Toledo will look to ballhawk Chandler Harnish on Tuesday with its talented senior cornerback, Desmond Marrow.The 6'3'', 210-pound senior has been tough for opposing offenses to handle so far this season.Marrow was named MAC Defensive Player of the week...
NIU volleyball split its first two MAC road matches this weekend, losing in five sets to defending MAC champion Ball State before winning in Toledo for the first time since 2008. The Huskies (13-5, 2-2 MAC) took the Cardinals (15-2, 4-0) the distance...
The NIU women's tennis team finished Western Michigan's Fall MAC invitational with its head held high. Although Friday wasn't as successful as they had hoped it would be, the Huskies still had another day to make up for their mistakes. The tournament...
NIU women's soccer (1-7-2) started off the conference portion of its schedule with losses to Toledo (3-5-1), 1-0 and Ball State (6-4-1) 3-0.On Friday, the Huskies hosted Toledo in DeKalb and played to a draw with the preseason MAC favorite through 90...
Ball State The Cardinals are counting on new head coach Pete Lembo to help the passing game. Lembo coached the second-best passing attack with the Division II Elon Phoenix, and hopes to bring the same numbers to Ball State. Sophomore quarterback Keith...
DeKALB | Zero and 10 seemed like such a long time ago on Sunday. The NIU baseball team won a weekend a series with Toledo at Ralph McKinzie Field, giving the Huskies first place in the MAC West. Winless in its first 10 games of 2011, NIU (19-18 overall,...
NIU men's and women's tennis teams had similar outcomes over the weekend, as both squads lost their two matches. Men's tennis was downed on the road by MAC frontrunners Toledo (23-8 overall, 4-0 MAC) on Saturday before losing a 4-3 battle against a tough...
DeKALB | Much more will be known about the 2-4 NIU men's basketball team following a tough nine-game winter break schedule. Finishing up their non-conference schedule over break, the Huskies will also be three games deep into the MAC portion of their...
Maddie Hughes said in August she wanted NIU volleyball to dominate the MAC in her final season. To this point, the Huskies have earned 25 wins to six losses (11-5 MAC), the best team season Hughes has had in the libero uniform. As the lone senior, Hughes...
For almost 20 years, Charlene Riefler and Jim Leslie have sat in the same seats, at the same sports, cheering for the same school-Northern Illinois University. As season ticket holders for women's basketball, the friends have attended hundreds of games;...
Tonight’s game against Toledo is not the biggest football game in the NIU football program’s history. It’s not even close to being the biggest game in the last 10 years. None of that is relevant, though, because it is the biggest game NIU has been...
DeKALB | When the lights go on in Huskie Stadium tonight, all eyes will be on an NIU program garnering national attention going up against its most bitter rival. When the Toledo Rockets roll into DeKalb, they bring with them a 29-8 record all-time against...
