TOLEDO, Ohio | After looking for some consistency all season, the NIU softball team may have finally found it. Unfortunately it probably isn't what it had in mind. The Huskies (21-26, 10-12) ended their season losing seven of their last 10 games including...

DeKALB | If the NIU softball team was looking to build some momentum heading into the end of the season, it got off to a good start in the Huskies' final home game of the season. Both offense and defense were clicking as NIU (20-23, 9-9) defeated Akron...

DeKALB | Before the NIU softball team gets ready for the MAC tournament, they must first face themselves - literally and figuratively. The Huskies (18-21, 7-7) are still looking to find some stability and hope it comes this weekend when they face Ohio...

DeKALB | For the second time this season, the NIU softball team faces a top 20 program at home. The Huskies (18-21) play a double header against No. 17 DePaul (32-7) starting at 3 p.m. at Mary M. Bell Field. Bill Baker of 1360 AM WLBK will also be calling...

DeKALB | After starting the weekend on the right foot, the NIU softball team left Kent State not only with bruised egos, but with bruised bones, as well. Trying to salvage a two-game series against the Golden flashes (24-15, 10-2), the Huskies (18-21,...

DeKalb | This weekend, the NIU women's softball team gets a chance to see the full spectrum of MAC play as they face off against the best and worst teams in the MAC. Today, after a long bus ride, the Huskies (16-19, 5-5) go up to Buffalo where they will...

DeKALB | If players and coaches around the MAC didn't notice before, they will now. It's that point in the season where the NIU baseball team has proven its early success is no fluke. With four three-game conference series in the bag, the Huskies are...

DeKALB | Sunday's softball game may not have been pretty, but who said it needed to be? The NIU softball team took advantage of an error-riddled third inning by Western Michigan and used it to score six runs as the team won 7-0 at Mary M. Bell Field....

DeKALB | The NIU softball team scored seven runs Sunday against Western Michigan, but with the way Kate Greenough was pitching, that may have been six more than needed. The freshman pitcher gave up just three hits the entire game and never allowed a WMU...

By passing its showdown Thursday with Illinois State due to poor weather conditions, the NIU softball team's next challenge will come against Western Michigan this weekend at Mary Bell Field in DeKalb. Saturday's game was originally set to begin at 1...

Trying to break out of a slump is rough against any opponent. The NIU softball team has the daunting task of trying to do it against a ranked opponent on the road. NIU (14-17) will look to break out of its slump against No. 17 Illinois State (33-9) at...

Having a father who was part of two major championship teams left a lot to live up to for NIU softball's Ellen Stoddard. However, the fifth-year senior said she is not feeling the pressure while living up her last days of college ball. Stoddard was leading...