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Sophomore defender Alex Elias from the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team was named to the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District Women’s Soccer Second Team this week. Elias (Phoenix, Ariz./Boulder Creek) is the first NIU women’s soccer player to earn this recognition since Lindsey Curnock in 2009. The sophomore Phoenix native owns a perfect 4.0...

Senior Dusty Page (Germantown, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) of the NIU men’s soccer team was named to the CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District Men’s Soccer Team announced on Thursday. A finance major with a 4.0 GPA, Page has started all 15 matches thus far for the Huskies, playing 1,338 minutes, the most for a NIU field...

The Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team wrapped up its regular season Thursday afternoon with a 2-0 defeat to Western Michigan at the WMU Soccer Complex. The Huskies finish the season with a 6-10-3 overall record, with their 4-4-3 final record and 15 points in Mid-American Conference play, good enough to earn NIU a berth...

The Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team clinched a berth in the postseason Sunday with a 0-0 draw against Bowling Green at the NIU Soccer Complex. The Huskies (6-9-3, 4-3-3 MAC) outshot the Falcons (4-12-1, 3-6-1 MAC) by a 21-13 margin but couldn’t find a breakthrough on Senior Day on a beautiful sunny day in...

Senior Isaac Kannah (Plymouth, Minn./Prairie Seeds Academy) scored his fourth goal of the season Saturday night, but the NIU men’s soccer team fell 2-1 to Buffalo at UB Stadium. The Huskies finished the contest with nine players after receiving red cards in the 61st and 71st minutes. “I don’t want to take anything away from...

The Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team earned a tremendous victory Friday night, defeating Eastern Michigan 3-1 at the NIU Soccer Complex. The win marked the first victory for the Huskies (6-9-2, 4-3-2 MAC) against the perennial Mid-American Conference powerhouse Eagles (9-6-1, 5-4-0 MAC) since 2007. It also ended a three-game losing streak for NIU....

Behind three second half goals, including two from freshman Len Heinson (Wuppertal, Germany/Carl-Fuhlrott Gymnasium) the NIU men’s soccer team earned a 4-1 victory Wednesday over SIU Edwardsville at the NIU Soccer Complex. The Cougars scored first, but NIU answered with a goal from sophomore Richard Hall (Billericay, England/The Billericay School) less than 90 seconds later....

The Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team dropped a hard-fought contest in Mid-American Conference play at Ball State on Sunday afternoon, 1-0. The Cardinals (9-4-2, 5-3-0 MAC) scored the only goal of the game early in the second half when Victoria Jacobs headed in a cross following a corner kick in the 54th minute. The...

After a scoreless first half, Western Michigan scored three goals in 21 minutes Saturday afternoon to claim at 3-0 win over the NIU men’s soccer team at the WMU Soccer Complex. “Overall, I didn’t think Western Michigan was better than us on the day, they just wanted it more,” said NIU head coach Eric Luzzi....

The Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team dropped a 3-1 contest to Miami on Friday afternoon, with freshman Allie Ingham scoring the goal for NIU. The Huskies (5-8-2, 3-2-2 MAC) couldn’t overcome a slow start against the two-time defending MAC East champion RedHawks (11-2-1, 5-1-1 MAC), who have now won five of their last six...

A late penalty kick by Akron ended the Northern Illinois University’s undefeated start to conference play as the Huskies fell Sunday afternoon to the Zips, 1-0. After a late corner kick, an Akron player fell to the ground in the box after seemingly no contact, but the referee judged that the Huskies committed a foul,...

Sophomore Chris Paton (Glasgow, Scotland/Uddingston Grammar School) scored less than a minute into the second half as the NIU men’s soccer team played to a 1-1 draw against West Virginia in the Mid-American Conference opener Saturday night at the NIU Soccer Complex. Redshirt junior goalkeeper Andrew Glaeser (Walla Walla, Wash./Walla Walla/Oregon State) made seven save...