Softball had a chance to leave its quartet of weekend games with a pair of sweeps, but it instead left with a pair of splits.The Huskies (17-20, 5-5 MAC) split their Friday doubleheader against the Ball State Cardinals (23-14, 4-2 MAC) and their Saturday...
Softball looks to get back to its winning ways in a quartet of weekend conference games.The Huskies (15-18, 3-3 MAC) will take on the Ball State Cardinals (20-13, 1-1 MAC) at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Friday at Mary M. Bell Field. They then will face the Miami...
Softball entered Valparaiso, Ind., on a four-game winning streak but left with a pair of losses.The Huskies (15-18) dropped the doubleheader opener against the Valparaiso Crusaders (13-23), 8-6, Tuesday at the Valparaiso University Softball Field in Valparaiso,...
Junior pitcher Jessica Sturm and freshman pitcher Becca Rupard started the 2014 season on different projections, but they have solidified softball’s starting pitching staff.Sturm, the Huskies’ No. 1 pitcher, began the season with back-to-back victories...
Softball will put its four-game winning streak on the line in a midweek, non-conference doubleheader.The Huskies (15-16) will take on the Valparaiso Crusaders (11-23) at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. today at the Valparaiso University Softball Field in Valparaiso,...
Softball stretched its winning streak to a season-long four games with a sweep of Western Michigan over the weekend.The Huskies (15-16, 3-3 MAC) defeated the Western Michigan Broncos (11-23, 2-4 MAC), 10-1, in five innings via the run rule Saturday at...
Softball avoided its third three-game losing streak of the season, instead putting together back-to-back wins for the third time.The Huskies (13-16) beat North Dakota (3-20), 8-5, in comeback fashion in the first game of the doubleheader. In the second...
Softball will stay in DeKalb but will take a break from conference play for a midweek, non-conference doubleheader.The Huskies (11-16) will take on North Dakota (3-18) at noon and 2 p.m. today at Mary M. Bell Field.The Huskies, losers of five of their...
Major League Baseball, a league known to be notoriously slow in embracing change, should look to college softball for rule changes that could better the game.Two MLB rules that have always stumped me as to why they can’t be changed are the American...
Senior shortstop Shelby Miller is willing to do whatever her team needs, even if that means moving to a new position in her final season with softball.Miller, of Ottawa, Kan., emerged from a group of three players to become the Huskies’ main starting...
Softball failed to string together wins, dropping three of its first four conference games over the weekend.The Huskies (11-16, 1-3 MAC) split their two-game series vs. the Bowling Green Falcons (11-16-1, 2-2 MAC) Friday and Saturday at Mary M. Bell Field....
Softball surrendered a season-high 13 runs and couldn’t handle Kristen Wood, Northwestern’s sophomore starting pitcher, in a Wednesday loss.The Huskies (10-13) fell to the Northwestern Wildcats (18-6), 13-2, in five innings Wednesday at the Ballpark...
