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Logo of the 2011 MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
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...
Morgan Bittner
The No. 3 seed Northern Illinois University softball team suffered a 4-1 loss Wednesday to Central Michigan in its opening game of the 2011 Mid-American Conference Softball Tournament at Firestone Stadium in Akron, Ohio. Trailing 1-0, CMU (30-19), the No. 6 seed, broke through in the top sixth with three runs on two hits and...
NIU softball players
The Northern Illinois University softball team begins its pursuit of a conference title tonight when the Huskies face Central Michigan in their opening game of the 2011 Mid-American Conference Softball Tournament at Firestone Stadium in Akron, Ohio. The Huskies (26-25, 13-7), who have advanced to the semifinals of the MAC Softball Tournament in each of...
Ryan Ludwig
Nine-year wrestling coaching veteran Ryan Ludwig, who has spent the past six years as the assistant and then associate head coach at Northern Illinois, has been named the 17th head coach of the Northern Illinois University wrestling program. “Ryan’s experience working under longtime NIU head coach Dave Grant over the last six years has given...
NIU Huskies softball team
The Northern Illinois softball team completed its series sweep over Ball State with a 6-4 victory Sunday afternoon at the BSU Softball Complex. Trailing 4-3 heading into the top of the seventh, NIU (26-25, 13-7) took the lead on a three-run home run by freshman Shelby Miller (Ottawa, Kan./Ottawa). The first two Huskies reached when Carly...
Tony Manville
Northern Illinois hung on for a 2-1 victory Sunday, May 8, in the rubber match finale of a three-game Mid-American Conference West Division series against Eastern Michigan at Oestrike Stadium. The Huskies improved to 24-22, 12-9 in MAC play, as the Eagles fell to 31-17, 13-8 (MAC). The win came large in part because of Tony...
Mike Krause
Northern Illinois defensive lineman Mike Krause, who finished his Huskie career in 2010 with a 3.427 grade point average, 60 career tackles and nine-and-a-half quarterback sacks, has earned membership in the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame’s Hampshire Honor Society for 2011. Krause is one of eight Mid-American Conference student-athletes named to the...
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’...
Axel Lagerlof
Northern Illinois freshman Axel Lagerlof capped off his first season with the Huskies by being named Mid-American Conference Newcomer of the Year, announced today by the conference office. This is the second-straight year that a Huskie has won the award, with Maksym Bartiuk winning the honor last year. “It’s a great honor for Axel,” said...
Maksym Bartiuk
Northern Illinois sophomore Maksym Bartiuk capped off his second spring season by being named to the All-MAC First Team, announced by the conference office. The postseason honor is Bartiuk’s third in his young career after being named to the First Team last season, as well as earning the MAC Newcomer of the Year award a...
NIU Huskies men's golf team
The Northern Illinois men’s golf team is prepared to begin its run at a Mid-American Conference championship at TPC River’s Bend. The first 36 holes of the season-ending tournament begin Friday morning in Maineville, Ohio. MAC programs compete against each other at various events throughout the season, and across the country, but this is the...
Alex Jones
Northern Illinois junior shortstop Alex Jones was named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. Jones was nearly unstoppable in NIU’s 2-1 series win over Toledo as he went 8-for-11 (.727) with three doubles, two RBI and two runs, and was perfect in the field in 13 chances. Compiling a...
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