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Senior goalkeeper Jordan Godsey (Ocean Springs, Miss./Ocean Springs) made a career-high nine saves and helped the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team hold top-ranked Akron scoreless for 72 minutes, but it wasn’t enough as the Zips pulled out a 2-0 victory in the Mid-American Conference Tournament Final on Sunday evening at FirstEnergy Stadium – Cub Cadet...

Northern Illinois sophomore midfielder Jayson LeSeth (Des Plaines, Ill./Maine West) scored his first goal of the season, and the lone goal of the game, in the 33rd minute off a free kick to lift the Huskies over West Virginia, 1-0, on Friday afternoon in the Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinals. The win placed the Huskies into...

The Northern Illinois men’s soccer team saw its three-match shutout streak come to an end Tuesday afternoon with a 2-0 loss at Western Michigan. Goals from Jason Grant in the 78th minute and Erik Kelly in the 86th minute helped give the Broncos the victory. “I thought on the whole it was it was not...

Sophomore Isaac Kannah (Plymouth, Minn./Prairie Seeds Academy) broke the deadlock in the 84th minute as the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team defeated West Virginia, 1-0, Saturday afternoon at the NIU Soccer Complex. Kannah’s second goal of the season, and the fourth of his NIU career, lifts the Huskies into second place in the Mid-American Conference...

The Northern Illinois men’s soccer team dropped a 2-0 decision to third-ranked Akron on Saturday afternoon at the NIU Soccer Complex. The Huskies created a number of excellent chances but were unable to find the back of the net as Akron collected its seventh-straight shutout. “We didn’t win the game and at the end of...

Junior midfielder Gael Rivera (Oslo, Norway/WANG Elite Sports Academy) scored his fourth goal of the season in the 68th minute Saturday afternoon to lift the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team to a 1-0 victory over Hartwick at the NIU Soccer Complex. With the win, the Huskies improve to 2-0 in Mid-American Conference play, 3-5-2 overall....

Trailing 2-0 at the half, the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team fought back to force overtime before falling 3-2 to Denver on Friday evening. Junior midfielder Gael Rivera (Oslo, Norway/WANG Elite Sports Academy) and junior forward James Stevenson (Falkirk, Scotland/St. Mungo’s) scored for the Huskies before Josh Wren got the game-winner for the Pioneers in...

The Northern Illinois men’s soccer team played its third-straight overtime match and played to its second consecutive draw on Sunday afternoon as it tied Drake, 1-1, in the final match of the NIU adidas Invitational. Junior midfielder Gael Rivera (Oslo, Norway/WANG Elite Sports Academy) pulled the Huskies even in the 54th minute after NIU had...

After coming back from down a goal, the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team fell 2-1 in double overtime on Friday night at UW Green Bay. Junior midfielder Gael Rivera (Oslo, Norway/WANG Elite Sports Academy) scored for the Huskies in the 69th minute but, despite dominating large stretches of the game, NIU conceded a game-winner in...

Sophomores Sean Totsch (Oswego, Ill./Oswego) and James Stevenson (Falkirk, Scotland/St. Mungo’s) each scored to propel the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team to a 2-1 victory at Hartwick on Saturday evening. The victory was NIU’s fourth-straight conference win as the Huskies improve to 12-5-0 overall, 4-2-0 in the conference. “It felt like a tournament game, no...

The Northern Illinois men’s soccer team recorded its third-straight win with a 3-0 victory Saturday over Bowling Green. Senior Pat Sloan (Lisle, Ill./Benet Academy) scored in the first half before senior Kenny Kranz (Champaign, Ill./Centennial) and freshman Jayson LeSeth (Des Plaines, Ill./Maine West) added tallies in the second 45 minutes. Junior Goalkeeper Jordan Godsey (Ocean...

Sophomore James Stevenson (Falkirk, Scotland/St. Mungo’s) scored the lone goal in the 41st minute as the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team defeated Florida Atlantic, 1-0, on Sunday afternoon at the NIU Soccer Complex. Junior goalkeeper Jordan Godsey (Ocean Springs, Miss./Ocean Springs) recorded his second-straight shutout, and eighth of the season, as the Huskies improved to...