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Holly Reichard
After 158 routines in competition, countless hours in the Huskie Stadium gym and 40 road trips with her Northern Illinois teammates over the last four years, NIU women’s gymnastics senior Holly Reichard has spent the last two weeks training for the final meet of her lifelong gymnastics career. Reichard left DeKalb Thursday for Norman, Okla.,...
The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team will begin Mid-American Conference play this weekend with a pair of road matches. The Huskies will travel to Eastern Michigan to open MAC play on Friday before wrapping up the weekend at Toledo on Saturday. Both matches are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. CT. The Huskies (2-8) return...
Patrick Fisher
The Northern Illinois men’s tennis team will play three home matches this weekend at the Boylan Tennis Center in Rockford, Ill. The Huskies will open Mid-American Conference play Friday, April 1, against Western Michigan at 1 p.m. and will also face Chicago State at 5 p.m. Friday. NIU will wrap up the weekend hosting Drake at...
A seven-run second inning sparked Northern Illinois to a 20-5 win Tuesday afternoon over Chicago State at Ralph McKinzie Field. The Huskies had trailed 3-2 entering the second, but the deficit didn’t last long. Tom Kotis started the frame with a bunt single and stole second. Alex Jones reached on an error to move Kotis to third,...
NIU Huskies softball
The Northern Illinois University softball team opens a six-game homestand Wednesday, March 30, when the Huskies welcome Valparaiso to Mary M. Bell Field for a doubleheader. First pitch of Game One is slated for 3 p.m. with the second game to follow. Northern Illinois (10-12) returns home having played well of late, winning six of...
Cora Caulfield
Cora Caulfield set another school record in the discus as the Northern Illinois women’s track and field team competed at the Viking Olympics at Augustana College. In addition to Caulfield’s record, the Huskies won nine other events while facing cold and windy conditions throughout the meet. Caulfield won the discus with a school-record throw of 162-11,...
Huskies softball
The NIU softball team returns from its preseason tournaments when the Huskies travel to South Bend, Ind. to take on Notre Dame at 5 p.m. today. “Notre Dame is a great team, a top 30 team,” NIU head coach Lindsay Chouinard said of her team’s performance last weekend. “It’s going to be a challenge, but it’s...
Andrew Frame
The Northern Illinois men’s golf team continues its Sunshine State swing this weekend at Florida Atlantic’s third annual Spring Break Championships.  “The course is in outstanding condition,” said NIU head coach Tom Porten during the team’s practice round Thursday. “This is a terrific, very well-run event. We have over 200 volunteers that are involved in the event. We...
Mark Montgomery
Mark Montgomery, who has spent the last 10 seasons at his alma mater, Michigan State University, including the last four as associate head coach, was introduced as Northern Illinois University’s 27th head men’s basketball coach Thursday. Jeff Compher, NIU associate vice president and director of athletics, made the announcement. Montgomery, a Michigan native who also...
NIU men's tennis
Coming off a successful four-match spring break trip, the Northern Illinois men’s tennis team faces its last tune-up before beginning conference play at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, when the Huskies will take the short trip south to Peoria, Ill., to play Bradley at the David Markin Tennis Courts. NIU (8-8) was in Orlando, Fla., last...
Brian Riegler
The Northern Illinois baseball team outslugged Illinois 15-14 on Friday to capture its fourth straight win.  The Huskies (4-10) scored early and often against a quintet of Illini pitchers, pounding out 18 hits at Southern Illinois’ Abe Martin Field. Junior Alex Beckmann started the barrage in the first when he laced a John Anderson offering...
The Northern Illinois softball team split its Thursday doubleheader with Sacramento State  at Sacramento State’s Shea Stadium in Sacramento, Calif. The Huskies (9-10), who are averaging almost six runs a game this season, posted an 8-0 shutout over Sacramento State in Game One, before falling to the Hornets, 11-3, in the nightcap. “Adriana (Sanchez) was...
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