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...

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...

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...

It wasn't your typical home run trot. In fact, it wasn't a trot at all; it was more of a sprint. It wasn't until NIU catcher Allie Parker rounded second base that she realized she had picked up her first home run as a Huskie. The solo shot in the fourth...

NIU (3-5, 9-21 MAC) vs. Bowling Green (9-19, 7-2 MAC) Noon at Bowling Green (Doubleheader) Last game NIU The Huskies lost to DePaul 9-1 in five innings Wednesday. The game only went five, as the mercy rule was in effect. Third baseman Krista McPherson...

Falling behind in the count proved to be the story of the day for the NIU softball team. The Huskies fell 9-1 to DePaul (30-12) Wednesday evening. NIU (9-21 overall, 3-5 MAC) was held to only two hits in the contest, both of which came from third baseman...

To err is human. And the NIU women's softball team proved they were just that after Wednesday's 9-1 ‘slaughter rule' loss to No. 25 DePaul. The Huskies made it through only five innings before dropping the contest to NIU head coach Lindsay Chouinard's...

DePaul Blue Demons (28-12) will play the Huskies (9-20) at Mary M. Bell Field at 4 p.m. today. Coach's take NIU: NIU softball coach Lindsay Chouinard is facing her alma mater for the first time. Knowing how good DePaul's program is, Chouinard says NIU...

There really is no place like home for the NIU softball team. The Huskies (9-20 overall, 3-5 MAC) started the weekend with a two-game sweep of Buffalo (3-21, 1-5) with scores of 5-3 and 3-2. A walk-off hit by NIU junior Bailey Ouellette capped off Game...

NIU announced that Robert Collins, deputy athletics director, will serve as NIU's interim athletics director. Collins assumes the role immediately, as Friday was former NIU Athletics Director Jim Phillips' last day. Phillips has assumed the position of...