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The Northern Illinois women’s soccer team made a spectacular come from behind effort in the final 21 minutes of its match with Toledo match, trailing, 1-0. Junior Kayra Thompson (Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley Northwest) tied the match in the 69th minute and freshman Nicole Gobbo (Bartlett) scored the game-winner to lift the Huskies over the...

Freshman Kate Wirthlin (Mequon, Wis./Homestead) recorded her first collegiate game-winning goal in the 71st minute of play Friday afternoon to lead Northern Illinois over Kent State, 1-0. The Huskies now have 11 points in the Mid-American Conference standings, only three points behind Kent State (14). “We played with a lot of heart and at a...

The Northern Illinois women’s soccer team fell 1-0 Sunday afternoon to Ball State following a failed clearance attempt in the ninth minute of play in windy, rainy conditions at NIU Soccer Complex. Thunder and lightning caused a 71-minute delay in the 25th minute. “It was a difficult day in Senior Day and I think everyone...

In the dying embers of regulation time and the match tied 2-2, Miami’s Kelsey Dinges headed a ball past Northern Illinois goalkeeper Amy Carr (Hemel Hempstead, England/Townsend Church of England) into the near post netting to lift the Mid-American Conference leaders, 3-2, over the Huskies. NIU  (6-6-2, 2-3-2 MAC) rallied back from a 2-0 deficit...

Central Michigan’s Christen Chiesa scored the golden goal in the 108th minute of play to lift the Chippewas (9-4-1, 5-1 MAC) over Northern Illinois in double overtime, 2-1. The Huskies fell to 6-5-2 overall and 2-2-2 in Mid-American Conference play. “We played the best soccer we played all year for the first 35 of the...

Junior Courtney Ksiazek (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) scored in the 89th minute Friday afternoon as the Northern Illinois women’s soccer team recorded a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Bowling Green at the NIU Soccer Complex. Senior Shelbi Johnson (Bolingbrook, Ill./Neuqua Valley) had a pair of assists as the Huskies improved to 6-4-2 on the season, 2-1-2 in...

The Northern Illinois women’s soccer team earned its second draw of the season Sunday afternoon at Buffalo, 1-1. Following their win Friday and the tie Sunday, it was the first time since Oct. 17 and 19, 2008, at Buffalo and Kent State that the Huskies (5-4-1, 1-1-2 MAC) secured a win and at least a...

In her first and only chance of the match, junior Frances Boukidis scored Northern Illinois’ golden goal in the 14th minute to lift the Huskies over Akron, 1-0, in front of a Cub Cadet Field women’s soccer record 1,165 spectators. It is NIU’s first MAC win of the season and evens its conference record, 1-1-1....

The Northern Illinois women’s soccer team recorded its fourth clean sheet of the season in the Huskies first overtime match of the season, tying Western Michigan, 0-0. Goalkeeper Amy Carr made five saves in the match. “All four defenders went the full 110 and they were outstanding,” said Head coach John Ross, “they were fighting...

With Northern Illinois and Eastern Michigan trading possession up and down the pitch in their Mid-American Conference opener, the Eagles struck the first, only and final blow on a penalty kick by Bianca Ross to lift EMU over NIU, 1-0, in a physical MAC showdown. “Obviously it’s what we expected,” head coach John Ross said...

Scoring and offensive chances were at a premium for Northern Illinois in Sunday afternoon’s matinee versus South Dakota as the Huskies combined for four goals, three in the first 14 minutes, and 20 shots to defeat the Coyotes, 4-1. Junior Cori Frankenberg scored her fourth game-winning goal of the season. The Huskies closed non-conference play...

Junior Cori Frankenberg scored Northern Illinois’ golden goal in the fourth minute of play as the Huskies (3-3) defeated Eastern Illinois (2-5), 1-0. The Appleton, Wis. native notched her third game-winner of the season against the Panthers. “We did a great job of creating scoring chances in the first half and it showed early with...