NIU Today

The last time NIU and Ohio took opposite sides of a football field, it was in Detroit for the 2011 Mid-American Conference Championship. Huskie fans will remember that Ohio enjoyed a heartbreaking 20-0 halftime lead, which at the time seemed insurmountable. Yet the Bobcats would never score again that night. Quarterback Chandler Harnish, held to...

Senior Isaac Kannah (Plymouth, Minn./Prairie Seeds Academy) of the NIU men’s soccer team was named to the All-Mid-American Conference First Team, the league office announced Thursday. Kannah led the Huskies with four goals, tied for ninth in the MAC, and four assists while starting 16 games. “I’m pleased for Isaac, this is a very well...

Northern Illinois University men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery announced the signings of Levi Bradley (Milwaukee, Wis./Pius XI), Jaylen Key (Mequon, Wis./Homestead), Austin Pauga (Naperville, Ill./IMG Academy) and Laytwan Porter (Rockford, Ill./Auburn)  to National Letters of Intent to join the NIU basketball program. “I’m very happy with our recruiting class,” Montgomery said. “We have two...

NIU moved into first place in the Mid-American Conference West Division with a 27-24 victory over Toledo on Tuesday night at Huskie Stadium. With the win NIU improves to 8-2 overall, 5-1 in the MAC, while Toledo suffered its first league loss to fall to 6-4 overall, 5-1 in league play. Senior tailback Cameron Stingily...

NIU counts only a dozen victories over the perennially troublesome Toledo Rockets, but that number includes the last four meetings between the MAC West rivals. Coach Rod Carey and the Huskies look to push that winning streak to five at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, on a Veterans Day game set to honor the team’s...

The Northern Illinois University wrestling team fell in all three duals Sunday at the Illini Quad, suffering losses to No. 13 Illinois, Rider and SIU Edwardsville. “We needed more grit in crucial situations,” said NIU head coach Ryan Ludwig. “We let some controversial situations beyond our control dictate some outcomes (against SIUE). We will get...

Amy Annala and Gwen Sabo from the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team were selected to the Mid-American Conference All-Tournament Team, the league announced on Sunday after Buffalo beat Western Michigan 1-0 in the conference title game at UB Stadium. Annala (Oswego, Ill./Oswego) and Sabo (Alton, Ill./Alton) become the first NIU selections to the MAC...

The Northern Illinois University volleyball team found itself in an early hole Saturday, but rallied to claim a 3-1 victory over Bowling Green. The Huskies (20-8, 13-1 MAC) bounced back from a heartbreaking first set to top the scrappy Falcons (7-19, 4-10 MAC) behind 67 kills and 57 assists. With the win, NIU clinches a...

Senior captain Dusty Page (Germantown, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) scored in the 61st minute as the NIU men’s soccer team tried to rally from a 2-0 halftime deficit, but it wasn’t enough as the Huskies fell to Bowling Green on Saturday night at the NIU Soccer Complex. With the loss, NIU finishes the season with a...

Redshirt senior center Jordan Threloff (DeKalb, Ill./DeKalb/Illinois State) scored a game-high 15 points with a game-best 10 rebounds as the NIU men’s basketball team cruised to a 71-44 exhibition victory over Roosevelt University on Saturday evening at the NIU Convocation Center. Four Huskies scored in double figures as NIU raced out to a 17-0 lead...

The Northern Illinois University women’s basketball team suffered a 60-49 setback to Lewis University in an exhibition affair at the Convocation Center Saturday afternoon. “Lewis is a top-four team in Division II,” said NIU head coach Kathi Bennett. “They have knocked off now, two or three Division I programs and they’re very good. They’re guards...

Playing in its first Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinal match since 2007, the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team fell to Western Michigan 1-0 on a frigid Friday night at UB Stadium. NIU was the first No. 7 seed in the final four of the MAC Tournament since 2006 after its thrilling penalty-kick shootout victory over...