Snow flurries and cold weather froze the NIU softball team’s bats this weekend as the Huskies lost all three games at Western Michigan. The Huskies have three wins in the last two weeks, including this weekend’s 1-0 and 3-2 losses Saturday and 1-0...

MAC play will recommence for the NIU softball team when it begins a three-game series with host Western Michigan at 1 p.m. Saturday and play the final game at 1 p.m. Sunday. The Huskies (10-19 overall, 2-1 MAC) come off a loss to Valparaiso on Wednesday....

Paige Granath threw a four-hitter, but the NIU softball team still fell to Valparaiso 2-0 on Wednesday. Despite the outing by Granath, NIU (10-19 overall) was held in check by Valpo pitcher Ashlee Blankenbaker and could muster only two hits. Blankenbaker...

The MAC season is underway for the NIU softball team, but it will continue to play non-conference opponents during weekdays, beginning at 2 p.m. today at Valparaiso for a doubleheader. "The mid-week games are important for us," NIU coach Donna Martin...

With runners on first and second base and one out in the bottom of the fourth inning, Kelly Redican stepped up to bat for NIU, as play resumed from Sunday’s rained-out game against Eastern Michigan. The game resumed at noon Monday at Mary Bell Field...

All sophomore Kelly Drozd could do was cheer her team on from the bench as NIU’s softball team snatched an extra-inning 2-1 victory from Minnesota on Feb. 12. Drozd received her chance to start in the next four games, going 2-for-13 from the plate -...

Sophomore Kelly Drozd drilled a pitch by Eastern Michigan’s Nikki Denman to right-center field in the bottom of the sixth-inning in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, giving the NIU softball team a 5-4 victory. Senior pitcher Amy Krahula and...

When NIU softball player Lauren von Holst was in a 0-for-19 hitting slump earlier in the season, the batter’s box wasn’t the friendliest place for her. "I just was not very comfortable, and I kept thinking too much when I was up to bat," von Holst...

After splitting a doubleheader with Loyola on Tuesday, the NIU softball team will host Eastern Michigan for a three-game set to begin conference play. The Huskies start a doubleheader at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mary Bell Field. The third game starts at 1 p.m....

The long ball had a big effect on NIU softball’s home doubleheader Tuesday versus Loyola. It changed the first game, added an insurance run in the second game, was a problem for one of NIU’s pitchers and was a first for one Huskies freshman. With...

The wind died down and so did Loyola’s bats, as NIU softball stole the second game of a doubleheader, 5-0, Tuesday at Mary Bell Field after losing the first game 7-1. Huskies pitcher Amy Krahula tossed a shutout in the second game, holding the Ramblers...

The NIU softball team hasn’t had to look far to find some homegrown talent. Freshman June Jacobs, red-shirt freshman Lacey Gones and senior Annie Johnson all grew up a combined 55 miles away from the Huskies softball field. "Our preference is someone...