Welcome to NIU, the home of the Huskies. We’re excited you will be with us and hope to see you at one of the many athletics events throughout the year. To be sure, exciting things are happening in Huskie athletics. Our football team, the 2004 Silicon...

Four individuals and one team were named inductees into the NIU Hall of Fame last week. Adam Dach (football 1987-91), Kevin Ekberg (men’s gymnastics 1982-84), Joe Plaskas (football 1956-59, baseball 1957-61) Niki Van Hoorweghe (softball 1992-96) and...

Leading the No. 1 team in the Big Ten 1-0 in the third inning, the NIU softball team failed to hold on in its 6-3 loss Wednesday at Northwestern. NU put together three consecutive two-run innings before the Huskies (21-25) scored two runs of their own...

With summer a hop, skip and a jump away, students are anxiously awaiting its arrival. Only one task remains in front of them: finals. With this on their mind, it’s a good time to evaluate all the Huskies teams as one group. Although each sport presents...

The game might not mean anything in the MAC standings, but that doesn’t mean the NIU women’s softball team won’t play to win. At 4 p.m. today the Huskies will play at Northwestern, which NIU softball coach Donna Martin said will be valuable despite...

NIU committed seven errors in two losses this weekend against Central Michigan, but the Huskies’ defensive effort was a main reason they closed the series with a win Saturday, coach Donna Martin said. Of the Huskies 17 runs they gave up in Friday’s...

Their numbers were painted on the outfield grass so nobody would forget whose day it was, and, just as last year, history repeated itself. On last season’s Senior Day, NIU softball beat Toledo 1-0 on a two-hit shutout, and won their second game in seven...

It’s not the best time for the NIU women’s softball team to face the top team in the MAC West. The Huskies have lost eight of their last nine games and scored only eight runs during that span. At 2 p.m. today at Mary Bell Field, the Huskies will kick...

After going a week without playing a game, the NIU softball team lost Wednesday at Illinois State by slaughter rule. The Huskies (20-23) went up by two in the first inning when Toni Del Toro drove in Elyse Jamrozy and Shelby Bernard. After that it was...

Sixth-year senior Shelby Bernard of the NIU softball team said she expects to earn her second degree from NIU in August. Despite the extra-super senior being on scholarship, her athletic training and personal health degrees weren’t exactly free. Bernard...

Rain washed away the final day of the women’s golf MAC Championships as NIU finished sixth in the conference, its best finish since 1999. The Huskies finished with a two-round 649, 39 strokes behind champion Kent State. Leading the way for NIU was Jackie...

No more will NIU football coach Joe Novak have to use the Convocation Center as the prime recruiting venue. No more will NIU athletes have to weight train in Huskie Stadium’s junior college-type weight room. And no more will NIU be at the butt-end of...