NIU Today

The Northern Illinois University softball team won the Colorado State Classic, going 4-1 in the weekend tournament, including a doubleheader sweep Sunday. The Huskies (6-8) held on to defeat Sacred Heart, 6-5 in the first game, then posted a 16-5 rout of Colorado State in their second game of the day. “The offense carried the...

The Northern Illinois women’s basketball team dropped its Mid-American Conference Tournament first round matchup to Ohio, 72-56, Sunday night at the NIU Convocation Center.  The Bobcats (9-21, 4-12 MAC) claimed a 35-20 first half lead that sparked the victory as Ohio shot 50 percent to the field and held the Huskies (13-17, 7-9) to 30.2...

After missing all of last season with an injury, Northern Illinois University’s Brad Dieckhaus was on the podium at the 2011 Mid-American Conference Wrestling Championships after winning the title match at 184 Sunday at the NIU Convocation Center. Dieckhaus, the No. 2 seed, scored a 3-2 decision over top seeded Casey Newburg of Kent State...

Marke Freeman, one of four seniors on the Northern Illinois women’s basketball roster, led her team to a 57-53 upset over Mid-American Conference regular season champion Toledo

Patrick Fisher’s tennis squad picked up its fourth win of the season today, with a 5-1 victory over Saint Louis at the Sunset Tennis Center. It was the second time in as many weeks that the team claimed a victory while losing only one point. “We beat a team that we should beat, and we...

Sophomore Maksym Bartiuk of the Northern Illinois men’s tennis team was named Mid-American Conference Player of the Week by the league office on Wednesday afternoon. Bartiuk earned a pair of singles victories playing at first singles for the Huskies against Eastern Illinois and Northwestern. He also claimed a doubles victory along with freshman Maksym Lagutin...

Northern Illinois will play six home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb in 2011, and welcomes the Big Ten's Badgers to Chicago's lakefront for Soldier Field Showdown II on Saturday, Sept. 17.

More than 100,000 people are in Dallas this week to watch the Super Bowl, most of them holding tickets for seats inside the stadium. They’re joined by thousands more who are planning to watch the game on big-screen TVs erected just outside the stadium, not to mention the throngs of media in town to cover...

"We found some guys that really fit our profile of NIU football players," Doeren said. "They are tough, hard-nosed, physical, dependable guys. We found guys from winning programs, guys who have won state championships.

The Huskies forced the extra session after trailing by eight with two minutes left in regulation but came up short in the extra five minutes.

The National Weather Service has cancelled the Blizzard Warning for all NIU campus locations. NIU’s Late Night Ride Service will resume operation at 4 p.m. today.

The Northern Illinois track and field squad continued a stellar 2011 indoor season Saturday as the Huskies broke two school records and recorded five first-place titles at the IWU Invitational hosted by Indiana Wesleyan in Marion, Ind. “Our ladies showed a lot of heart today,” said NIU head track and field coach Connie Teaberry. “The...