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Junior Bertrand Gaschot (Austin, Texas/Westwood) scored with 34 seconds remaining Sunday night to earn the NIU men’s soccer team a 2-2 draw against Green Bay at the NIU Soccer Complex. Gaschot had a goal and an assist while senior Isaac Kannah (Plymouth, Minn./Prairie Seeds Academy) scored NIU’s first goal of the contest. “I couldn’t be...

Despite dominating the second half Sunday afternoon, the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team couldn’t overcome an early deficit and dropped a 1-0 decision against SIUE at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex. The Huskies (2-5-0) started slowly and conceded a goal in the 10th minute when Caroline Hoefert scored for the visiting...

Nothing could stop the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team on Friday night – not a delayed start, not pouring rain, not near-freezing temperatures and not the Chicago State Cougars. Once the match started, the Huskies (2-4) scored early and often as they defeated Chicago State (1-6) by a score of 5-0 at Commissioners Park...

Sophomore Chris Paton (Glasgow, Scotland/Uddingston Grammar School) scored in the 74th minute and redshirt junior goalkeeper Andrew Glaeser (Walla Walla, Wash./Walla Walla/Oregon State) made four saves as the NIU men’s soccer team defeated 23rd-ranked UIC, 1-0, on a crisp, rainy Friday night at the NIU Soccer Complex. The victory is the first over a ranked...

After being reduced to 10 men in the 60th minute due to a red card, the NIU men’s soccer team fell, 1-0, to Santa Clara on a 68th minute goal by Max Ornstil. Redshirt junior goalkeeper Andrew Glaeser (Walla Walla, Wash./Walla Walla/Oregon State) made four saves in goal for the Huskies. “If we had come...

The Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team notched its first victory of the season Friday night, defeating the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks 1-0 at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex. A first-half goal from the penalty spot by senior midfielder Allie McBride (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) was enough to see the Huskies (1-4) prevail over UNO...

Sophomore Chris Paton  (Glasgow, Scotland/Uddingston Grammar School), freshman Len Heinson (Wupperal, Germany/Carl-Fuhlrott Gymnasium) and senior Andrew Palumbo (Fort Myers, Fla./Darton College) each scored their first career goal as a Huskie to lead the NIU men’s soccer team to a 3-0 victory over Quinnipiac on Sunday afternoon in the Lakeside Classic. “On the whole I thought...

Finishing up the Huskies’ Hawaiian tour, the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team dropped a 4-1 neutral site decision to Seattle University on Saturday night at the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium. Facing the defending Western Athletic Conference champions Redhawks, NIU’s goal came from junior forward Maggie Renfro and marked the first tally in her Huskie...

The NIU men’s soccer team opened the 2014 regular season with a scoreless draw against Hofstra on Friday afternoon at the Lakeside Classic. Redshirt junior goalkeeper Andrew Glaeser (Walla Walla, Wash./Walla Walla/Oregon State) made a pair of saves while recording a shutout as the Huskies had the better of play but could not breakdown the...

Despite goals from sophomore defender Alex Elias (Phoenix, Ariz./Boulder Creek) and junior forward Nicole Gobbo (Bartlett, Ill./Bartlett), the Northern Illinois women’s soccer team dropped an exciting encounter Friday night against the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine at the Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium, 3-2. On a beautiful evening in the Hawaiian islands, the Huskies (0-3) took the lead...

With temperatures in the 90s and the heat index topping triple digits in Macomb, Ill., on Sunday afternoon, the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team was forced to battle against two opponents: the Western Illinois Leathernecks and the heat. In a close and hard-fought match that featured several scoring chances for both teams, the Huskies...

Freshman goalkeeper Amy Annala (Oswego, Ill./Oswego) had a sensational Huskie debut on Friday evening in the 2014 season opener for the Northern Illinois University women’s soccer team at Illinois State. Annala made several incredible stops in the first half and finished with 11 saves, but her efforts weren’t enough as the Huskies dropped the match...