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Sophomore pitcher/utility Danielle Stewart (left) and senior catcher/outfielder Ellis Erickson (right) jump up for a high five during pre-game on April 12. NIU softball won both games of a doubleheader on Wednesday against Valparaiso University. (Northern Star File Photo)
Sports
Softball sweeps Valparaiso in doubleheader
Senior catcher/outfielder Ellis Erickson (23) rounds first base after hitting a single on March 30 against Kent State University. Erickson was named to the Northern Star Sports Staffs MAC softball All-Star squad. (Northern Star File Photo)
Sports
COLUMN: Building the 2024 MAC All-Star softball team
The Huskies baseball team celebrate after freshman catcher Cooper Cohn (4) hit a home run to win the game against Valparaiso on Tuesday. NIU was tied 9-9 after the top of the ninth inning until Cooper hit the home run with only one out in the inning. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Sports
Cohn’s ninth-inning heroics push Huskies past Valparaiso
Then-junior Jasmine Ly shoots at the 2023 MAC Championship in April of 2023. Ly finished tied for 25th place in her final tournament of her senior season as the Huskies finished in third place at the 2024 MAC Championship. (Northern Star File Photo)
Sports
NIU women’s golf places third at the MAC Championship
Standings
 

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Football

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6-6

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.500

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5-3

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5-2

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.000

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Women’s
Basketball

 

3-4

Overall

 

.429

Pct

 

0-0

Conference

 

.000

Pct

Wrestling

Wrestling

 

3-1

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.750

Pct

 

0-0

Conference

 

.000

Pct

Hockey

Hockey

 

1-16-2

Overall

 

.052

Pct

 

0-10

Conference

 

.000

Pct

 
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Talking
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The All-Star Huskie Sports podcast
A chat with NIU baseball
A chat with NIU baseball
April 11, 2024
Ethan Gonzales (from left) and Zack Rodriguez sit down with Matthew Zuber and Jacobi Jackson from NIU wrestling in the podcast room. This week’s “All-Star” episode discusses life as a NIU wrestler. (Ethan Gonzales | Northern Star)
A chat with NIU wrestling
February 19, 2024
Skyler Kisellus (from left), Ethan Gonzales, Emmalise Nock and Dawsyn Sallee sit in a podcast room. All-Star episode 34 discusses NIU gymnastics. (Anna Scanlan | Northern Star)
A sit down with NIU gymnastics
February 14, 2024
 
 
 
NIU football players run onto the field of Huskie Stadium before their game against Eastern Michigan University on Oct. 21, 2023. Head coach Thomas Hammock previewed the 2024 regular season at the Pre-Spring Press Conference. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)
Hammock previews NIU spring football, position competitions
By Zack Rodriguez, Sports Reporter | March 31, 2024
Then-NIU volleyball head coach Pete Waite stands courtside during a match. Waite will be inducted into the 2024 NIU Athletics Hall of Fame during Homecoming Weekend after leading the Huskies to a program-best .723 winning percentage during his 11 seasons as NIU’s head coach. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Former volleyball coach Pete Waite named to 2024 Hall of Fame Class
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter | April 17, 2024
NIU then-redshirt junior quarterback Jordan Lynch prepares to throw a pass during a game against the University at Buffalo on Oct. 13, 2012, at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb. Lynch was announced Friday as a member of the 2024 classes of the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame and MAC Hall of Fame. (Scott Walstrom | NIU Athletics)
Former Huskie star Jordan Lynch to join NIU, MAC Halls of Fame
Former NIU quarterback Rocky Lombardi drops back during passing drills at Thursdays Pro Day inside the Chessick Practice Center. Lombardi worked out in front of scouts from at least 11 NFL teams. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)
6 former Huskies participate in annual Pro Day
Junior defensive specialist/libero Jada Cerniglia prepares to serve in an NIU volleyball home game against the University of Akron on Oct. 27, 2023. The MAC announced a new schedule format for conference games on March 27. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)
MAC, NIU volleyball announce 2024 conference slate
NIU senior opposite/outside hitter Emily Dykes attacks during the Huskies’ home conference match against Eastern Michigan University Oct. 13 at Victor E. Court. Dykes entered the transfer portal Sunday after starting 23 matches for NIU in 2023. (Scott Walstrom | NIU Athletics)
Volleyball’s Emily Dykes enters transfer portal
 

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Men's soccer signs 3 to 2024 roster
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter | December 1, 2023
Senior guard Jayden Marable (3) ducks under Western Michigan senior guard Gabi Saxman (10) in a drive to the basket. Marable contributed 11 points in the Huskies loss on Wednesday. (Katherine Follmer | Northern Star)
No shot for women’s basketball against Western Michigan
By Lucas Didier, Assistant Sports Editor | February 14, 2024
Senior midfielder Camilo Estrada receives a pass in mens soccers match against Loyola-Chicago on Sept. 26. Despite a loss in the MVC semifinals, heroic performances from the Huskies defense is a building block for the future. (Scott Walstrom | NIU Athletics)
COLUMN: Reviewing men’s soccer’s surprising season
Three men’s soccer seniors earn conference academic recognition
Sophomore Nataly Ninova (left) and junior Erika Dimitriev celebrate a point during an NIU womens tennis home match against the University of Wisconsin on Saturday. The pair won their doubles match against the University of Iowa and each won their singles match against the University of Northern Iowa on Friday. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Women’s tennis shines in doubles
Redshirt junior guard Sidney McCrea shoots during the NIU womens basketball game against Lindenwood on Tuesday. The Huskies won the game 77-60. (Ryanne Sandifer | Northern Star)
Marable’s big night snaps 3-game losing streak
Junior Felix Krammer watches his shot at the Badger Invitational in October of 2023. NIU mens golf finished tied for seventh out of 18 teams at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate on Sunday. (Northern Star File Photo)
Men's golf ties for 7th at Robert Kepler Intercollegiate
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter | April 22, 2024
Kim Kester advises her player during an NIU womens golf practice. NIU Athletics announced Wednesday that Kester was given a multi-year contract extension. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Kim Kester extended through 2026-27 season
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter | April 19, 2024
Then-sophomore Ben Sluzas watches his shot at the 2023 MAC Championship. Sluzas finished tied for 6th-place at the Hawkeye Invitational on Sunday as NIU mens golf finished tied for eighth-place. (Northern Star File Photo)
Sluzas-led Huskies finish Hawkeye Invitational tied for 8th
Graduate student Zach Place studies his shot at the MAC Championship in May. Place tied for 25th at the Lake Las Vegas Invitational on Tuesday. (Courtesy of Taylor Strnad)
Men’s golf places 12th at Lake Las Vegas Invitational
Senior Jasmine Ly follows through on her swing on Sep. 26, 2023. Ly finished tied for fifth-place at the Oral Roberts Spring Invite Tuesday as NIU womens golf took third-place. (Northern Star File Photo)
Three top-10 placements lead NIU women’s golf to third-place finish
Then-junior Emily Romancew swings her driver at the Atlantic Invitational in February of 2023. Romancew finished tied for 21st at the Colonel Classic Tuesday as NIU finished 5th out of 15 teams. (Northern Star File Photo)
Women's golf finishes 5th at Colonel Classic
Planck leads cross country at NCAA Midwest Regional
By Zack Rodriguez, Sports Reporter | November 11, 2023
Freshamn Faith Rouse chases junior Talayssia Sanders on Feb. 16 at the Redbird Tune-Up. NIU track and field earned one top-10 finish at the Michael Johnson Invitational on Saturday. (Courtesy of Illinois State Athletics)
Vorpagel highlights NIU’s weekend at the Michael Johnson Invitational
By Joseph Segreti, Sports Reporter | April 21, 2024
Senior Julia Finegan runs at the Western Illinois Invitational cross country meet on Sept. 1. The Huskies finished the event tied for second place. (Photo courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Two Huskies PR, cross country takes 11th
NIU cross country head coach Juan Carrillo takes in the scene at an NIU event. Carrillo is in his first year as head coach of NIU cross country. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Culture shifter: The Carrillo effect on NIU cross country
Freshman Morgan Gioia runs at the Redbird Tune-Up on Feb. 16. NIU track & field took home eight top five finishes at the Cougar Classic on Saturday. (Courtesy of Illinois State Athletics)
Track and field nets 8 top 5 finishes at Cougar Classic
Junior Roshell Rowe runs at the Redbird Tune Up on Feb. 16. NIU Track & Field had four top 10 finishes at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational Saturday. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Huskies take 4 top-10 finishes in Coral Gables
 

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NIU sophomore gymnast Kiera O’Shea is introduced ahead of the first session of the semifinals round of the NCAA Fayetteville Regional on Thursday at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. O’Shea made her NCAA Regional debut Thursday after battling sickness and injuries during her first two years as a college gymnast. (Courtesy of Meaghan Frazier)
Through illness and injury, O’Shea prospers
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter | April 4, 2024
Redshirt sophomore heavyweight wrestler Jacobi Jackson scans his opponent in an NIU wrestling home match. Jackson suffered two major injuries before finishing his 2023-2024 season as a ranked wrestler. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
From rehabilitation to ranked: the triumph of Jacobi Jackson
By Zack Rodriguez, Sports Reporter | April 10, 2024
NIU sophomore gymnast Kiera O’Shea salutes at the end of her vault routine during the Huskies’ home-opening tri-meet against Central Michigan University and Eastern Michigan University on Jan. 28 at the Convocation Center. O’Shea was one of two NIU gymnasts to qualify for NCAA Regionals on Monday. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
COLUMN: NIU’s keys to breaking through regionals
NIU gymnastics senior Alyssa Al-Ashari executes a back handspring on the balance beam during the final rotation of Sunday’s MAC dual meet against Kent State University in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center in Kent, Ohio. Al-Ashari finished tied for first on beam at the MAC Championships Saturday. (Northern Star File Photo)
Al-Ashari, O’Shea crowned MAC champs on beam, vault
NIU redshirt sophomore Blake West grapples on the back of Lock Haven freshman Logan Sallot on Feb. 9. West was eliminated in the first round at the 2024 NCAA Championships. (Northern Star File Photo)
West makes earl departure from Nationals
Redshirt sophomore Blake West eyes his Kent State University opponent in Day 1 of the MAC Championships Friday. West qualified for the NCAA Tournament after falling in the championship round of the MAC Championships. (Elsye Jones | Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Wrestling places 7th at MAC Championships
Then-junior Colin Summerhill stands over home plate in an NIU baseball home game against Western Michigan University on April 14, 2023. Summerhill was named to the Northern Star Sports Staffs MAC baseball All-Star squad. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)
COLUMN: Assembling the 2024 MAC baseball All-Star team
By Zachary Bertram and Joseph Segreti | April 22, 2024
Sophomore right fielder Fiona Crane (26) throws the ball infield after catching the foul against the fence line in right field while senior center fielder Ellis Erickson (23) and junior second baseman Jenna Turner (4) cheer her on in the field. NIU softball was defeated 9-3 by the University at Buffalo Bulls Sunday. (Totus Tuus Keely | Northern Star)
Softball drops home series against Buffalo
By Skyler Kisellus, Sports Reporter | April 22, 2024
Senior first baseman Mason Kelley (18) throws the ball to the catcher at home plate during the sixth inning of an NIU baseball game against Bowling Green State University on April 6. Kelley scored the game-tying run in the ninth inning against Kent State University on Saturday, but the Huskies fell 9-8 in extra innings. (Tim Dodge | Northern Star)
Nightmare ninth dooms Huskies in series loss to Kent State
Redshirt sophomore Adam Brouwer delivers a pitch against Miami University at McKie Field at Hayden Park in Oxford, Ohio. Brouwer led the Huskies to a 7-3 win over Kent State University Saturday after giving up just one earned run over 7.2 innings pitched. (Ellison Neumann | Courtesy of Miami Athletics)
Brouwer’s strong start powers NIU baseball to first home win
Junior middle infielder/outfielder Avery Carnahan high fives NIU assistant coach Alaynie Woollard on March 27 at Mary M. Bell Field. Carnahan hit a 3-run single against the University at Buffalo as NIU softball split Saturdays doubleheader. (Northern Star File Photo)
Softball splits home doubleheader against Buffalo
Senior infielder Caitlyn Shumaker is tagged out on a stolen base attempt on March 30 at Mary M. Bell Field. NIU softball was swept in a road doubleheader on Tuesday against Western Michigan University. (Northern Star File Photo)
Softball strikes out in Kalamazoo doubleheader
 

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Graduate student golfer Zach Place watches his putt during an NIU mens golf practice. Place led the Huskies in scoring average with 70.800 during the 2023 fall season. (Courtesy NIU Athletics)
Sluzas, Place lead NIU men’s golf into spring season
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter | February 26, 2024
Women's golf finishes fourth at BGSU Women's Intercollegiate
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter | February 15, 2024
Men’s golf adds four high-ranking golfers for the 2024-25 season
Graduate student golfer Zach Place watches his shot during practice. The NIU mens golf team finished its 2023 fall season with an 18th place finish at the Quail Valley Invitational. (Courtesy NIU Athletics)
Men’s golf finishes fall season with eighth place finish
New Tallent signs with women’s golf
Women’s golf makes international signing with Alexa Ouellet
Freshman Saul Berdullas (left) and senior Armin Koschtojan (right) talk strategy during a doubles match on March 2. NIU mens tennis was eliminated from the MAC Championship on Saturday with a 4-0 loss to the University of Toledo. (Northern Star File Photo)
Men’s tennis eliminated by Toledo
By Kalin Schaefer, Sports Reporter | April 21, 2024
Sophomore Isabella Righi serves on March 9 at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House. NIU womens tennis won its final match of the regular season 5-2 on Sunday against the University at Buffalo Bulls. (Northern Star File Photo)
NIU women’s tennis defeats Bulls in season finale
By Angel Morales, Sports Reporter | April 21, 2024
Sophomore Iker Gaztambide Arrastia winds up for a strike on March 2 at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House. NIU mens tennis lost 4-3 to Western Michigan University on Sunday to drop to the No. 2 seed in the MAC Championship. (Northern Star File Photo)
Men’s tennis drops to No. 2 seed in regular season finale
Senior Cheng En Tsai strikes the ball at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House on March 2. Tsai won both his matches Friday as NIU mens tennis defeated Ball State University 5-2. (Northern Star File Photo)
Men’s tennis downs Ball State, wins 10th home match
Sophomore Jenna Horne prepares to serve at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House. Horne sealed a 4-3 victory for NIU womens tennis on Friday with a 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) win in the final match of the day. (Courtesy of NIU Athletics)
Women’s tennis inches past Ball State
Senior Anastasia Rakita prepares to serve on March 9 at the Nelson Tennis Center at Chick Evans Field House. NIU womens tennis defeated Bowling Green State University 6-1 on Sunday. (Northern Star File Photo)
Women’s tennis takes down Bowling Green 6-1
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