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Coach Mark Montgomery
Northern Illinois University men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery announced the signings of Levi Bradley (Milwaukee, Wis./Pius XI), Jaylen Key (Mequon, Wis./Homestead), Austin Pauga (Naperville, Ill./IMG Academy) and Laytwan Porter (Rockford, Ill./Auburn)  to National Letters of Intent to join the NIU basketball program. “I’m very happy with our recruiting class,” Montgomery said. “We have two...
NIU moved into first place in the Mid-American Conference West Division with a 27-24 victory over Toledo on Tuesday night at Huskie Stadium. With the win NIU improves to 8-2 overall, 5-1 in the MAC, while Toledo suffered its first league loss to fall to 6-4 overall, 5-1 in league play. Senior tailback Cameron Stingily...
Jason Meehan
NIU counts only a dozen victories over the perennially troublesome Toledo Rockets, but that number includes the last four meetings between the MAC West rivals. Coach Rod Carey and the Huskies look to push that winning streak to five at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, on a Veterans Day game set to honor the team’s...
Derek Elmore
The Northern Illinois University wrestling team fell in all three duals Sunday at the Illini Quad, suffering losses to No. 13 Illinois, Rider and SIU Edwardsville. “We needed more grit in crucial situations,” said NIU head coach Ryan Ludwig. “We let some controversial situations beyond our control dictate some outcomes (against SIUE). We will get...
Gwen Sabo (12) and Amy Annala
Amy Annala and Gwen Sabo from the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team were selected to the Mid-American Conference All-Tournament Team, the league announced on Sunday after Buffalo beat Western Michigan 1-0 in the conference title game at UB Stadium. Annala (Oswego, Ill./Oswego) and Sabo (Alton, Ill./Alton) become the first NIU selections to the MAC...
Mary Grace Kelly
The Northern Illinois University volleyball team found itself in an early hole Saturday, but rallied to claim a 3-1 victory over Bowling Green. The Huskies (20-8, 13-1 MAC) bounced back from a heartbreaking first set to top the scrappy Falcons (7-19, 4-10 MAC) behind 67 kills and 57 assists. With the win, NIU clinches a...
Senior captain Dusty Page (Germantown, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) scored in the 61st minute as the NIU men’s soccer team tried to rally from a 2-0 halftime deficit, but it wasn’t enough as the Huskies fell to Bowling Green on Saturday night at the NIU Soccer Complex. With the loss, NIU finishes the season with a...
Jordan Threloff
Redshirt senior center Jordan Threloff (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb/Illinois State) scored a game-high 15 points with a game-best 10 rebounds as the NIU men’s basketball team cruised to a 71-44 exhibition victory over Roosevelt University on Saturday evening at the NIU Convocation Center. Four Huskies scored in double figures as NIU raced out to a 17-0 lead...
Jenna Thorp
The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team suffered a 60-49 setback to Lewis University in an exhibition affair at the Convocation Center Saturday afternoon. “Lewis is a top-four team in Division II,” said NIU head coach Kathi Bennett. “They have knocked off now, two or three Division I programs and they’re very good. They’re guards...
Allie McBride
Playing in its first Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinal match since 2007, the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team fell to Western Michigan 1-0 on a frigid Friday night at UB Stadium. NIU was the first No. 7 seed in the final four of the MAC Tournament since 2006 after its thrilling penalty-kick shootout victory over...
Cameron Stingily
The Mid-American Conference is spending time this fall with various student-athletes in the league to look back into their childhood and revisit their first football memories. NIU’s Cameron Stingily, who scored three touchdowns Wednesday night as the Huskie football team topped Ball State, is in the spotlight this week. “The sport of football is a...
Rob Sterling
Northern Illinois University senior fullback Rob Sterling has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District 5 first team and is now a candidate for Academic All-America honors, as the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) released the teams selected by its members Thursday. Sterling, who carries a 3.63 GPA in accountancy at NIU,...
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