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A day after Jeremy Gonzales was named Mid-American Conference West Division Co-Pitcher of the Week, the senior hurler’s outstanding complete game shutout of Miami (Ohio) was hoisted even higher on Tuesday as he was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s (NCBWA) Pro-Line Athletic National Pitcher of the Week. Monday’s MAC accolade marked the first...

Northern Illinois starting pitcher Jeremy Gonzales was named Mid-American Conference West Division Co-Pitcher of the Week, the league announced Monday. To earn the honor for the first time in his career, Gonzales was flat-out dominant in a 2-0 win over Miami (Ohio) on Sunday, which gave NIU a 2-1 series win over Miami (Ohio) at...

NIU is hosting the 2011 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships from Thursday, May 12, through Saturday, May 14, and help is needed to make this event a success. Volunteers are needed for all days and for three daily shifts. The morning shift takes place from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The afternoon shift takes place from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m....

Quickly putting any memory of Tuesday’s game behind them, the Northern Illinois Huskies scored six runs in the first three innings en route to an 8-5 win Wednesday afternoon over Bradley at Ralph McKinzie Field. After taking five innings to produce a hit in yesterday’s game against Illinois State, the Huskies (11-15) needed just two...

Northern Illinois first baseman/designated hitter Joe Etcheverry was named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week for the first time in his career, the league announced Monday.  Etcheverry’s flaming bat was a prime reason for NIU’s 4-1 week (March 28-April 3), as the senior hit .588 (10-for-17). Along with posting a slugging percentage of .941...

NIU freshman Stephanie Tofft extended her hitting streak Friday afternoon to a school record 16 games as the Huskie softball team split its doubleheader with Eastern Michigan at Mary M. Bell Field. Tofft pushed that record to 18 games Saturday afternoon during a doubleheader sweep of Central Michigan. Tofft, who tied the mark  Friday with a single to left...

Senior Cora Caulfield of the Northern Illinois women’s track and field team was named Mid-American Conference Female Scholar Athlete of the Week this week. Caulfield, a native of Fox Lake, Ill., was one of 10 event winners for the Huskies at the Viking Olympics at Augustana College on Saturday, March 26. Facing cold and windy...

After 158 routines in competition, countless hours in the Huskie Stadium gym and 40 road trips with her Northern Illinois teammates over the last four years, NIU women’s gymnastics senior Holly Reichard has spent the last two weeks training for the final meet of her lifelong gymnastics career. Reichard left DeKalb Thursday for Norman, Okla.,...

The Northern Illinois women’s tennis team will begin Mid-American Conference play this weekend with a pair of road matches. The Huskies will travel to Eastern Michigan to open MAC play on Friday before wrapping up the weekend at Toledo on Saturday. Both matches are scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. CT. The Huskies (2-8) return...

The Northern Illinois men’s tennis team will play three home matches this weekend at the Boylan Tennis Center in Rockford, Ill. The Huskies will open Mid-American Conference play Friday, April 1, against Western Michigan at 1 p.m. and will also face Chicago State at 5 p.m. Friday. NIU will wrap up the weekend hosting Drake at...

The Northern Illinois University softball team opens a six-game homestand Wednesday, March 30, when the Huskies welcome Valparaiso to Mary M. Bell Field for a doubleheader. First pitch of Game One is slated for 3 p.m. with the second game to follow. Northern Illinois (10-12) returns home having played well of late, winning six of...

Mark Montgomery, who has spent the last 10 seasons at his alma mater, Michigan State University, including the last four as associate head coach, was introduced as Northern Illinois University’s 27th head men’s basketball coach Thursday. Jeff Compher, NIU associate vice president and director of athletics, made the announcement. Montgomery, a Michigan native who also...