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Troy White
Northern Illinois third baseman Troy White was named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week, the league announced Tuesday.  To earn the honor for the first time in his career, White’s bat caught fire for the Huskies in Texas over the weekend as he hit .500 (9-for-18) with four extra base hits, RBI and...
Ebony Ellis
After leading her team to an upset of Mid-American Conference champion Toledo, senior Ebony Ellis has been named MAC West Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. Ellis scored 19 points and grabbed a season-high 16 rebounds in the Huskies’ 57-53 win over the Rockets. Toledo trailed by only two with 3:05...
NIU Huskie football team huddles up
The Northern Illinois Huskies will play seven home games for the first time since 2003, including a first-ever home game versus Wisconsin at Chicago’s Soldier Field. NIU’s football team also will be featured at least three times on ESPN national networks, highlighting the Huskies’ 2011 football schedule released Monday by NIU and the Mid-American Conference. And, for...
Jenelle McCalla
The Northern Illinois track and field team will head today to the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships as weeks of preparation and competition culminate in the final competition of the 2011 indoor season.  The two-day event kicks off at 10:30 a.m. today at the Perry Field House in Bowling Green, Ohio, with the women’s pentathlon. Field Events will...
In a final tune-up before the 2011 Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships, the Northern Illinois track and field team will travel Friday, Feb. 18, to Muncie, Ind. to compete in the Ball State Quadrangular. With just a week left before MAC Championships, the Huskies will face MAC foes Ball State, Western Michigan and Miami (Ohio) at...
Dani Parrish
Northern Illinois University center fielder Dani Parrish was named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week for her performance at the Texas Classic this past weekend. Parrish, a native of Plainfield, Ind., was the offensive catalyst for the Huskies (0-5) in the Texas Classic in Austin, Texas over the weekend, going 6-for-18 with three...
Bryan Deutsch
The Northern Illinois University wrestling team travels Saturday afternoon to Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville to face Knox College and the Cougars at the SIUE Fitness Center.  NIU will face Knox College at 1:30 p.m. and SIUE at 3 p.m. This weekend’s match begins a two-match road trip before the MAC Championships in March.  “You approach every match...
NIU track and field
The Northern Illinois track and field team will continue indoor action this weekend when the Huskies travel to Ames, Iowa, to compete in the 2011 Iowa State Classic Friday, Feb. 11, and Saturday, Feb. 12, at Lied Recreation Center. Facing some of their fiercest competition this season, NIU head track and field coach Connie Teaberry...
Brad Dieckhaus
NIU head coach Dave Grant couldn’t have scripted his final home regular season match at NIU any better Friday night as the Huskies posted a 21-18 win over Eastern Michigan in Victor E. Court on Senior Night.  The victory, the first Mid-American Conference win for the Huskies (3-10, 1-4) this season, was Grant’s final home match...
Marke Freeman
The Northern Illinois women’sbasketball team dropped a heartbreaker to Bowling Green, 67-64, Tuesday night in Mid-American Conference play at the NIU Convocation Center. Senior guard Marke Freeman posted a game-high 26 points, adding seven rebounds. TheFalcons improved to 18-4, 6-3 in league play while the Huskies fell to 9-13, 3-6. “I am very happywith my...
Xavier Silas
Northern Illinois senior guard Xavier Silas was named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week for his performances last week against Akron and Buffalo. Silas averaged 29.5 points and 6.5 rebounds in the two games. This is the fifth time Silas has earned MAC West Player of the Week honors this season, he was...
Huskies women's track and field
With the Mid-American Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships nearly one month away, the Northern Illinois track and field team will get its first look at MAC competition Saturday, Jan. 29, when the Huskies head to Marion, Ind., for the Indiana Wesleyan Invitational. NIU will catch a glimpse of MAC Championship competition when the Huskies...
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