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Jenna Radtke
The Northern Illinois University volleyball team picked up another road conference victory Friday with a 3-1 victory at Kent State. The Huskies (16-7, 9-0 MAC) finished the night with a .307 attack percentage and had three individuals with double-digit kills against the Golden Flashes (11-11, 3-6 MAC). With the win, NIU also moved to 9-0...
Ryan Ludwig
The NIU wrestling team kicked off its 2014-15 campaign Friday night with its annual Red/Black Dual at Victor E. Court. The Red squad, who started out with a 15-3 lead, emerged victorious after the Black squad rallied back within four points to clinch the dual, 21-15. Freshman Quinton Rosser (Cincinnati, Ohio/Archbishop Moeller) sealed the dual...
Tyler Argue
The Northern Illinois University wrestling team caps its preseason Friday, Oct. 24, with the annual Red/Black Dual. The intrasquad meet starts at 7 p.m. inside Victor E. Court. “My staff and I are looking for competitive fire,” said NIU head coach Ryan Ludwig. “We want our guys to go out and let it fly without...
Len Henison
Behind three second half goals, including two from freshman Len Heinson (Wuppertal, Germany/Carl-Fuhlrott Gymnasium) the NIU men’s soccer team earned a 4-1 victory Wednesday over SIU Edwardsville at the NIU Soccer Complex. The Cougars scored first, but NIU answered with a goal from sophomore Richard Hall (Billericay, England/The Billericay School) less than 90 seconds later....
Anna Brereton
Northern Illinois University freshman Anna Brereton (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie) was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Co-Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. Brereton, who shared the honor with Eastern Michigan libero Corynne Smith, earned the weekly honor for the second time this year after winning on Sept. 15. The freshman is...
Samantha Coyne
The eighth seed Northern Illinois University women’s golf team lost its final match at the Hoosier Fall Invitational 3-2 to conference rival Eastern Michigan at the Purgatory Golf Club in Noblesville Ind. Sunday. Samantha Coyne (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett) and Lena Gautier (La Celle Saint Cloud, France/Cretiel) were the only two Huskies to win their matches. Coyne’s...
The Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team dropped a hard-fought contest in Mid-American Conference play at Ball State on Sunday afternoon, 1-0. The Cardinals (9-4-2, 5-3-0 MAC) scored the only goal of the game early in the second half when Victoria Jacobs headed in a cross following a corner kick in the 54th minute. The...
Connie Ellett
The eight seed Northern Illinois University women’s golf team lost a pair of matches Saturday at the Hoosier Fall Invitational at the Purgatory Golf Club in Noblesville Ind. “The morning round went okay for us,” said NIU head coach Kim Kester. A couple groups were getting beat by birdies. The only way to beat those...
NIU Huskies volleyball
Despite an early deficit, the Northern Illinois University volleyball team claimed a 3-1 victory Saturday over Buffalo. NIU (15-7, 8-0 MAC) bounced back from a rough first set to post a .299 attack percentage in the final three sets against the Bulls (13-9, 3-5 MAC). The Huskies also held one of the conference’s top offenses...
Andrew Palumbo
After a scoreless first half, Western Michigan scored three goals in 21 minutes Saturday afternoon to claim at 3-0 win over the NIU men’s soccer team at the WMU Soccer Complex. “Overall, I didn’t think Western Michigan was better than us on the day, they just wanted it more,” said NIU head coach Eric Luzzi....
T’ara Austin
The Northern Illinois University volleyball team opened the weekend with a convincing win Friday, downing Akron in a 3-0 sweep. The Huskies (14-7, 7-0 MAC) extended their win streak to seven with an all-around effort, posting a .366 attack percentage and holding the Zips to a -.027 average – the lowest average allowed in a single...
Amy Annala
The Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team dropped a 3-1 contest to Miami on Friday afternoon, with freshman Allie Ingham scoring the goal for NIU. The Huskies (5-8-2, 3-2-2 MAC) couldn’t overcome a slow start against the two-time defending MAC East champion RedHawks (11-2-1, 5-1-1 MAC), who have now won five of their last six...
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