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Emily Nulty
On a warm summer day, the Northern Illinois women’s soccer team kept up the heat against in-state opponent Eastern Illinois. The Huskies fired off 17 shots in this game and never looked back, scoring on three of those attempts to win in a 3-0 shutout. The first half of this game featured a tough defensive...
Cody Witkowski
The Northern Illinois men’s soccer team wrapped up its preseason with a 2-0 victory over UIC at Flames Field. Junior Isaac Kannah (Plymouth, Minn./Prairie Seeds Academy) and sophomore Bertrand Gaschot (Austin, Texas/Westwood) each tallied in the second half to give the Huskies the victory “On the whole I thought it was a really good game,”...
Isaac Kannah
Coming off its second consecutive appearance in the Mid-American Conference Tournament final, the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team gathered Tuesdsay to begin its 2013 preseason camp. A new-look Huskie side will take the field this season as 11 newcomers blend with 12 returnees to form this season’s 23-man roster. “There is always an excitement around...
Amy Carr
The Northern Illinois women’s soccer team reported Friday, Aug. 9, for camp. Practice began Saturday, giving the Huskies six days of work until their first preseason contest versus Valparaiso. Kickoff is slated for 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16. Head coach John Ross and his staff, who helped orchestrate a six-match turnaround in 2012, led the...
Eric Luzzi
Northern Illinois men’s soccer and head coach Eric Luzzi announced the signing of three international student-athletes to join the Huskies this fall. Richard Hall (Billericay, England/The Billericay School), Albert Levett (Southend-on-Sea, England/Belfairs High) and Chris Bernard (Langley, England/Chalfonts) round out the incoming class, which now features 11 players, for the Huskie men’s soccer team. “I...
Dusty Page
Dusty Page of the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team has been selected to serve on the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). “I am really pleased for Dusty,” said NIU men’s soccer head coach Eric Luzzi. “It is quite an honor for him to be selected by the NCAA to be on their national...
Soccer/Track & Field Complex
Northern Illinois will add lights to the Soccer/Track and Field Complex, to be installed prior to the upcoming fall soccer season, NIU officials announced today. “Obviously, we are ecstatic about the news that we will be getting lights on our soccer facility for this fall season,” said NIU men’s soccer head coach Eric Luzzi. “Our...
Mary Dorn
NIU women’s soccer head coach John Ross announced an addition to his coaching staff in Mary Dorn, a former all-region soccer player at Lees-McRae University, to be a volunteer assistant with the program. Dorn is one of three assistants on staff with the Huskies and has already been working with the Huskies this spring, who...
Eric Luzzi
Northern Illinois men’s soccer head coach Eric Luzzi announced the signing of eight players to National Letters of Intent on Wednesday. The eight members signing class includes five freshmen, two junior college transfers and one Division I transfer. “We are very excited to announce our 2013 recruiting class,” Luzzi said. “There were three very specific...
Mike Mascitti
Seniors Mike Mascitti (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South) and Pat Sloan (Lisle, Ill./Benet Academy) of the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team were named to the Academic All-MAC Team. Sophomores Paul Hogan (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North), Jayson LeSeth (Des Plaines, Ill./Maine West) and Dusty Page (Germantown, Wis./Kettle Moraine Lutheran) each earned honorable mention recognition the...
Lauren Eberts
Sophomore Lauren Noonan, junior Amy Carr and senior Lauren Eberts were named to the Academic All-Mid American Conference team as voted by Faculty Athletic Representatives from schools around the conference. It is the first time since 2007 that three NIU players received distinction in the same season. “I’m so happy for Amy, Lauren and Eberts...
Mike Mascitti
Senior Mike Mascitti (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South) of the Northern Illinois men’s soccer team was named the Mid-American Conference Male Scholar Athlete of the Week, the league announced on Thursday. Last weekend in the MAC Tournament, Mascitti played the full 90 minutes in both NIU’s semifinal victory over third-seeded West Virginia and the championship...
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