After winning the Sycamore Classic on Sunday, the NIU softball team earned a MAC Player of the Week award for the second week in a row. On Monday, first baseman Toni Del Toro and pitcher Lindsey LaChiana were named the MAC West Player and Pitcher of the...

After winning its second consecutive game Sunday, the NIU men’s basketball team received more good news when forward Todd Peterson was named the MAC West Player of the Week on Monday. For the week, the junior averaged 15 points and 5.5 rebounds a game...

After making a name in NCAA baseball, Brett Muhlhan now has his sights set on NIU intramurals. Formerly a collegiate ballplayer at Mississippi State and North Carolina-Asheville, the current NIU graduate assistant will compete for his third intramural...

Five former NIU athletes will be inducted into the school’s athletic Hall of Fame as part of NIU’s 98th Homecoming weekend, beginning Friday in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. T.C. Dantzler, E.C. Hill, Julie Sexton, Ernie Wickstrom and John Wrenn make...

Junior transfer Lindsey LaChiana knew that she wanted out of Loyola even before Ramblers softball coach Jamie Gillies resigned last season. “There were a lot of reasons I left,” LaChiana said, “but in general I didn’t like Loyola, and there were...

NIU intramurals are underway with 450 students playing 16-inch softball, the largest turnout in the Office of Campus Recreation’s 19-year history. Softball was able to add six teams to its usual 34-team lineup this year because of more student interest....

NIU football coach Joe Novak said he’s seen big donations of late toward an indoor athletic facility. “We’re still in the process,” Novak said. “It’s still the top priority for us.” There are no current plans to build an indoor practice...

NIU’s new athletics director Jim Phillips grew up as one of 10 kids on Chicago’s north-west side. A former University of Illinois student, he is happy to return to Illinois from South Bend, Ind. where he served as the associate athletics director...

The NIU women’s tennis team was knocked out in the second round of the MAC championship after falling to No. 3 seed Eastern Michigan on Friday. The No. 6 seed Huskies had a first-round bye but were beaten in their first match 4-0 by Eastern Michigan....

Untimely hitting has led to the poor run production the NIU softball team has experienced this season, NIU coach Donna Martin said. The Huskies (12-32 overall, 4-10 MAC) are hitting .204 as a team this year. Last season, they hit .265 with seven players...

The NIU softball team’s 14-game losing streak officially ended Wednesday as the Huskies swept a double header against Ball State at Mary M. Bell Field. Behind two complete games by pitcher Kathy Dearborn, and five RBIs from Lauren von Holst, NIU (12-32...

NIU softball pitcher Kathy Dearborn finally got the run support she needed, and NIU scored the necessary runs to snap its 14-game losing streak. Dearborn, who is now 5-15 on the season, threw two complete games in wins over Ball State. In Game 1, she...