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The Northern Illinois University volleyball team saw their dreams of a Mid-American Conference championship dashed Saturday at the SPIRE Institute when the top-seeded Ohio Bobcats defeated the Huskies, 3-0. NIU (19-13) kept the Ohio (26-4) offense in check for a good portion of the match, notching 61 digs and eight blocks. Yet, it was not...

The Northern Illinois University volleyball team honored its four seniors Saturday at Victor E. Court with a resounding 3-0 sweep of the Toledo Rockets. In the final home match for Sarah Angelos, Tori Halbur, Justine Schepler and Kayla Zeno, NIU (18-12, 10-6 MAC) outhit UT (19-11, 12-4 MAC), .296-.167, and tallied 10 blocks on the...

The Northern Illinois University volleyball team suffered a tough loss Friday night in Victor E. Court, falling 3-0 to the Ball State Cardinals. The defeat ends NIU’s (17-12, 9-6 MAC) chances of claiming a share of the MAC West Division, as the BSU (23-7, 11-4 MAC) silenced a Huskie offense that had been hot as...

The Northern Illinois volleyball team closed out the NM State Tournament Saturday afternoon at the Pan American Center with a 3-1 loss to the host New Mexico State Aggies. The loss sends the Huskies to 5-5, while the Aggies moved to 3-6. Despite hitting .325 in the first set, NIU could not keep the momentum...

The Northern Illinois volleyball team opened the NM State Tournament on a sour note Friday afternoon inside the Pan American Center with a 3-0 loss to the UALR Trojans. The loss drops the Huskies’ record to 4-4, while the Trojans improved to 3-4. The NIU offense was shut down by 11 UALR blocks and a...

Feeding off the energy of a raucous Victor E. Court crowd, the Northern Illinois volleyball team gave No. 3 USC all it could handle Saturday afternoon, but the Huskies fell, 3-1. The loss drops the Huskies to 3-3 on the year, while the Trojans move to 6-0. Despite being even in many statistical categories, USC...

The Northern Illinois volleyball team went the distance for the third time in five matches Wednesday night at Victor E. Court, but emerged victorious by defeating Western Illinois, 3-2. The win pushes NIU’s record to 3-2 on the season, while WIU drops to 2-2. The Huskie defense was the story of the game with 77...

The Northern Illinois volleyball team earned their first sweep of the season Saturday afternoon in Victor E. Court with a 3-0 win over the Liberty Flames. The Huskies made quick work of the Flames, a team that has advanced to the last two NCAA Tournaments, behind holding convincing edges in hitting percentage (.300-.030), kills (45-22)...

The Northern Illinois volleyball team got its season off to a good start Friday night in Victor E. Court, as they defeated the Green Bay Phoenix, 3-2, at the NIU Invitational. With a win against the former NIU assistant coach Michaela Franklin-led Phoenix, the Huskies extended their home-opener win streak to six matches and 12...

With 20-plus wins in each of the last three seasons and three consecutive Mid-American Conference title match berths, the Northern Illinois volleyball team again looks the part of a conference title contender in 2013. Head coach Ray Gooden enters his 12th season at the helm – tied for the longest tenure in program history –...

With both teams coming off tough weekends, the Northern Illinois volleyball team was edged by UIC in four sets Tuesday night at Flames Athletic Center. The Flames (3-4) were able to take advantage of a 34-22 hitting error edge over NIU (3-5) for a 26-24, 25-13, 20-25, 25-20 win. “Any time we place somebody from...

The last two seasons have seemingly brought NIU volleyball back to the “glory days” of the 1990s dominant decade (24.5 wins per year, seven first-place conference finishes, three NCAA tournaments) as the Huskies’ 55 wins over the last two seasons were last matched in 1992-93 (62 wins). With its first Mid-American Conference regular season championship...