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Kelsey Hildreth
Kelsey Hildreth finished in fourth place at the Bradley Classic on Friday afternoon, setting the Northern Illinois University women’s cross country 6K school record in the process. Hildreth (Byron, Ill./Byron) concluded the race in 20:55.7, beating Courtney Oldenburg’s previous NIU-best time of 21:29.00 that had stood since 2012 by more than 34 seconds. The freshman,...
Jordan Wetsch
NIU junior Jordan Wetsch (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles East/Colorado State) was named the Mid-American Conference’s Golfer of the Week following his Top 5 finish at the Sagamore Fall Preview in Noblesville, Ind. “We’re extremely happy for Jordan,” said Tom Porten, director of golf at NIU. “It was a big weekend for our team, and Jordan...
Mackenzie Roddy
Northern Illinois University’s Mackenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) was named the Mid-American Conference’s Female Scholar-Athlete of the Week, the league announced Wednesday. Roddy had a phenomenal weekend with the Huskies, as they scored wins over Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan to improve to 13-7 overall and 6-0 in the MAC. In the two matches, the San Bernardino,...
Michael Santacaterina
When last weekend’s Homecoming football game ended with a 34-17 thud, it wasn’t the pair of broken win streaks that upset Coach Rod Carey. Rather, it was the disappointing play of his team. “Give Central Michigan a ton of credit. Every time we fought back in, or had a little momentum, they made a play...
Kathi Bennett
After a successful first season trial at Lincoln Inn, the NIU Athletics Department will team with local restaurant The Lincoln Inn for a second season of Breakfast With Bennett. The monthly breakfast series will return Thursday, Oct. 23, and is scheduled through March. Breakfast with Bennett is a first-come, first-serve event at the Lincoln Inn,...
Jenna Radtke
Northern Illinois University sophomore Jenna Radtke (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Stevenson) has been named the Mid-American Conference’s West Division Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. This marks the second time in Radtke has won the weekly award in her career, as she also was named the division’s defensive player of the week on Nov....
A late penalty kick by Akron ended the Northern Illinois University’s undefeated start to conference play as the Huskies fell Sunday afternoon to the Zips, 1-0. After a late corner kick, an Akron player fell to the ground in the box after seemingly no contact, but the referee judged that the Huskies committed a foul,...
Chris Paton
Sophomore Chris Paton (Glasgow, Scotland/Uddingston Grammar School) scored less than a minute into the second half as the NIU men’s soccer team played to a 1-1 draw against West Virginia in the Mid-American Conference opener Saturday night at the NIU Soccer Complex. Redshirt junior goalkeeper Andrew Glaeser (Walla Walla, Wash./Walla Walla/Oregon State) made seven save...
Emily Paschke
The Northern Illinois University volleyball team ended its three-match road trip in impressive fashion Saturday, ousting Central Michigan, 3-1. The Huskies (13-7, 6-0 MAC) finished the night with a .306 attack percentage and 57 kills to go along with 11 aces against the Chippewas (7-11, 2-4 MAC). The victory also gave NIU its best start...
Haley Cummings
The NIU women’s soccer team played to a 0-0 draw against Buffalo on Friday night at the NIU Soccer Complex in a matchup of the lone unbeatens in the Mid-American Conference. With the result, NIU improves to 5-6-2 overall, 3-0-2 in league play, while Buffalo moves to 8-2-2 overall, 4-0-1 in the MAC. “Tonight showed...
Lauren Zielinski
The Northern Illinois University volleyball team claimed another big road win Friday by taking down Eastern Michigan, 3-2. The Huskies (12-7, 5-0 MAC) kept the Eagles’ (11-8, 2-3 MAC) offense in check with a season-best 16 blocks and 83 digs, while benefiting from 33 EMU attack errors. “This is a match that we don’t over-analyze,”...
Albert Levett
The NIU men’s soccer team fell 2-0 Wednesday night to 24th-ranked Northwestern the NIU Soccer Complex. Eric Weberman scored in the 43rd minute and Sam Forsgren netted in the 80th to lift the visitors to the victory. “(Northwestern) doesn’t give away a lot (of chances), but I thought we did alright to create a lot,”...
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