Category: Sports
Senior captain Dusty Page (Germantown, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) scored in the 61st minute as the NIU men’s soccer team tried to rally from a 2-0 halftime deficit, but it wasn’t enough as the Huskies fell to Bowling Green on Saturday night at the NIU Soccer Complex. With the loss, NIU finishes the season with a...
Redshirt senior center Jordan Threloff (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb/Illinois State) scored a game-high 15 points with a game-best 10 rebounds as the NIU men’s basketball team cruised to a 71-44 exhibition victory over Roosevelt University on Saturday evening at the NIU Convocation Center. Four Huskies scored in double figures as NIU raced out to a 17-0 lead...
The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team suffered a 60-49 setback to Lewis University in an exhibition affair at the Convocation Center Saturday afternoon. “Lewis is a top-four team in Division II,” said NIU head coach Kathi Bennett. “They have knocked off now, two or three Division I programs and they’re very good. They’re guards...
Playing in its first Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinal match since 2007, the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team fell to Western Michigan 1-0 on a frigid Friday night at UB Stadium. NIU was the first No. 7 seed in the final four of the MAC Tournament since 2006 after its thrilling penalty-kick shootout victory over...
Northern Illinois University senior fullback Rob Sterling has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District 5 first team and is now a candidate for Academic All-America honors, as the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) released the teams selected by its members Thursday. Sterling, who carries a 3.63 GPA in accountancy at NIU,...
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,...
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...
Former Chicago Bulls Coach Phil Jackson led the Bulls to six NBA championships running the triangle offense in the 1990s, and now the Northern Illinois University Sport Management Program is doing the same with similar results. However, NIU’s version of the triangle offense involves connecting students and academic programs to the world through teaching, research...
The following letter was sent via email regarding the Dec. 11 football game vs. Toledo to faculty and staff of Northern Illinois University from NIU Associate Vice President and Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier. Dear NIU Faculty or Staff Member: We in the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics truly appreciate all you do for Northern Illinois...
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...
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...
