Members of the softball team gather at the mound in Friday's first game against University of Akron Zips. The Huskies went on to defeat the Zips in this game 3-1.
DeKALB — Softball swept the Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa Friday after scoring five runs in the top of the seventh inning against the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits.NIU came into the weekend losing four of its last five games played....
DeKALB — Softball (6-3) continues its preseason tournament games this weekend as it heads to Carbondale for five games in Southern Illinois University’s Coach B Classic.Junior pitcher Keegan Hayes said the team has been working on bunting and making...
With three games remaining in the regular season, softball (32-16, 12-8 MAC) will play its last series of the year this weekend as it takes on Central Michigan University.The Huskies were scheduled for a non-conference matchup against Valparaiso University...
Softball’s five-game winning streak ended over the weekend after it lost three games against the University of Toledo (18-31), bringing NIU to 12-8 in conference play for the year.The teams first played Friday, battling in what turned out to be a low-scoring...
Softball (32-16) is having one of its best seasons since 1999 when it went 35-19, with head coach Christina Sutcliffe helping the team improve every year since she took over in 2013.The Huskies have finished with at least 26 wins in all of Sutcliffe’s...
Softball bumped its winning streak to five games Tuesday with a 2-0 win over the University of Illinois at Chicago, bringing the team to 32-13 on the season.Freshman pitcher Alex Frenz continued what has been an extremely successful first year, picking...
Softball is on pace to make a run at its first 40-win season since 1993, and this season stands as one of the most impressive campaigns the team has had in quite some time.The Huskies (32-13, 12-5 MAC) proved to be a team on the rise in 2015, ending the...
Softball will look to climb back to the top of the MAC West this week as it takes on Eastern Michigan University in a series starting at 1 p.m. Friday in Ypsilanti, Mich.The Huskies (28-13) have lost five of their last 10 games after a 14-game winning...
Softball (28-13, 9-5 MAC) faced Western Michigan University (18-19) in a three game series over the weekend, losing the first two games but ending with a victory Saturday.The Huskies held an early 3-0 lead in game one Friday but could not close the game...
Softball (26-11, 6-3 MAC) finished up the weekend with a doubleheader against the University of Akron on Friday, splitting the series 1-1 before the final game of the series was cancelled due to inclement weather.Game 1Freshman pitcher Alex Frenz stepped...
Softball (23-10, 4-2 MAC) struggled over the weekend, losing two out of three games in a series against Kent State University.The first game of the series on Friday turned out to be a low-scoring affair. The Huskies stepped up defensively, holding Kent...
