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Track and field set to wrap up indoor regular season

Track and field set to wrap up indoor regular season

By James Cantagallo | February 15, 2012

NIU track and field's indoor regular season will come to an end this weekend at the Ball State Quadrangular in Muncie, Ind.Ball State, Miami (Ohio) and Western Michigan will compete in the meet as well. NIU will look to dethrone Western Michigan, who...

Men’s basketball set to host Western Michigan

By Brian Thomas | February 14, 2012

Coming off its loss to Akron, NIU men's basketball is set for its rematch at home today against Western Michigan.In the Huskies (3-20, 2-9 MAC) first meeting with the Broncos (10-15, 4-7 MAC) this season, they came up short, 77-68.What NIU found out in...

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Huskies to host Ball State in MAC match-up

By Matt Hopkinson | February 1, 2012

Heading into Saturday's meet with Ball State, NIU gymnastics has only one thing on its mind: improvement.No matter by how little or which area, the Huskies constantly look to improve their overall performances and scores, in addition to seeking consistency."They're...

Natalie Stutter performs on the bars during a meet against
Western Michigan University Sunday at Victor E. Court.

Huskies hustle for season highs

By Matt Hopkinson | January 22, 2012

Despite producing its season high event total and scores in all four events, NIU women's gymnastics fell to Western Michigan Sunday.Western Michigan (3-0, 2-0 MAC) got off to an early lead after the first event and never looked back, as they defeated...

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Women’s basketball defeats Western Michigan for first MAC win of season

By Eli Gehn | January 22, 2012

NIU women's basketball chalked up its first MAC win of the season Thursday against Western Michigan. On top of getting their first conference win, the Huskies (7-10, 1-4 MAC) also ended a six-game losing streak when they took down the Broncos (5-12, 2-4...

Men’s basketball earns first wins of season

By Brian Belford | January 16, 2012

Victory would be found for NIU men's basketball over winter break. While the Huskies went 1-4 during their five-game home stand over the break, they earned their first win with a 72-46 blowout over Roosevelt. The Huskies entered MAC play on Jan. 7, and...

Harnish delivers ‘record-breaking’ performance

By Tony Osborne | October 16, 2011

NIU (4-3, 2-1) had no trouble moving the ball on the ground at Huskie Stadium against Western Michigan (4-3, 2-1). This was never more evident than the record-breaking performance of Huskies' quarterback Chandler Harnish. Harnish ran the ball 14 times,...

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...

Men’s tennis hopes to serve up some competition this season

By Jasmine Willett | September 7, 2011

NIU men's tennis is getting into the swing of things for its 2011-2012 season. "Right now we are doing preseason chains by just getting up at six in the morning for conditioning workouts," said Patrick Fisher, Huskies men's tennis coach. This fall, the...

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...

Women’s basketball loses in overtime to W. Michigan

By Jimmy Johnson | February 23, 2011

The NIU women’s basketball team’s second meeting with Western Michigan on Tuesday night was strangely reminiscent of the first. The end result would be the same as the Huskies (11-15, 5-8 MAC) lost in their second meeting against the Broncos (18-9,...

Courtney Shelton’s career high game not enough for an NIU victory

By Katie Leb | January 17, 2011

With the clock winding down, Courtney Shelton found the hot hand NIU needed to make a comeback run against Western Michigan Broncos on Saturday. In front of a home crowd, the junior guard was unstoppable at the end, hitting 14 of her career-high 29 points...