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Northern Illinois University cornerback Anthony Brooks earned his first career Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Week honor following his performance in NIU’s 35-21 victory at Ball State, the league announced Thursday. With NIU leading 21-14 and Ball State looking to drive the length of the field for the tying score in the fourth quarter,...
The Northern Illinois University volleyball team defeated Western Michigan, 3-0, Thursday to clinch the MAC West Division title. The Huskies (19-8, 12-1 MAC) powered past the Broncos (16-12, 7-6 MAC) with 42 kills, five service aces and 12 team blocks. The victory clinches NIU’s second division title in the last four seasons and the first...
Mackenzie Roddy
Northern Illinois University senior Mackenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) has been named a Capital One/College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) First Team Academic All-District honoree, the organization announced Thursday. Roddy becomes the sixth different Huskie in program history to earn the award and the first NIU player since 2011 to earn first team recognition. “All...
Goalkeeper Amy Annala and midfielder Lauren Gierman from the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team were named to the 2014 Mid-American Conference All-Freshman Team, the conference announced Thursday. NIU had two MAC All-Freshman Team selections for the first time in school history as Annala and Gierman became the fifth and sixth Huskies to be recognized...
Cameron Stingily
OK, so that was a crazy fourth quarter. NIU’s football team went up by 14, thanks to scores from the offense and the defense, but saw that lead evaporate for the second time in the game. After what appeared to be a Cameron Stingily touchdown was called back for a holding penalty, it was time...
Carlos “Charlie” Slusher and Edon Rowley
Kenroy Usher remembers the time he and his mother encountered an unusually forthcoming stranger on the streets in Belize. Usher was only 10 then – and a good boy – but the unfamiliar woman apparently felt compelled to issue a dire warning. Within a few years, she said, the boy will join a gang. By...
Shelby Seurer
Northern Illinois University senior Mackenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) and freshman Shelby Seurer (Delano, Minn./Delano) have been named the Mid-American Conference’s West Division Offensive and Co-Defensive Players of the Week, the league announced Monday. This marks the fourth time this year Roddy has earned a player of the week award; she won the division’s offensive...
Derek Elmore
The Northern Illinois University wrestling team opened its season Sunday at the Michigan State Open by placing four wrestlers on the podium. Derek Elmore (Loves Park, Ill./Harlem) and Shawn Scott (Holly, Mich./Holly) both took fifth-place finishes at 125 and 197 pounds, respectively, on the open side of the tournament. Quinton Rosser (Cincinnati, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller) placed...
Amy Annala saved two penalty kicks and Ashley Neubeck scored the winning penalty shot Sunday as the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team advanced to the Mid-American Conference Tournament Semifinals for the first time since 2007. The good news came thanks to a 4-3 penalty-shootout victory over Miami after the two teams played to a...
Richard Hall
Sophomore Richard Hall (Billericay, England/The Billericay School) scored off a corner kick for the second time in three games, but the NIU men’s soccer team fell to Akron, 2-1, on Saturday night at the NIU Soccer Complex. Hall’s 78th minute goal pulled the Huskies level but a penalty kick in the 83rd minute gave the...
Paige Dacanay
Thanks to an overpowering offense in the first two sets, the Northern Illinois University volleyball team scored a 3-1 win over Toledo Saturday. The Huskies (18-8, 11-1 MAC) finished the match with 66 kills and a .318 attack percentage against the Rockets (1-24, 0-12 MAC). In addition, NIU recorded a .389 hitting average in sets...
Kelsey Hildreth
At the Mid-American Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday afternoon, freshman Kelsey Hildreth and senior Meghan Heuer became the first Northern Illinois University women’s cross country runners in school history to earn All-MAC honors. Hildreth (Byron, Ill./Byron) broke her own NIU school record in the 6K with a time of 20:33, good enough for an...
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