DeKALB | When rain turned into ice Monday night, it was easy to use bad weather as an excuse to curl up on the couch and watch the tube. NIU softball, however, was gathering up its gear and driving to the outskirts of town for practice, a ritual the players...
When rain turned into ice Monday night, it was easy to use bad weather as an excuse to curl up on the couch and watch the tube. NIU softball, however, was gathering up its gear and driving to the outskirts of town for practice, a ritual the players have...
Katie Leb: Snow's melting and the world is beginning to be a happy place again. It must mean that spring sports are hitting the field. I for one am pumped to get out in the fresh air and watch some competitive sports. Jimmy Johnson: I am too, Katie. I...
After going 6-for-18 at the Texas Classic over the weekend, NIU softball center fielder Dani Parrish was named MAC West Player of the Week. Parrish knocked in three runs and scored another two over the Huskies' first five games of 2011. The highlight...
Last weekend Texas was inundated with the Super Bowl, but this weekend NIU's softball team invaded the Lone Star state for the Texas Classic. The Huskies (0-5) began their 2011 campaign at McCombs Field in Austin, Texas, playing five games in a three-day...
Playing indoors has come to an end as the NIU softball team gets on the dirt today in Texas to begin its 2011 campaign. The Huskies will participate in two Texas tournaments, as well as playing in Colorado, California and Nevada before taking the field...
For almost 20 years, Charlene Riefler and Jim Leslie have sat in the same seats, at the same sports, cheering for the same school-Northern Illinois University. As season ticket holders for women's basketball, the friends have attended hundreds of games;...
Since 1972, women's athletics has been on a journey from athletic afterthoughts to prime time players. The fact remains, however, it has only been 38 years since Title IX originally gave women the legal right to play sports at any federally-funded school,...
It's a wrap. The NIU softball team finished its 2009 regular season with a four-game road trip over the weekend. The Huskies earned a split with Kent State Friday, and took both games in a two-game series with Buffalo Saturday and Sunday. The Huskies...
The NIU softball team gave another Big Ten team a scare Wednesday but came away empty-handed again, losing to Wisconsin 2-0. Freshman Morgan Bittner pitched well in the loss. The California native threw six innings, giving up three hits and striking out...
Dr. Mary M. Bell began her career at NIU in 1957 and ushered women's athletics into the university. Bell's coaching experience ran the gamut of sports on the NIU campus. At one time or another, she coached field hockey, basketball, badminton, volleyball,...
Five errors doomed Illinois State against the Huskies on Tuesday night, as NIU came away the 5-3 victors. Morgan Bittner started the game for NIU and pitched a complete game, allowing three runs on two home runs, walking six and striking out six for the...
