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...
There must have been something in the flowers. Before Sunday's softball matchup with Eastern Michigan, NIU honored five seniors with an on-field tribute, flowers and a framed picture of the player. Then the Huskies went on a hitting binge and scored eight...
Five home runs off the bats of the No. 10 Northwestern softball team sealed a 6-4 NIU loss in Evanston Wednesday. The loss is the Huskies' 12th straight, and the team hasn't posted a win since April 4 when it beat Western Michigan at home. The team also...
Ruth Fender was pioneer of women's athletics at NIU. Fender started every game of her career in softball, basketball and field hockey. Fender also played golf and volleyball as a Huskie. She was part of the NIU basketball team that defeated Big Ten opponents...
Northwestern Player to watch: Adrienne Monka. The freshman catcher/infielder is one of the main reasons Northwestern is 12-2 in Big Ten play and 27-9 overall. Monka is batting .404 with 15 home runs and 42 RBIs. To put that into perspective, the Huskies...
