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The NIU women’s soccer team fell 2-1 to the Toledo Rockets (6-12-1, 3-7-1 MAC) on a rainy Thursday afternoon. NIU was playing for its seed in the MAC Championship Tournament; coming into the match, the Huskies could have finished anywhere from sixth to eighth in the conference. NIU maintained its seventh seed with results of...
Jess Wooldridge
Jess Wooldridge (Center Point, Iowa/Center Point-Urbana) scored two goals for the NIU Huskies women’s soccer team Sunday, good enough for a 2-2 tie versus the Ball State Cardinals. The Huskies faced a barrage of shots in the first half and were outshot 27-11 in the game overall, but the defense held for the NIU.  The...
Amy Carr
After playing to a scoreless draw Friday, Oct. 11, against Bowling Green, the Huskie women’s soccer team fell Sunday to the Central Michigan Chippewas. Central Michigan jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, and NIU could not find a way to get on the scoreboard. With the loss, the Huskies are now 4-8-2 on the season...
Nicole Gobbo
Northern Illinois played its first home MAC match of the season Friday in a late afternoon affair against the Akron Zips. After 90 minutes, the Huskies were out on top in a 2-0 final thanks to their defensive play and two goals from Nicole Gobbo, claiming their third win of the season. The team is...
Amy Carr
The Northern Illinois women’s soccer team traveled to Green Bay to take on the Green Bay Phoenix, who came into the Friday match with a 2-2-3 record on the season. The first whistle blew at 4 p.m. to start the game, and after 90 minutes of play, the Huskies found themselves behind 1-0, losing the...
Emily Nulty
Northern Illinois took on South Dakota State Sunday to conclude the Jackrabbit Invitational in Brookings, S.D. Unfortunately for the Huskies, it was a sour ending. A tight match was dropped when SDSU’s Caylee Costello headed in a corner kick during the 89th minute to give the Jackrabbits the late 2-1 advantage. That held, and the...
Sara Spaulding
The NIU Women’s Soccer Team saw its record drop to 2-2-0 Friday with an afternoon loss to the South Dakota Coyotes in the first game of the Jackrabbit Invitational. It was a tough game for the Huskies in Brookings, S.D., as they failed to score in the second half while the Coyotes did so twice...
Frances Boukidis
The Huskie women’s soccer team fought through exhaustion and heat Sunday to pull out victory over the Lewis Flyers at the NIU Soccer Complex. NIU won 2-1 in double-overtime, the first overtime affair of the season for the Huskies. It was very close to ending in a tie, as only roughly 2:41 remained on the...
Amy Carr
The Northern Illinois women’s soccer team reported Friday, Aug. 9, for camp. Practice began Saturday, giving the Huskies six days of work until their first preseason contest versus Valparaiso. Kickoff is slated for 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16. Head coach John Ross and his staff, who helped orchestrate a six-match turnaround in 2012, led the...
Mary Dorn
NIU women’s soccer head coach John Ross announced an addition to his coaching staff in Mary Dorn, a former all-region soccer player at Lees-McRae University, to be a volunteer assistant with the program. Dorn is one of three assistants on staff with the Huskies and has already been working with the Huskies this spring, who...
Lauren Eberts
Sophomore Lauren Noonan, junior Amy Carr and senior Lauren Eberts were named to the Academic All-Mid American Conference team as voted by Faculty Athletic Representatives from schools around the conference. It is the first time since 2007 that three NIU players received distinction in the same season. “I’m so happy for Amy, Lauren and Eberts...
NIU women's soccer team
Despite a solid defensive effort, including a scoreless halftime, the Northern Illinois women’s soccer team ended its 2012 season Sunday afternoon with a 2-0 loss versus Central Michigan in the Mid-American Conference Tournament quarterfinal. Goalkeeper Deanna Libricz (Algonquin/Dundee-Crown) made a career-high eight saves in the match in only her second start of the season in...
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