for a chance to win the MAC West for the sixth straight season.The Huskies defeated Ohio 21-14 on the road last season behind a game-winning touchdown as junior quarterback...
Sports writer Patrick Smith breaks down Ohio’s impact players before they face off against the Huskies at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Huskie Stadium. NIU hasn’t lost the last game of a regular season since the 2009-10 season.Quarterback:Senior quarterback...
Volleyball (12-10, 8-2 MAC) saw its five-game winning streak come to a halt as it fell short to Kent State on Friday, but came back to defeat Ohio on Saturday to split the weekend.Kent StateThe Huskies came together to execute early on and held an 8-5...
Volleyball (11-9, 7-1 MAC) is set to take on Kent State and Ohio this weekend.Though the Huskies are riding a five-game winning streak and the season is coming down the stretch this weekend, the girls plan to treat their games like any other, said junior...
Turnovers and low scoring gave football (2-3, 0-1 MAC) its third straight loss as it fell 29-19 to Central Michigan (2-3, 1-0 MAC) to end its three-game road trip.First halfNIU got off to a quick start in the first quarter as sophomore cornerback Shawun...
Women’s soccer (2-9, 1-3 MAC) fell to Ohio (4-6, 2-1 MAC) 2-1 in its first double overtime loss in three seasons.OhioNIU had five corner kicks to Ohio’s two, but neither team was able to score in the first period. The Huskies finished the half with...
Women’s soccer (2-7-0, 1-1-0) will travel to Athens, Ohio this weekend to face off against the Ohio Bobcats (3-6-0) and Kent State (5-3-2). Both teams enter this weekend 1-1-0 in MAC-conference play.Ohio freshman forward Stephanie Rowland scored her...
Women’s soccer (2-7-0, 1-1-0 MAC) went head-to-head with the Toledo Rockets and the Central Michigan Chippewas last weekend, defeating Toledo and losing to Central Michigan.ToledoThe Huskies took down the Rockets 2-0 in game one, granting them their...
Softball swept a Saturday doubleheader against the Akron Zips after a scheduled Friday doubleheader against the Ohio Bobcats was canceled due to poor weather conditions.The Huskies (15-13, 2-0 MAC) beat the Zips (12-13, 0-2 MAC), 9-1, in six innings in...
Softball has catapulted itself into first place in the MAC West through 24 non-conference games despite being a bit rocky at the start of the season.Softball (12-12, 0-0 MAC) went 6-4 last week. But, the Huskies began the season 6-8 in a 14-game stretch...
What happenedWomen’s golf captured the 2015 MAC Match Play title as it went 3-0 over the two-day tournament Monday and Tuesday at Lakewood Ranch Country Club in Lakewood Ranch, Fla.How it happenedThe No. 4 seed Huskies beat the No. 5 seed Ohio Bobcats,...
NIU football placed a school-record and conference-leading 14 student-athletes on the 2014 Academic All-MAC team, which was released by the league office Tuesday.NIU and the Central Michigan Chippewas led the MAC with 14 selections apiece. The Bowling...
