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MacKenzie Roddy
With 20-plus wins in each of the last three seasons and three consecutive Mid-American Conference title match berths, the Northern Illinois volleyball team again looks the part of a conference title contender in 2013. Head coach Ray Gooden enters his 12th season at the helm – tied for the longest tenure in program history –...
Go Huskies! NIU volleyball players surround Kayla Zeno (8) in celebration.
Northern Illinois senior Mary Kurisch (La Crosse, Wis./West Salem), junior Sarah Angelos (Waukegan, Ill./Waukegan) and sophomore MacKenzie Roddy (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon) were selected to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference Team, the league announced Thursday. “I’m very happy for Sarah, Mary, MacKenzie and NIU volleyball,” said NIU head coach Ray Gooden, who has coached 14 Academic All-MAC...
Meghan Romo
The Northern Illinois volleyball team closed its 2012 season with a 3-1 loss at Marquette on Saturday evening at the Al McGuire Center as the Golden Eagles (27-6) possessed 52-46 kills, .305-.176 hitting, 70-60 digs and 10-4 blocks advantages over the Huskies (21-15) for a 28-26, 25-15, 15-25, 25-12 win. “Tonight was a match of...
Volleyball seniors Sam Grams, Sue Hayes, Mary Kurisch, Meghan Romo and Amber Walker.
The Northern Illinois volleyball team ended the Mid-American Conference regular season on a high note Saturday night by taking down Bowling Green, the team in the MAC with the second most league wins, in four sets on Senior Night at Victor E. Court. The Huskies (19-13, 10-6 MAC) used strong serving – 9-3 aces edge...
Mary Kurisch
The Northern Illinois volleyball team started a three-match Mid-American Conference West Division road trip on the right foot Friday night with a 25-19, 25-21, 20-25, 25-21 win over Toledo at Savage Arena. The Huskies (17-12, 8-5 MAC) racked up .225 to .171 hitting, 7-3 aces and 18-5 blocking advantages to earn their 13th win in...
Mary Kurisch
The Northern Illinois volleyball team came away with a split in its Mid-American Conference opening weekend as the Huskies (10-8, 1-1 MAC) were swept by Eastern Michigan 25-22, 25-19, 25-19 at the Convocation Center Saturday night. In a matchup of the league’s top two teams this season in terms of wins, the decision went to...
Meghan Romo
The Northern Illinois women’s volleyball team spoiled Central Michigan’s 2011 Mid-American Conference tournament championship celebration night with an 18-25, 25-16, 30-28, 25-22 win Friday night at a raucous McGuirk Arena. The Huskies (10-7, 1-0 MAC) won their MAC opener over the Chippewas (6-6, 0-1 MAC) fueled by motivation from last year’s MAC title match loss...
Meghan Romo
With both teams coming off tough weekends, the Northern Illinois volleyball team was edged by UIC in four sets Tuesday night at Flames Athletic Center. The Flames (3-4) were able to take advantage of a 34-22 hitting error edge over NIU (3-5) for a 26-24, 25-13, 20-25, 25-20 win. “Any time we place somebody from...
NIU volleyball team
The last two seasons have seemingly brought NIU volleyball back to the “glory days” of the 1990s dominant decade (24.5 wins per year, seven first-place conference finishes, three NCAA tournaments) as the Huskies’ 55 wins over the last two seasons were last matched in 1992-93 (62 wins). With its first Mid-American Conference regular season championship...
NIU Huskies volleyball team
The 2010 season was a magical one in many ways as the Huskies won their first 11 matches, posted 27 wins for the first time since 1998, sold out Victor E. Court for the first time, featured two All-Americans, and made an appearance in the Mid-American Conference championship for the first time since 2001. However,...