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Starting junior pitcher Joe Hawks delivers to the plate. Hawks pitched 3 innings, giving up three earned runs and a walk against Milwaukee on Tuesday.

Baseball steps up with third conference win

By Thomas Hiley III | April 21, 2016

Starting junior pitcher Joe Hawks delivers to the plate. Hawks pitched 3 innings, giving up three earned runs and a walk against Milwaukee on Tuesday.

Women’s tennis close season with a loss

By Thomas Hiley III | April 22, 2013

The women’s tennis team’s season finally came to a close last weekend as it lost its eighth straight conference match. The Huskies finished the season 14-10 and 0-8 in conference play. At the beginning of the season the Huskies won three of their...

Women’s teenis falls to Ohio and Ball State

By Thomas Hiley III | April 21, 2013

In its last weekend of the season, the women’s tennis team had some highs and lows as it faced the Ball State Cardinals (14-10, 5-3 MAC) and Miami of Ohio RedHawks (11-12, 7-1 MAC). The Huskies lost both matches 5-2 to put them 14-10 on the season and...

Sophomore Stephanie McDonald sets up to return a volley on March 29 in the meet against Bowling Green State University.

Women’s tennis to take on Ball State

By Thomas Hiley III | April 17, 2013

The women’s tennis team has only two more matches, and it will play the Ball State Cardinals (13-10, 3-3 MAC) and Miami Ohio Redhawks (10-12, 6-1 MAC) this weekend. Head coach Ryun Ferrell believes this week is important even though the team might not...

Women’s tennis struggles to find balance in doubles

By Thomas Hiley III | April 16, 2013

Since the start of conference play, the women’s tennis team (14-8, 2-2 MAC) hasn’t played its best, struggling mostly in doubles play. The Huskies had a record of 14-2 with the team doing great in doubles before conference. Nelle Youel and Arantza...

Freshman tennis player inspires victory for team

By Thomas Hiley III | April 15, 2013

The men’s tennis team (14-8, 2-2 MAC) was able to get an important conference win last weekend against the Toledo Rockets (18-9, 0-3 MAC), 6-1. Those six wins all came from singles, and one of the players that helped in that victory was freshman Simon...

Men’s tennis beats Toledo

By Thomas Hiley III | April 14, 2013

The men’s tennis team (14-8, 2-2 MAC) comes out of the weekend 1-1, with a win coming off conference rival Toledo (18-9, 03 MAC), 6-1, and a loss from the Detroit Titans (8-12), 4-2. The first matchup was against the Titans from the Horizon League....

Women’s tennis looks to pull an upset over the Rockets, Eagles

By Thomas Hiley III | April 10, 2013

With four more games to go in the conference for the women’s tennis team, it’s going to be crucial for NIU to get a win this weekend against the Toledo Rockets (7-11, 1-4 MAC) and Eastern Michigan Eagles (7-12, 2-3 MAC). The Huskies (14-6, 0-4 MAC)...

Men’s tennis headed for Ohio

By Thomas Hiley III | April 10, 2013

This weekend the men’s tennis team will head to Michigan and Ohio to face off against the Detroit Titans (5-12) and Toledo Rockets (18-8, 0-2 MAC). The Huskies are coming off a 7-0 loss last weekend to conference rival Ball State (13-7, 2-0 MAC). NIU...

Key departures could bring change for the Bears in new season

By Thomas Hiley III | April 9, 2013

This upcoming season for the Bears will be somewhat different from those of recent years due to some key departures. Those departures include former head coach Lovie Smith and Bears middle linebacker Brain Urlacher. With these big time departures it is...

Sophomore redshirt holds down men’s tennis

By Thomas Hiley III | April 8, 2013

During the men’s tennis season there have been a couple of standouts, none more than Dor Amir. Amir is a red shirt sophomore from Tel Aviv, Israel. He attended Rothberg High School and is currently the Huskies’ No. 2 player. Outside of his love, playing...

Men’s tennis falls to Ball State

By Thomas Hiley III | April 7, 2013

The men’s tennis team couldn’t do what was needed to win over the weekend to improve its MAC record, losing to rival Ball State 7-0 (13-7, 2-0 MAC) and defeating non-conference team Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (5-12). The Huskies...