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“Let’s make today a great day.” Five simple words, a philosophy that Northern Illinois women’s tennis head coach Ryun Ferrell is using this season to ensure that his players perform their best when it counts, and it begins to count Saturday, Jan. 29, as the Huskies open up the 2011 season in Milwaukee, Wis., against UW-Milwaukee. Now...

Richard McNutt, who has coached defensive backs at two Mid-American Conference schools, has joined Dave Doeren’s staff at Northern Illinois and will coach the Huskie cornerbacks. McNutt fills the final assistant coaching spot on the NIU football staff for 2011. A former cornerback for Ohio State, McNutt has spent his entire career coaching defensive backs,...

Northern Illinois guard Marke Freeman has been voted Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week, as voted on by the league’s coaches, the MAC announced Monday. Freeman (Springfield, Ill./Lanphier) averaged 29.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.0 steals per game in two victories. She shot 53.8 percent from the field and 90.5 percent from the...

The Mid-American Conference announced Friday that the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team‘s Saturday, Feb. 12, game at Buffalo has been selected as part of the MAC television package on the official television partner of the league, SportsTime Ohio. First-year head coach Kathi Bennett and the Northern Illinois Huskies will travel to Buffalo to face reigning MAC...

NIU’s gymnastics team completes a two-week homestand at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, when it plays host to Mid-American Conference foe Bowling Green in the NIU Convocation Center’s Victor E. Court. The meet can be watched live online at www.NIUHuskies.com through the Huskie All Access program. Cost is $6.95 for a one-month subscription or $49.95 for an annual pass. ...

The Northern Illinois University wrestling team travels Friday to Kent Ohio to face the Golden Flashes of Kent State at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. “We have some key match ups for MAC rankings,” NIU head coach Dave Grant said. “We’ve had a great week of training. We’re always excited to come here and...

The Northern Illinois men’s tennis team will get the 2011 spring season under way this weekend on the road against Dayton and Butler. The matches begin the start of a much tougher schedule this season compared to last year’s, highlighted by matches at No. 23 Wisconsin and No. 59 Northwestern. “I think it’s a manageable...

Senior Marke Freeman scored 30 points and flirted with a triple-double, helping the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team capture a 73-62 win over Ball State, Wednesday at the Convocation Center. Freeman added nine steals and eight rebounds while matching her season high in points. She scored nine points in a row during a 15-0 first...

Northern Illinois senior guard Xavier Silas was named the Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week on Monday following the Huskies pair of victories over Eastern Michigan and Toledo. Silas averaged 25.5 points and 4.5 rebounds to earn his fourth Player of the Week award of the season; he was also named MAC West...

Rod Carey, who has spent nearly all of his 13-year collegiate coaching career in the Midwest, has been named the offensive line coach at Northern Illinois University, NIU head coach Dave Doeren announced Thursday. Carey joins the Huskies after three seasons coaching the offensive line at the University of North Dakota. He completes Northern Illinois’...

The NIU wrestling team returns home Friday, Jan. 14, to play host to Mid-American Conference foe Ohio University at Victor E. Court in the Convocation Center after completing a challenging stretch in its schedule. The Huskies (2-7, 0-1) faced three ranked opponents last week when they took on Central Michigan at home Jan. 6 before traveling...

The NIU wrestling team battled No. 17 Central Michigan in the Mid-American Conference opener Thursday night, but fell to the Chippewas, 21-13 at Victor E. Court in the NIU Convocation Center. “I think our guys wrestled extremely well,” said NIU head coach Dave Grant. “We had some really close matches. I thought we competed well...