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The Northern Illinois women’s volleyball team begins its preseason camp Wednesday as the Huskies prepare for the rapidly approaching 2011 season. The Huskies will hold their first practice at 2 p.m. today. “We are all more than anxious and excited to get going,” said 10th-year head coach Ray Gooden. “We had a good learning session...
NIU Huskies volleyball team
The 2010 season was a magical one in many ways as the Huskies won their first 11 matches, posted 27 wins for the first time since 1998, sold out Victor E. Court for the first time, featured two All-Americans, and made an appearance in the Mid-American Conference championship for the first time since 2001. However,...
NIU Huskies volleyball team
The Northern Illinois volleyball team has been named a recipient of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award, the organization announced on Wednesday, July 20. Established in the 1992-93 academic year, the award recognizes collegiate and high school volleyball teams that showed excellence in the classroom during the school year by holding a...
Huskie volleyball
The Northern Illinois volleyball team has released its 2011 schedule. The 31-match fall slate features the season- and home-opener Aug. 26 against IUPUI along with 14 other home dates. Providing a welcomed challenge, head coach Ray Gooden’s 2011 campaign also includes contests versus seven 2010 top-50 teams, five 2010 NCAA Tournament teams and four 2010 conference champions....
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Since 2005, Northern Illinois volleyball head coach Ray Gooden has sent three of his players overseas to expand the horizon of Huskie volleyball and the act has had its impact on the program, averaging just over 18 wins per season as opposed to the 15 wins the Huskies averaged from 2002-04. This year, Gooden is...
Football senior Chad Spann and volleyball freshman Lauren Wicinski were named Northern Illlinois University’s 2010 Male and Female Athletes of the Year, headlining a list of 24 award winners honored Monday night during NIU’s second annual Victors Awards.  The Victors saw NIU student-athletes, coaches, athletic department and university staff come together to honor the Huskies’...
Kristin Hoffman and Allison McGlaughlin
For the second consecutive season, Northern Illinois volleyball juniors Kristin Hoffman and Allison McGlaughlin received Academic All-Mid-American Conference recognition, the league announced Monday.  With the two selections, the Huskies have had multiple Academic All-MAC honorees in three straight seasons, a feat that had not been achieved in program history. Academic excellence has been a trademark...
Lauren Wicinski
Northern Illinois freshman outside hitter Lauren Wicinski wrapped up her astounding rookie campaign by garnering American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Honorable Mention All-American recognition, the organization announced Wednesday. Wicinski came to NIU as the volleyball program’s first high school All-American and now becomes the Huskies’ first freshman, and second overall (Kate McCullagh in 2006), to...
Northern Illinois volleyball freshman Lauren Wicinski added an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Mideast Region selection to her impressive list of accomplishments, the organization announced Tuesday.  “This is a very prestigious honor for Lauren and we are proud to have her represent the Huskie volleyball program and Northern Illinois University on a national level,” said...
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Freshly anointed Mid-American Conference Player of the Year Lauren Wicinski tallied 29 kills, helping the Northern Illinois volleyball team advance to the MAC Championship match with a 3-1 win over Toledo, Saturday. Northern Illinois (27-6) will be playing in its first MAC Championship game since 2001, when the Huskies won one of their two league...
Huskie volleyball
Northern Illinois extended its magical 2010 volleyball season with a hard-fought, five-set win over Eastern Michigan Friday in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Volleyball Championship at the Seagate Center in Toledo. NIU was playing its first match in the tournament after earning a first round bye.  With the win, which improved the Huskies’ record...
Northern Illinois volleyball’s historic season continues as freshman outside hitter Lauren Wicinski was welcomed into uncharted territory for the Mid-American Conference at the league’s annual awards banquet on Thursday night at Crowne Plaza Hotel. The conference’s leader in points, kills and aces was named MAC Player of the Year, as voted on by the league’s...
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