Category: Sports
Finishing up the Huskies’ Hawaiian tour, the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team dropped a 4-1 neutral site decision to Seattle University on Saturday night at the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium. Facing the defending Western Athletic Conference champions Redhawks, NIU’s goal came from junior forward Maggie Renfro and marked the first tally in her Huskie...
The NIU volleyball team wrapped up the NIU Invitational with a 3-0 setback to Northwestern on Saturday night at Victor E. Court inside the NIU Convocation Center. Senior outside hitter Mackenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) and sophomore outside hitter Mary Grace Kelly (Strongsville, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) each had 11 kills to pace the Huskies. With its...
The NIU volleyball team led 8-2 in the fifth set, but was unable to hold off a late surge by Colorado, falling to the Buffaloes in five sets, 26-28, 25-18, 25-20, 21-25, 15-12, on Saturday afternoon in the NIU Invitational. Senior outside hitter Mackenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) led the way for NIU with 29...
The NIU men’s soccer team opened the 2014 regular season with a scoreless draw against Hofstra on Friday afternoon at the Lakeside Classic. Redshirt junior goalkeeper Andrew Glaeser (Walla Walla, Wash./Walla Walla/Oregon State) made a pair of saves while recording a shutout as the Huskies had the better of play but could not breakdown the...
Despite goals from sophomore defender Alex Elias (Phoenix, Ariz./Boulder Creek) and junior forward Nicole Gobbo (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett), the Northern Illinois women’s soccer team dropped an exciting encounter Friday night against the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine at the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium, 3-2. On a beautiful evening in the Hawaiian islands, the Huskies (0-3) took the lead...
The Northern Illinois University volleyball team was once again predicted to finish among the top teams in the Mid-American Conference, as the Huskies were picked to claim second in the MAC West Division by the league’s coaches. In addition, senior Mackenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) was selected to the Preseason All-MAC West team. The Huskies...
With temperatures in the 90s and the heat index topping triple digits in Macomb, Ill., on Sunday afternoon, the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team was forced to battle against two opponents: the Western Illinois Leathernecks and the heat. In a close and hard-fought match that featured several scoring chances for both teams, the Huskies...
Freshman goalkeeper Amy Annala (Oswego, Ill./Oswego) had a sensational Huskie debut on Friday evening in the 2014 season opener for the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team at Illinois State. Annala made several incredible stops in the first half and finished with 11 saves, but her efforts weren’t enough as the Huskies dropped the match...
A pair of goals on either side of halftime Friday afternoon helped lead the NIU men’s soccer team to a 4-0 win over DePauw in the final preseason game of the fall. Senior Dusty Page (Germantown, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran), freshman Alex Saliba (Rhode-St-Genese, Belgium/European School of Brussels 1), senior Andrew Palumbo (Ft. Myers, Fla./Bishop Verot/Darton...
Quarterback: the most discussed battle for starting position at football camp. NIU has been stable at quarterback over the last five years with Chandler Harnish and Jordan Lynch, who combined for three Vern Smith Leadership Awards, given to the Mid-American Conference’s most valuable player. Just as Lynch was passed the torch by Harnish, Huskie fans...
In 2014, the NIU offense will feature plenty of familiar faces on the offensive side of the ball, as nine starters from last season return to DeKalb. However, nowhere has that familiarity been more prevalent than on the offensive line, which returns four of their five starters from last year and several key reserves. With...
Jerome Rodgers, a 20-year veteran of collegiate athletics administration, has joined the NIU senior staff as the Huskies’ new Senior Associate Athletics Director for Compliance and Administration, NIU Associate Vice-President and Director of Athletics Sean T. Frazier announced Monday. In his role, Rodgers will oversee NIU’s compliance department while also serving as the sport administrator...
