DeKALB – The Northern Illinois volleyball team is in a good place heading into conference play.
Not only have the Huskies won three consecutive matches, but they're finally back home after three weeks of traveling across the country and look to defend their Mid-American Conference West crown when they host Western Michigan at 6 p.m. Thursday at Victor E. Court in the conference opener.
The Huskies (8-4) are coming off a perfect weekend at the GW Invitational in Washington D.C., sweeping James Madison and Tennessee and beating George Washington in four sets. The trip to the nation's capital came after a road-trip to Fargo, North Dakota, and a long plane right to Hawaii for invitationals in back-to-back weeks.