One area of the game that has been key early on in the season to help NIU’s women’s soccer team get off to a 4-4-1, 0-1-1 start has been the offense. Through nine games the Huskies have already scored 10 goals this season, which surpasses their season...

The MAC conference season opened with mixed results for NIU’s women’s soccer this weekend. The Huskies (4-4-1 ,0-1-1 MAC) lost to Eastern Michigan and drew Western Michigan, 0-0. Friday’s MAC women’s soccer opener between NIU and Eastern Michigan...

Women’s soccer might want to take a page from the Chicago Bulls playbook and start calling their bench the “bench mob.” Through seven games, reserves have scored three of the Huskies’s 10 goals this season, and two of those have come from freshmen....

This weekend women’s soccer returns home for one last non conference matchup before the start of MAC conference play. Sunday, the Huskies (3-3-0) will welcome the University of South Dakota Coyotes (1-5-1) to DeKalb. NIU is coming off its third consecutive...

Six games into the season, NIU’s women’s soccer has done something it didn’t do all of last year: win three games. NIU earned its third consecutive weekend split with a loss at Northwestern and a win against Eastern Illinois. One key statistical...

A stretch of five straight games against in-state schools concludes this weekend for women’s soccer. Friday, the Huskies (2-2) will travel to Evanston and take on the Wildcats of Northwestern (2-2-1). NIU is coming off a 3-0 win over the Ramblers. The...

On the days when it reaches close to triple digits outside and all you want to do is sit in the air conditioning and do nothing, men’s or women’s soccer is outside practicing or competing. Why? There are no lights at the stadium for either team to...

NIU’s women’s soccer begins the home portion of its schedule with games on Friday and Sunday afternoons. The Huskies (1-1) home opener is against their in-state rival, the Illinois State Redbirds. Coming into Friday afternoon’s game, the Redbirds...

The Northern Star’s Ed Rietveld talked with NIU’s first year women’s soccer coach John Ross. Coach Ross discusses what interested him about the NIU job and what type of team he wants his teams to be and a whole lot more. NS: What interested you...

NIU women's soccer (2-10-2) took the Bulls by the horns as they defeated Buffalo (9-3-2) 1-0 on the road Friday.Yet the Huskies then lost a frenetically paced match against Kent State (9-5) 3-2 Sunday.NIU played a physical game against Buffalo, as both...