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NIU Huskies volleyball team celebrates
Facing a raucous crowd at WMU’s University Arena, the Northern Illinois volleyball team defeated Western Michigan Thursday night, 3-1, to clinch the Mid-American Conference‘s West Division and regular season crown. This is NIU’s first West Division title since 2006 and their first MAC regular season title since 1998. It is also their first outright MAC...
NIU Huskies volleyball team celebrates
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)...
Kristin Hoffman
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....
NIU Huskies volleyball team
In the first meeting since the Northern Illinois volleyball team lost to Ohio in the 2010 Mid-American Conference championship match, the Huskies avenged the tough loss with a 3-0 sweep Saturday night at Victor E. Court. Capping a 2-0 “Spike Cancer Weekend,” presented by Kishwaukee Community Hospital, the Huskies improved to 19-5, 8-2 in league...
Allison McGlaughin
The Northern Illinois volleyball team remained perfect on the weekend with a 3-0 win over Buffalo Saturday night at Alumni Arena in a West-East Division Mid-American Conference matchup. The Huskies improved to 17-5, 6-2 in the MAC, with their fifth consecutive win. The victory also bumped NIU’s road record up to 8-1 in 2011. “Anytime...
Northern Illinois volleyball outside hitter Lauren Wicinski was named Mid-American Conference West Division Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. The sophomore’s NIU-record ninth career selection marks the third consecutive week that she’s earned the honor. Last season, the 2010 MAC Player and Freshman of the Year was chosen as the league’s weekly...
Behind the support of a raucous crowd that included several Northern Illinois volleyball alumni, the Huskies topped Miami (Ohio) 3-0 Saturday night at Victor E. Court in a cross-divisional Mid-American Conference contest. The win gave NIU (15-5, 4-2 MAC) its third straight win and fourth straight against the RedHawks (12-8, 3-3 MAC). “I thought we...
Fittingly, Northern Illinois standout sophomore Lauren Wicinski put together one of her best matches as she became the fastest Huskie to total 1,000 career kills in NIU’s 3-0 sweep of Western Michigan Thursday night at Victor E. Court in a Mid-American Conference West Division matchup. “I was joking with [Lauren] after the match that for...
A day after being named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week, Northern Illinois volleyball’s Lauren Wicinski was named one of 11 CVU.com Top Performers for the week of Sept. 26-Oct. 2 by Collegiate Volleyball Update, the website announced Tuesday. “It’s really nice for the Northern Illinois volleyball program to be recognized on a...
For the second consecutive week, Northern Illinois volleyball’s sophomore outside hitter Lauren Wicinski was named Mid-American Conference West Division Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. Wicinski’s third such honor this season ups her NIU career record total to eight selections. “Lauren was flat-out awesome this past weekend, especially against Toledo, when she...
Behind a phenomenal performance by reigning Mid-American Conference Player of the Year Lauren Wicinski, the Northern Illinois volleyball team topped Toledo 3-1 at Savage Arena Saturday evening. Wicinski totaled a career-best 39 kills and hit .484 to lead the Huskies (13-5, 2-2 MAC) to an important split in their first MAC road weekend. The reigning...
After averaging 6.86 kills per set over the weekend, Northern Illinois outside hitter Lauren Wicinski was named Mid-American Conference West Division Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. Already the NIU school career record holder for MAC Player of the Week selections, the sophomore’s second nod this season increases her career total to...
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