The NIU softball team was ready to play Iowa and Western Illinois over the weekend. However, rain and snow Friday forced all games in Iowa City to be canceled for the weekend. The Huskies (5-9) are scheduled to play against Iowa (16-6) and WIU (3-14)...

There's a reason why teams schedule difficult non-conference opponents: to get better. The case holds true for the NIU softball team. The Huskies recently had a West Coast road trip against the likes of Oregon, Oregon State and Washington. "We didn't...

Spring break is traditionally a time for rest and relaxation. For the NIU softball team, it was anything but. It started off on the right foot as the Huskies beat St. Louis 5-1 in their first of eight spring break games. NIU got a strong outing from pitcher...

Those who followed NIU's softball team last year may not recognize the team this season. Most of the players are the same, but the style of play has undergone an overhaul. The change can be attributed to first-year head coach Lindsay Chouinard. While...

With the NIU campus closed after the Feb. 14 shootings, NIU suspended all athletic competitions until Feb. 25. Twenty-seven contests in men's and women's basketball, gymnastics, baseball, softball, men's and women's tennis, wrestling, women's track and...

Alright sports fans, strap on your seat belts and get ready for the greatest month - March. The third month of the year is full of all the excitement a sports fan could hope for. No, there are no championship games in March, but the month marks the beginning...

It was a bittersweet opening weekend for the NIU softball team. The Huskies started their season with a road trip to the Florida Gulf Coast University Tournament in Fort Myers, Fla. The Huskies won their first four games of the tournament, but ended their...

With a blanket of snow covering the better part of DeKalb, the NIU softball team will do its best bird imitation by migrating south to Florida this weekend. Despite expected temperatures in the low 80s in Fort Myers, it won't be all sunbathing and swimming...

Freshman Joreigh Landers makes three when counting NIU softball players from Oregon. After a short 2,100-mile trip to DeKalb, she joins Kate Greenough and Taryn Hagemann to round out NIU's pitching staff. Landers was named most valuable player of her...

Baseball programs in the south and southwest part of the country refer to northern schools as snow birds. Our climate doesn't afford a team the opportunity to practice year-round outside. This year, however, the NIU baseball team has a distinct advantage...

It would be easy to say that NIU's new softball coach Lindsay Chouinard isn't the most experienced. After all, she graduated from DePaul in 2003. However, in that time the former pitcher has served as assistant coach at DePaul, where she holds numerous...

DeKALB | Just because they're freshmen doesn't mean NIU men's soccer coach Steve Simmons new recruiting class won't get a chance to be on the field this season. College Soccer News has ranked NIU's nine new soccer players as the 38th-best recruiting class...