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Men’s golf places third at MAC match play

By Sean Anderson | February 14, 2012

NIU's men's golf hit the links for the Mid-American Match Play Monday and Tuesday at the South Course Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club in Dade City, Fla.Wins by Nick Schiavi, Griffin Bauman, Matt Gorman and Kurtis Luedtke against Miami (Ohio) highlighted...

Men’s basketball falls to Rockets

By Brian Thomas | January 19, 2012

Back-to-back wins were not in the cards for NIU men's basketball as it suffered a crushing defeat on the road to Toledo, 71-41. The Huskies (2-14, 1-3 MAC) played with the Rockets (9-9, 1-3 MAC) for the first eight minutes of the game, with the score...

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Men’s basketball to take on Toledo

By Brian Thomas | January 17, 2012

After earning its first MAC victory over Central Michigan Saturday, NIU men's basketball travels to Ohio to take on another MAC opponent, Toledo. With their first MAC win, the Huskies (2-13, 1-2 MAC) gained some confidence and look to continue this level...

Nathan Palmer(81) celebrates after one of his three touchdown receptions with teammates Scott Wedige (71) and Trevor Olson (62) in the game against Toldeo on Nov. 1.

Huskies take MAC West lead

By Tony Osborne | November 2, 2011

If you did not tune into the NIU-Toledo football game last night, you missed out what might have been the MAC game of the year. "I've been involved in a lot of good games, but that was as good as it gets," said NIU head coach Dave Doeren in a press release....

Key players for Tuesday NIU football game

By Tony Osborne | October 30, 2011

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...

Toledo defensive breakdown

By Brian Belford | October 30, 2011

Defensive Line Toledo has an experienced defensive line with starting defensive tackles Johnie Roberts, Johnathan Lamb and senior defensive end Malcolm Riley. The trio has helped the Rockets rank second in the MAC in rushing defense and fourth in the...

NIU volleyball falls to Ball State, defeats Toledo

By Mike Romor | October 2, 2011

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...

Head held high: womens tennis attends MAC invitational

‘Head held high’: women’s tennis attends MAC invitational

By Abbe Barton | October 2, 2011

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...

NIUs Becca Ford and Toledos Kristin Mattei fight for the loose
ball at the game on Friday.

Women’s soccer falls to Toledo, Ball State

By Matt Hopkinson | September 25, 2011

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...

A breakdown of the MAC West quarterbacks

By Eli Gehn | July 19, 2011

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...

NIU’s Alex Jones rounds third base last weekend against Toledo.

Baseball moves into first place in MAC West

By Andrew Singer | April 25, 2011

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,...

Men’s, women’s tennis teams see similar outcomes

By Mike Romor | April 18, 2011

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...