The Huskie Invitational was the last chance for volleyball to get on the right track before starting a long conference season.NIU emerged as the champion, winning nine out of 10 sets along the way. To open up the weekend, NIU (8-6) played a doubleheader...
DeKalb | After a rare straight-set home loss to Northern Iowa on Tuesday, volleyball hopes to rebound against three teams in the Huskie Invitational this weekend.NIU (5-6) has lost three of its last four matches, and after UNI beat the Huskies in convincing...
DeKalb | Bench players are supposed to come on and give a team a boost, and that’s exactly what senior Tori Halbur has done this season.Through her first three seasons, Halbur, an outside hitter, sporadically saw action. Last season, she played in more...
DeKalb | After starting its season with seven home matches, volleyball will head to New Mexico this weekend for its first away matches of the year.NIU (4-3) played well against some of the top competition in the country during its seven-match homestand...
DeKalb | Volleyball’s seniors are looking to reverse the trend of their NIU careers.For Sarah Angelos, Tori Halbur, Justine Schepler and Kayla Zeno, this is the final chance to win a MAC Championship title match.Having made it to the title match each...
After not dropping a set to Western Illinois since 2005, volleyball dropped the very first one it played against the Leathernecks Wednesday night at Victor E. Court.NIU (3-2) ended up winning in five sets, but not before a grueling battle that forced...
While every other senior on 2012’s volleyball roster stepped away from the program after last season’s end, Sam Grams remained.Grams became the first graduate assistant to perform under coach Ray Gooden in his 12 years with NIU.Gooden was in need...
Coming off a solid 2-1 showing in the NIU Invitational, volleyball matched up at home against Missouri State Monday.After taking the first set, NIU (2-2) struggled to find consistency and lost the match in four sets, 22-25, 25-18, 25-13, 25-23.Junior...
After a season filled with ups and downs, volleyball is ready to kick off what might be another roller coaster ride.Ending on a disappointing loss in last season’s MAC Championship match, NIU looks to start out strong at home against some of the toughest...
Over the past three seasons, volleyball has confirmed itself to be a powerhouse in the MAC under the coaching of Ray Gooden.Gooden has been the equivalent of a well-aged scotch: His product undeniably improves with each passing year.Last season, his product,...
Summer break gives students the opportunity to get away from school to work, play and travel. For volleyball players Alexis Gonzalez and Lauren Zielinski, summer was the perfect time to do all three.Gonzalez and Zielinski were given the opportunity to...
For the third straight year the volleyball team made it to the MAC Championship final, and for the third year in a row they lost. The Huskies weren’t even expected to make this year’s final, and that makes their season all the more impressive. After...
