Making the adjustment to the college lifestyle can be hard for any freshman. It can be even more stressful at times for freshmen athletes like NIU volleyball player Allison McGlaughlin. From things like missing classes to juggling homework with team meetings...

First year NIU softball coach Lindsay Chouinard had just one losing season in her four years as an assistant coach at DePaul. Those four years were a lot different than Chouinard's debut season at the helm of the Huskie softball program. NIU went just...

When I first came to NIU two years ago, I joined the Northern Star sports section for two reasons: I like sports and I like writing. I was excited by the opportunity to cover all the different teams, working with them and somehow sharing a glimpse of...

"I got to first base and started crying." Third baseman Krista McPherson singled in her last regular season at-bat at Mary M. Bell Field. "I was just thinking about how bad I wanted it to keep going," she said. "I didn't want to end on a loss." McPherson,...

With its seniors playing their last home game, the NIU softball team pulled through in the end. A bases loaded, walk-off double by junior Bailey Ouellette gave the Huskies a 6-5 win over Ball State Sunday afternoon in the second game of a doubleheader....

Ball State beat NIU softball on Sunday 4-2 while Central Michigan held on to beat NIU 8-6. The Huskies baseball squad had the bases loaded with no outs in the bottom of the ninth. A strikeout and two fly outs later, NIU fell in game one. Taryn Hagemann...

There are many different styles in which teams play softball. This weekend, NIU will get a look at two distinctly different styles when the Huskies host Miami-Ohio and Ball State in MAC play. First up for NIU (12-27 overall, 6-10 MAC) is a doubleheader...

Bad innings have defined the NIU softball team all season long. Tuesday's game against the Illinois State University Redbirds was no different. The Huskies seemed to have it together before falling apart in the third inning, giving up three earned runs...

The NIU softball team is looking to make a final push before the MAC Tournament. The Huskies (12-26 overall, 6-10 MAC) will play non-conference rival Illinois State (25-18, 15-6 MVC) in a make-up game today at 6 p.m. The game is NIU's last before its...

Hot bats will hopefully follow the NIU softball team into today's games against Ohio University. The Huskies are on the road again, as they take on the Bobcats at noon and 2 p.m. in a doubleheader in Athens, Ohio. NIU (11-23 overall, 5-7 MAC) had a strong...

One thing I like to see is professional athletes giving back to the community. There is nothing better than seeing or reading about an athlete who took time out of a busy schedule to help someone in need. Athletes who give back to the community make me...

NIU men's golf couldn't find itself on the right side of par this past weekend, as the team competed in the Boilermaker Invitational in West Lafayette, Ind. The Huskies placed 13th out of 14 teams. As a group, NIU tallied a total score of 900, putting...