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The Northern Illinois volleyball team dropped a 19-25, 15-25, 25-11, 18-25 decision to Northern Iowa Tuesday night at McLeod Center as the Huskies (7-6) gave the Panthers (7-4) all they could handle in their home opener in front of nearly 2,700 fans. A long and successful weekend at Missouri State had NIU entering the contest...

The Northern Illinois volleyball team improved to 3-0 at Missouri State’s Dr. Mary Jo Wynn/DoubleTree Hotel Invitational Saturday afternoon after taking down Connecticut in four sets at Hammons Student Center. The 25-17, 24-26, 25-20, 25-23 win moved NIU to 6-5 on the year and dropped UCONN to 6-5. “I’m really happy about the positive play...

With both teams coming off tough weekends, the Northern Illinois volleyball team was edged by UIC in four sets Tuesday night at Flames Athletic Center. The Flames (3-4) were able to take advantage of a 34-22 hitting error edge over NIU (3-5) for a 26-24, 25-13, 20-25, 25-20 win. “Any time we place somebody from...

Behind an electric crowd during Northern Illinois’ first week of class, the NIU volleyball team took down Green Bay 3-1 (25-13, 22-25, 25-12, 25-15) on Tuesday night at Victor E. Court. “Tonight was an awesome and fun win here,” said NIU head coach Ray Gooden. “We had great energy with our crowd here at Victor...

Nearly two hours after enduring a grueling five-set loss to Wichita State, the Northern Illinois volleyball team gave it all they had but simply ran out of gas on Saturday evening at Victor E. Court against a stout New Mexico State team that has been to the NCAA Tournament five times since 2003. Motivated by...

Less than 24 hours after grinding out a tough five-set win over 2011 NCAA Tournament team North Dakota State, the Northern Illinois volleyball team couldn’t do it again against another 2011 NCAA team as Wichita State edged the Huskies in five sets (18-25, 25-21, 22-25, 25-22, 22-20) on Saturday afternoon at Victor E. Court. With...

The Northern Illinois volleyball team welcomed a new season in style as the Huskies won a hard-fought 3-2 contest over North Dakota State to open the NIU Invitational as 11th-year head coach Ray Gooden pulled the string before the match to unravel NIU’s 2011 MAC Championship banner in the rafters of Victor E. Court Friday...

The last two seasons have seemingly brought NIU volleyball back to the “glory days” of the 1990s dominant decade (24.5 wins per year, seven first-place conference finishes, three NCAA tournaments) as the Huskies’ 55 wins over the last two seasons were last matched in 1992-93 (62 wins). With its first Mid-American Conference regular season championship...

A Northern Illinois volleyball-record five Huskies received Academic All-Mid-American Conference recognition, the league announced Thursday. Seniors Kristin Hoffman (Batavia, Ill./Batavia) and Allison McGlaughlin (Morton, Ill./Morton) and sophomore Lauren Wicinski (Geneva, Ill./Geneva) made the 18-person Academic All-MAC Team. Junior Mary Kurisch (La Crosse, Wis./West Salem) and sophomore Justine Schepler (Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore) received honorable mention status. “With...

Despite trailing 2-0 to Bowling Green at the break, the Northern Illinois volleyball team bounced back to win the final three sets at the Stroh Center Saturday afternoon to end the Mid-American Conference regular season with the most wins (14) since 2001. The win for NIU (25-5, 14-2 MAC) marks its 13th straight win, which...

In front of a large, boisterous crowd at Victor E. Court Saturday night, the Northern Illinois volleyball team swept Ball State in one of the nation’s most highly anticipated contests of the weekend. The Mid-American Conference West Division win for the Huskies (23-5, 12-2 MAC) ended a five-match losing streak to the Cardinals (22-5, 11-3)...

Spoiling Central Michigan’s senior night, the Northern Illinois volleyball team ended the weekend with a 3-1 win at McGuirk Arena Saturday night in a Mid-American Conference West Division contest. With the victory, the Huskies (21-5, 10-2 MAC) upped their season-long winning streak to nine matches and improved to a stellar 10-1 away from Victor E....