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Northern Illinois University volleyball’s Mackenzie Roddy was named a candidate Tuesday for the 2014 Senior CLASS Award. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their...

With the Iowa State Challenge tournament championship on the line, the Northern Illinois University volleyball team was unable to get on track Saturday in a 3-0 loss to Iowa State. The Huskies (3-3) posted five service aces in the match, including four from Anna Brereton (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie). However, the Cyclones posted a .340...

The Northern Illinois University volleyball team opened the Iowa State Challenge in a big way Friday with a 3-0 sweep of Southeastern Conference foe Tennessee. The Huskies (2-2) dominated at the service line, posting 10 service aces against the Lady Volunteers (2-2). The mark set a school record for the most aces in a three-set...

The NIU volleyball team wrapped up the NIU Invitational with a 3-0 setback to Northwestern on Saturday night at Victor E. Court inside the NIU Convocation Center. Senior outside hitter Mackenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) and sophomore outside hitter Mary Grace Kelly (Strongsville, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) each had 11 kills to pace the Huskies. With its...

The NIU volleyball team led 8-2 in the fifth set, but was unable to hold off a late surge by Colorado, falling to the Buffaloes in five sets, 26-28, 25-18, 25-20, 21-25, 15-12, on Saturday afternoon in the NIU Invitational. Senior outside hitter Mackenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) led the way for NIU with 29...

The Northern Illinois University volleyball team has added Matt Sprague as an assistant coach, NIU head coach Ray Gooden announced Tuesday. Sprague comes to NIU from Saint Louis, where he served as a volunteer assistant last season. “We’re really excited to have Matt join the program,” Gooden said. “We think he has a lot of...

The NIU volleyball team has earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s (AVCA) Team Academic Award for the sixth consecutive season, the organization announced Monday. “It’s always great for our volleyball student-athletes to be recognized for their work in the classroom,” said NIU head coach Ray Gooden. “It helps us stay true our mission of excelling on...

The Northern Illinois University volleyball team released its 2014 schedule Monday, a slate that includes 12 home matches and seven contests against 2013 NCAA Tournament qualifiers. The Huskies’ schedule includes home matchups against in-state rivals Northwestern and UIC, in addition to contests against national powers Colorado, Iowa State, Louisville and Arizona State. For the first...

The Northern Illinois University volleyball team has announced dates for its 2014 summer camps and clinics. Registration is available online. New this year, Serve and Pass Clinics will be held Wednesday, June 11, and Wednesday, July 9, to cover two of the most essential skills in volleyball: serving and passing. Players will work on both...

Northern Illinois University seniors Sarah Angelos (Waukegan, Ill./Waukegan) and Justine Schepler (Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore) and junior Mackenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) were selected to the Academic All Mid-American Conference Team, the league announced Friday. Angelos earned a spot on the team for the third consecutive season, while Roddy took academic all-conference honors for the second-straight year....

Northern Illinois University head volleyball coach Ray Gooden signed four players Monday to National Letters of Intent, as Anna Brereton (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie HS), Chandler Kinley (Lexington, Ky./Lafayette HS), Taylor Krage (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North HS) and Shelby Seurer (Delano, Minn/Delano HS) will join the team in 2014. The Huskies filled each of...

The Northern Illinois University volleyball team saw their dreams of a Mid-American Conference championship dashed Saturday at the SPIRE Institute when the top-seeded Ohio Bobcats defeated the Huskies, 3-0. NIU (19-13) kept the Ohio (26-4) offense in check for a good portion of the match, notching 61 digs and eight blocks. Yet, it was not...