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NIU Huskies volleyball team
With shades of pink abundantly present throughout Victor E. Court, the Northern Illinois volleyball team conquered Buffalo for the second time in as many years in a Breast Cancer Awareness match. The Huskies swept the Bulls, 25-20, 26-24, 25-19, on Saturday night just a few hours after the NIU football team nearly did the same...
Courtney Oldenburg
The Northern Illinois women’s cross country team raced to one of its best finishes of the 2010 season Saturday as every Huskie recorded a personal best six-kilometer time at the Tori Neubauer Invitational, hosted by UW-La Crosse in West Salem, Wis. Shattering an NIU school record, sophomore Courtney Oldenburg helped lead the Huskies to an...
Northern Illinois turned a 21-14 halftime advantage over Buffalo into a 45-14 Homecoming victory Saturday at Huskie Stadium as NIU won its fourth straight game with a dominating second-half performance. With the win, the Huskies improved to 5-2 overall, 3-0 in the Mid-American Conference. Buffalo dropped to 2-4, 0-2. “From a defensive standpoint, we played...
Huskies women's cross country
With just one competition left before the Huskies head to the 2010 Mid-American Conference Championships, the Northern Illinois women’s cross country team will look to wrap its regular season on a high note Saturday, Oct. 16, when NIU travels to West Salem, Wis. to compete in the Tori Neubauer Invitational. The Huskies will kick-off the six-kilometer...
Jeff Dick
Northern Illinois senior golfer Jeff Dick (Sherman, Texas/Sherman) collected the Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Week accolade for his winning performance at this week’s Bearcat Invitational, the league announced Thursday. Dick fired a career-best seven-under-par at the par 72 Traditions Golf Club to secure the honor. The 2010 All-MAC second team selection torched the northern...
Chad Spann
NIU football will look to extend its winning streak to four games when the Huskies host the Bulls from the University at Buffalo during Saturday’s 104th Homecoming celebration. Two of the “outlying” Mid-American Conference schools — Buffalo (2-3, 1-0) on the eastern edge and Northen Illinois (4-2, 2-0) at the west — will meet at 2:30 p.m. in Huskie Stadium for...
Jeff Dick
Senior Jeff Dick (Sherman, Texas/Sherman) added a second individual title to his resume and led the Northern Illinois golf team to a second-place finish Tuesday at the Bearcat Invitational. NIU (873, +9) finished a mere two strokes back of champion Oakland, earning a season-best second place standing. The Huskies posted a 291 in the second round...
The remarkable freshman campaign of Northern Illinois volleyball player Lauren Wicinski continues to grow as she was named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week for the fourth time, the league announced Monday. In adding to her school-record total of selections, the outside hitter also became the fourth Huskie to garner the honor in...
Chandler Harnish
For the second consecutive week, NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish (Bluffton, Ind./Norwell H.S.) was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Offensive Player of the Week. Harnish’s honor came Monday, two days after he accounted for 282 yards of total offense and threw two touchdowns in NIU’s 31-17 victory over Temple. The first Huskie quarterback to win...
Lauren Wicinski
Gina (Graf) Wicinski, a Huskie standout on the volleyball court from 1983 to 1986, is among the team’s all-time statistical leaders in one category after the next. But there’s a player on the court this fall who many suspect will eclipse those marks and rewrite the record book. Wicinski couldn’t be more thrilled—and proud. That’s...
NIU Huskies volleyball
Breaking a recent trend, the Northern Illinois volleyball team picked up its third road win in a row by beating Eastern Michigan, 25-20, 26-28, 27-25, 25-21, on Saturday night in only four sets. The Huskies (19-2, 5-1) had won each of the last three Mid-American Conference matches in their five-game winning streak in five sets. “We...
Huskies women's soccer team
In the midst of a three game unbeaten streak, the Northern Illinois women’s soccer team will look to improve its 2-1-1 Mid-American Conference record this weekend. The Huskies (6-4-1, 2-1-1 MAC) head east to take on Akron(3-8-0, 1-3-0 MAC) and Ohio (4-5-2, 1-2-1 MAC) in a pair of road contests. NIU will face the Zips at 6:30...
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