appeared in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC) three times (1991, 1992, 1994). Championships 1988 – North Star Conference Champions (Regular Season) 1988 – North Star Conference Champions (Tournament) 1990 – North Star Conference Champions (Regular Season) 1991 – North Star Conference Champions (Tournament) 1992 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions (Regular Season) 1992 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions (Tournament) 1993 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions (Regular Season) 1993 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions (Tournament) 1995 – Midwestern Collegiate Conference Champions (Regular Season) 1996 – Midwestern Collegiate Conference Champions (Regular Season) 1996 – Midwestern Collegiate Conference Champions (Tournament) 1997 – MAC West Division Champions 1997 – Mid-American Conference co-champions (Regular Season) 1997 – Mid-American Conference Champions (Tournament) 1998 – MAC West Division Champions 1998 – Mid-American Conference co-champions (Regular Season) 2001 – MAC West Division Champions 2001 – Mid-American Conference Champions (Tournament) 2006 – MAC West Division Champions 2011 – MAC West Division Champions 2011 – Mid-American Conference Champions (Regular Season) 2014 – MAC West Division Champions 2015 – MAC West Division Champions 2015 – Mid-American Conference Champions (Regular Season) 2016 – MAC West Division Champions 2016 – Mid-American Conference co-champions (Regular Season) 2016 – Mid-American Conference Champions (Tournament) Women's tennis NIU women's tennis team started playing in 1974. They currently play their home matches at the NIU West Tennis Courts. Championships 1989 – North Star Conference Champions 1990 – North Star Conference Champions 1991 – North Star Conference Champions 1993 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions 1994 – Mid-Continent Conference Champions Women's gymnastics NIU women's gymnastics started competing in 1978. They currently compete at the NIU Convocation Center in Dekalb, Illinois. Championships 1992 – Midwest Independent Conference Champions 1993 – Midwest Independent Conference Champions 2019 – Mid American Conference Champions (Tournament) Women's golf NIU women's golf team currently plays its home matches at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois where it hosted the 2017 NCAA Women's Golf Championship. Women's track and field NIU women's outdoor track and field team currently competes at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex. The women's indoor track and field team competes at NIU Convocation Center. Women's cross country NIU women's cross country team first competed for one year in 1981. The program was reinstated in 1995. National championships Team Club sports Hockey NIU Hockey was founded in 1965. The Huskies play college ice hockey in the Mid-American Collegiate Hockey Association (MACHA) conference of the American Collegiate Hockey Association