DeKALB | NIU didn't need a national search to find it's new softball head coach - just a look to the closest city. On June 10, former DePaul assistant coach and player Lindsay Chouinard was named NIU's new softball coach. "Being given the oppurtunity...

DeKALB | Football games and parties aren't the only thing happening on Homecoming weekend. In celebration of NIU's 101st Homecoming, NIU athletics will induct two teams and four athletes into its Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 12. The inductees...

DeKALB | Before training camp had even started, one former Huskie athlete had shown what they could do. The Chicago Sky's season started on Sunday May 20th. Since then, the team has played 11 games. Former Huskie guard Stephanie Raymond has been on the...

DeKALB | After 13 seasons at the helm, NIU softball head coach Donna Martin resigned June 4. In total, Martin has been connected to NIU for 30 years. Before her time as head coach, Martin served as an assistant coach at NIU for 13 years. And before that,...

MIDLAND, Mich. | The NIU softball team had hoped for a longer stay in Michigan. But just three games later, the Huskies were on their way back to DeKalb. "We expected to advance further obviously," NIU head coach Donna Martin said. "It's not the way we...

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...