After weather cut the NIU softball team's last weekend short, the Huskies are ready to return to the field against Notre Dame (16-6 overall) in South Bend, Ind. The Huskies (10-11 overall) have been showing signs of improvement lately. One reason attributed...
Most of the NIU softball team is from three states; Illinois, Indiana and California. However, that is not the case for freshmen Nicole Gremillion and Shelby Miller. Gremillion is a pitcher and an outfielder from Missouri City, Texas. She started playing...
NIU softball took to California and Nevada for its final games before conference play begins.The Huskies (10-11 overall) came away with three wins and three losses during the break, while three games were cancelled due to snowy conditions in Reno, Nev.Play...
As one of two seniors on the NIU softball team, Zoe Sinner is taking pleasure in her final year with the team. Sinner and her Huskie teammates had a successful trip to Denver, going 4-1 in the Colorado State Classic. The Downers Grove native took some...
Before heading to the mountains for the Colorado State Classic in Fort Collins, Colo. over the weekend, NIU head coach Lindsay Chouinard stressed the changing nature of the softball game, and the increasing importance of putting up runs often. The team...
DeKALB | The sports seasons are in the midst of changing from winter to spring. As the winter sports are winding down and the spring sports are getting into their first match-ups, freshmen are in a unique position.Some are about to end their rookie seasons,...
By Andrew Singer and Mike Romor
| February 28, 2011
Andrew Singer: The Chicago Tribune reported on Friday that the Schaumburg Flyers baseball team have been evicted from their home park for unpaid rent totaling near $900,000. This eviction has me thinking of the current state of NIU sports. Now, it's not...
Rocky Johnson Field proved to be just as its name suggests this weekend, as NIU saw ups and downs in the Jeannine McHaney Memorial Classic in Lubbock, Texas by winning every other game.The Huskies (3-7) began with momentum, going against Wichita State...
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...
By Katie Leb and Jimmy Johnson
| February 21, 2011
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...
