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Sean T. Frazier, associate vice president and director of NIU Intercollegiate Athletics, unveiled today the department’s Facility Master Plan. The NIU Athletics Facility Master Plan, a comprehensive document that will help chart the future of Huskie Athletics, provides for the creation of three new athletics facilities for baseball, tennis and Olympic sports, as well as...

Junior Isaac Kannah (Plymouth, Minn./Prairie Seeds Academy) scored a pair of goals and junior Dusty Page (Germantown, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) scored the first goal of his collegiate career at the Northern Illinois University men’s soccer team ran past Eastern Illinois, 3-0, on Tuesday night in the first night game held at the NIU Soccer and...

Northern Illinois will add lights to the Soccer/Track and Field Complex, to be installed prior to the upcoming fall soccer season, NIU officials announced today. “Obviously, we are ecstatic about the news that we will be getting lights on our soccer facility for this fall season,” said NIU men’s soccer head coach Eric Luzzi. “Our...

Following a victory over Olivet Nazarene in its exhibition opener, the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team will continue preseason action at 5:30 p.m.today when the Huskies host the University of Indianapolis at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex. Junior Mike Mascitti scored the lone goal in NIU’s 1-0 victory over Olivet Nazarene last...

The Northern Illinois men’s soccer team will begin preparations today for its 2011 campaign as the Huskies report for preseason training. Following check-in and team meetings on Wednesday, the Huskies will take the field for their first training session at 8 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 11. “We are unbelievably excited,” said NIU head coach Eric Luzzi....

The Northern Illinois women’s soccer team will play 12 home matches at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex, including a home contest versus Wisconsin and the annual NIU Tournament, highlighting the 2011 schedule announced Monday by NIU head coach Carrie Barker. The Huskies’ 12 home matches are the most for an NIU women’s...

Road contests against two teams that reached last year’s College Cup, including defending national champion Akron, highlight 2011 Northern Illinois men’s soccer schedule released on Wednesday. The Huskies will travel Sept. 4 to meet national semifinalist Michigan and will play the defending champion Zips on Oct. 8. “We are once again extremely excited to have put together...

The Northern Illinois track and field team is hosting the 2011 Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships this weekend at the NIU Track and Field & Soccer Complex. The championships began this morning with the men’s hammer throw competition. Action begins at 11 a.m. Friday, May 13, with the 110-meter hurdles in the decathlon. The men’s high jump...

Northern Illinois University will host the 2011 Mid-American Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships from Thursday, May 12, through Saturday, May 14, at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex. Doors open to the public at 9 a.m. Thursday, May 12; the meet begins at 10 a.m. Doors open to the public at 10...

With just three games left in the Northern Illinois women’s soccer team’s regular season, the Huskies will look to defend their home turf they NIU host Miami (Ohio) and Bowling Green in a pair of home matches this weekend. The Huskies will close out their home schedule when they host Miami (11-5-1, 4-3-1 MAC) at...

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...

After playing four of its first five games this season on the road, and coming through its September Stretch with a 3-2 record, Northern Illinois football returns to the familiar confines of Huskie Stadium for just the second time this season. The Huskies will play host to MAC East favorite Temple in the first of...