Jean Pankonin is believed to have played in more Huskies sports than anyone else in history, male or female. She was a member of the badminton, basketball, field hockey, softball, tennis and volleyball teams from 1957 to 1961. On the hardwood, she averaged...

Jill Justin ranks as one of the greatest sluggers in NCAA softball history. Justin owns NIU records for runs scored (148), RBIs (134), hits (250), doubles (56), triples (22), home runs (24), batting average (.466), slugging percentage (.789) and on-base...

A struggling Huskies softball team hoped to end a losing streak this weekend, but only came home disappointed. The Huskies were swept by Ball State in two games on Friday and then again Saturday, in a doubleheader with Miami-Ohio. All four games were...

Beth Schrader can be found all over NIU softball's pitching record book. In her career, Schrader compiled a career record of 68-31 with 334 strikeouts, 31 shutouts and a career ERA of 0.98. Schrader led the 1988 College World Series team to a 35-11 record...

They may be taking on the MAC West-leading Ball State squad but the NIU softball team will try its hardest to break a season-long seven-game losing skid today in Muncie, Ind. The Huskies will square off in a doubleheader against the Cardinals today with...

NIU: Key player: How about key players? The Huskies failed to score over the weekend against Western Michigan and will need all of its hitters to step up if they want to end its five-game losing streak in today's non-conference matchup with Western Illinois....

Returning to DePaul was a bittersweet occasion for NIU softball head coach Lindsay Chouinard. The former Blue Demon went back to her alma mater Thursday only to watch her Huskie squad fall 10-2 in five innings to the No. 22 DePaul team. The game ended...

Softball's biggest advantage is baseball's curse. The role of the pitcher in both sports is a vital component to winning, but it's the use of that component which separates the sports. The difference in style is obvious: softball pitchers throw underhand...

NIU head coach Lindsay Chouinard saw something she had never seen before in the first game of a doubleheader in which the Huskies were swept by Illinois-Chicago by scores of 4-3 and 9-1. The Flames won on a walk-off catcher's interference by freshman...

For sophomore softball player Andrea Colosimo, family dinners are comparable to the Civil War. Well, minus the whole war thing. Instead, it's more like a battle between siblings, and it's solely based on bragging rights. Colosimo takes charge for the...

After dropping a doubleheader to Toledo on Friday, the NIU softball team rebounded with a doubleheader sweep of their own against Bowling Green on Saturday. It took a dramatic walk-off win to ease any lingering pain from Friday's performance in which...

For three and a half innings Wednesday, it looked as if the NIU softball team was going to continue their four-game win streak with a road win against Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. But then came the fourth inning, and it was all Notre Dame from there...