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The Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team wrapped up its regular season Thursday afternoon with a 2-0 defeat to Western Michigan at the WMU Soccer Complex. The Huskies finish the season with a 6-10-3 overall record, with their 4-4-3 final record and 15 points in Mid-American Conference play, good enough to earn NIU a berth...

Senior Isaac Kannah (Plymouth, Minn./Prairie Seeds Academy) scored his fourth goal of the season Saturday night, but the NIU men’s soccer team fell 2-1 to Buffalo at UB Stadium. The Huskies finished the contest with nine players after receiving red cards in the 61st and 71st minutes. “I don’t want to take anything away from...

The Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team earned a tremendous victory Friday night, defeating Eastern Michigan 3-1 at the NIU Soccer Complex. The win marked the first victory for the Huskies (6-9-2, 4-3-2 MAC) against the perennial Mid-American Conference powerhouse Eagles (9-6-1, 5-4-0 MAC) since 2007. It also ended a three-game losing streak for NIU....

The Northern Illinois University volleyball team picked up another road conference victory Friday with a 3-1 victory at Kent State. The Huskies (16-7, 9-0 MAC) finished the night with a .307 attack percentage and had three individuals with double-digit kills against the Golden Flashes (11-11, 3-6 MAC). With the win, NIU also moved to 9-0...

Rod Carey and the NIU Huskies football team aren’t planning to see many familiar things Saturday when they journey to Ypsilanti. Eastern Michigan has a new coach – Craig Creighton owns a 2-5 record in his first year leading the Eagles – along with new schemes on offense and defense. There’s also a new turf...

Northern Illinois University freshman Anna Brereton (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie) was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Co-Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. Brereton, who shared the honor with Eastern Michigan libero Corynne Smith, earned the weekly honor for the second time this year after winning on Sept. 15. The freshman is...

The eighth seed Northern Illinois University women’s golf team lost its final match at the Hoosier Fall Invitational 3-2 to conference rival Eastern Michigan at the Purgatory Golf Club in Noblesville Ind. Sunday. Samantha Coyne (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) and Lena Gautier (La Celle Saint Cloud, France/Cretiel) were the only two Huskies to win their matches. Coyne’s...

The Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team dropped a hard-fought contest in Mid-American Conference play at Ball State on Sunday afternoon, 1-0. The Cardinals (9-4-2, 5-3-0 MAC) scored the only goal of the game early in the second half when Victoria Jacobs headed in a cross following a corner kick in the 54th minute. The...

The eight seed Northern Illinois University women’s golf team lost a pair of matches Saturday at the Hoosier Fall Invitational at the Purgatory Golf Club in Noblesville Ind. “The morning round went okay for us,” said NIU head coach Kim Kester. A couple groups were getting beat by birdies. The only way to beat those...

NIU junior Jordan Wetsch (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East/Colorado State) was named the Mid-American Conference’s Golfer of the Week following his Top 5 finish at the Sagamore Fall Preview in Noblesville, Ind. “We’re extremely happy for Jordan,” said Tom Porten, director of golf at NIU. “It was a big weekend for our team, and Jordan...

Northern Illinois University’s Mackenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) was named the Mid-American Conference’s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week, the league announced Wednesday. Roddy had a phenomenal weekend with the Huskies, as they scored wins over Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan to improve to 13-7 overall and 6-0 in the MAC. In the two matches, the San Bernardino,...

When last weekend’s Homecoming football game ended with a 34-17 thud, it wasn’t the pair of broken win streaks that upset Coach Rod Carey. Rather, it was the disappointing play of his team. “Give Central Michigan a ton of credit. Every time we fought back in, or had a little momentum, they made a play...